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dependency on an operating system executing on the core CPU. However, most out-of-band operations
do require the server to be in the S0 (Working) power state.
• On-Target update. The installation or update is initiated from an Operating System executing on the
server’s operating system.
• Off-Target update. The installation or update is initiated from a computing device interacting directly with
the server’s Lenovo XClarity Controller.
• UpdateXpress System Packs (UXSPs). UXSPs are bundled updates designed and tested to provide the
interdependent level of functionality, performance, and compatibility. UXSPs are server machine-type
specific and are built (with firmware and device driver updates) to support specific Windows Server, Red
Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) operating system distributions.
Machine-type-specific firmware-only UXSPs are also available.
Firmware updating tools
See the following table to determine the best Lenovo tool to use for installing and setting up the firmware:
Tool Update
Methods
Supported
Core
System
Firmware
Updates
I/O Devices
Firmware
Updates
Graphical
user
interface
Command
line
interface
Supports
UXSPs
Lenovo XClarity
Provisioning Manager
(LXPM)
In-band
2
On-Target
√ √
Lenovo XClarity
Controller
(XCC)
Out-of-band
Off-Target
√
Selected I/O
devices
√
Lenovo XClarity
Essentials OneCLI
(OneCLI)
In-band
Out-of-band
On-Target
Off-Target
√
All I/O
devices
√ √
Lenovo XClarity
Essentials
UpdateXpress
(LXCE)
In-band
Out-of-band
On-Target
Off-Target
√
All I/O
devices
√ √
Lenovo XClarity
Essentials Bootable
Media Creator
(BoMC)
In-band
Out-of-band
Off-Target
√
All I/O
devices
√
(BoMC
application)
√
(BoMC
application)
√
Lenovo XClarity
Administrator
(LXCA)
In-band
1
Out-of-
band
2
Off-Target
√
All I/O
devices
√ √
Lenovo XClarity
Integrator (LXCI) for
VMware vCenter
Out-of-band
Off-Target
√
Selected I/O
devices
√
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