Downloading Drivers And Firmware; Channel Firmware Commodities - Dell EMC PowerEdge XE7420 Installation And Service Manual

Table 5. Options to download and install OS drivers (continued)
Option

Downloading drivers and firmware

It is recommended that you download and install the latest BIOS, drivers, and systems management firmware on the system.
Prerequisites
Ensure that you clear the web browser cache before downloading the drivers and firmware.
Steps
1. Go to www.dell.com/support/drivers.
2. Enter the Service Tag of the system in the Enter a Dell Service Tag, Dell EMC Product ID or Model field, and then press
Enter.
NOTE: If you do not have the Service Tag, select Detect PC to automatically detect the Service Tag, or click Browse
all products, and navigate to your product.
3. On the displayed product page, click Drivers & Downloads.
On the Drivers & Downloads page, all drivers that are applicable to the system are displayed.
4. Download the drivers to a USB drive, CD, or DVD.

Channel Firmware Commodities

Customers deploying cold storage workloads have unique requirements for caching/ journaling/ logging use cases and for flash
tiering in the box without accessing the data bay. In order to meet these requirements, the following commodities were enabled
in the XE7100 or XE7420 or XE7440:
● NVMe, Micron 7300PRO, 960 G with 2.5" 7 MM carrier (for caching/ journaling/ logging)
● NVMe, Micron 7300PRO, 1920 G with 2.5" 7 MM carrier (for caching/ journaling/ logging)
● M.2 NVMe, Micron 960 G, PCIE Storage Option, with 12, 16, or, 20 slots per card (for flash memory)
● M.2 NVMe, Micron 1.92 TB, PCIE Storage Option, with 12, 16, or, 20 slots per card (for flash memory)
These commodities contain channel firmware and therefore do not have standard Dell systems management support including
iDRAC, DUPs, and Catalogs. Vendor tools are required to configure, deploy, manage, and update these commodities.
In addition, the firmware that is shipped at the time of order is the only Dell validated version. If an issue is reported to support
on a later version flashed by the customer, the customer must flash back to the shipped version to begin the root cause
process. Best effort support will still be provided for non-Dell validated firmware versions.
Systems Management Support
Table 6. System management support
Product
Enterprise License
Data Center License
iDRAC Service Module
DUPs and Catalogs
NVMe, Micron 7300PRO (960G/
1920G) with 2.5" 7 MM carrier
Not supported
Not supported
Not supported
Not supported
Documentation
NOTE: To determine the most recent iDRAC release for
your platform and for latest documentation version, see
https://www.dell.com/support/article/sln308699.
M.2 NVMe, Micron (960G/ 1.92 TB), PCIE
Storage Option, with 12, 16, or, 20 slots
per card
Not supported
Not supported
Not supported
Not supported
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