Configure The Firmware - Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 Setup Manual

Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI is a collection of command line applications that can be used to
manage Lenovo servers.Its update application can be used to update firmware and device drivers for your
servers. The update can be performed within the host operating system of the server (in-band) or remotely
through the BMC of the server (out-of-band).
Specific details about updating firmware using Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI, see:
http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/toolsctr_cli_lenovo/onecli_c_update.html
• Lenovo XClarity Essentials UpdateXpress
Lenovo XClarity Essentials UpdateXpress provides most of OneCLI update functions through a graphical
user interface (GUI). It can be used to acquire and deploy UpdateXpress System Pack (UXSP) update
packages and individual updates. UpdateXpress System Packs contain firmware and device driver
updates for Microsoft Windows and for Linux.
You can obtain Lenovo XClarity Essentials UpdateXpress from the following location:
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/solutions/lnvo-xpress
• Lenovo XClarity Essentials Bootable Media Creator
You can use Lenovo XClarity Essentials Bootable Media Creator to create bootable media that is suitable
for firmware updates, VPD updates, inventory and FFDC collection, advanced system configuration, FoD
Keys management, secure erase, RAID configuration, and diagnostics on supported servers.
You can obtain Lenovo XClarity Essentials BoMC from the following location:
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/solutions/lnvo-bomc
• Lenovo XClarity Administrator
If you are managing multiple servers using the Lenovo XClarity Administrator, you can update firmware for
all managed servers through that interface. Firmware management is simplified by assigning firmware-
compliance policies to managed endpoints. When you create and assign a compliance policy to managed
endpoints, Lenovo XClarity Administrator monitors changes to the inventory for those endpoints and flags
any endpoints that are out of compliance.
Specific details about updating firmware using Lenovo XClarity Administrator are available at:
http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/com.lenovo.lxca.doc/update_fw.html
• Lenovo XClarity Integrator offerings
Lenovo XClarity Integrator offerings can integrate management features of Lenovo XClarity Administrator
and your server with software used in a certain deployment infrastructure, such as VMware vCenter,
Microsoft Admin Center, or Microsoft System Center.
Specific details about updating firmware using Lenovo XClarity Integrator offerings, see:
https://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/lxci/lxci_product_page.html

Configure the firmware

Several options are available to install and set up the firmware for the server.
Important: Do not configure option ROMs to be set to Legacy unless directed to do so by Lenovo Support.
This setting prevents UEFI drivers for the slot devices from loading, which can cause negative side effects for
Lenovo software, such as Lenovo XClarity Administrator and Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI, and to the
Lenovo XClarity Controller. The side effects include the inability to determine adapter card details, such as
model name and firmware levels. When adapter card information is not available, generic information for the
model name, such as "Adapter 06:00:00" instead of the actually model name, such as "ThinkSystem RAID
930-16i 4GB Flash." In some cases, the UEFI boot process might also hang.
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