Viewing Firmware Inventory - Dell PS-M4110 User Manual

The Firmware Inventory section displays only the associated components or devices across all servers present in
the chassis. The filter is a pass filter; this means that it only permits components or devices associated with the
filter and excludes all others.
After the filtered set of components and devices is displayed in the inventory section, further filtering may occur
when a component or device is selected for update. For example, if the BIOS filter is selected, then the inventory
section displays all the servers with only their BIOS component. If a BIOS component on one of the servers is
selected, the inventory is further filtered to display the servers that match the model name of the selected server.
If no filter is selected and a selection for update of a component or device is made on the inventory section, then
the filter associated with that selection is automatically enabled. Further filtering may occur where the inventory
section displays all the servers that have a match for the selected component in terms of model, type or some form
of identity. For example, if a BIOS component on one of the servers is selected for update, the filter is set to the
BIOS automatically and the inventory section displays the servers that match the model name of the selected
server.
Filtering Components for Firmware Updates Using RACADM
To filter components for Firmware Updates using RACADM, use the getversion command:
racadm getversion -l [-m <module>] [-f <filter>]
For more information, see the RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC7 and CMC available at dell.com/
support/manuals.

Viewing Firmware Inventory

You can view the summary of the firmware versions for all components and devices for all servers currently present in
the chassis along with their status.
Viewing Firmware Inventory Using CMC Web Interface
To view the firmware inventory:
1. In the system tree, go to Server Overview, and then click Update → Server Component Update .
The Server Component Update page is displayed.
2. View the firmware inventory details in the Component/Device Firmware Inventory section. Table provides
– Servers that currently do not support the Lifecycle Controller service are listed as Not Supported. A
hyperlink is provided to an alternative page where you can directly update only the iDRAC firmware. This
page supports only iDRAC firmware update and not any other component and device on the server. iDRAC
firmware update is not dependent on the Lifecycle Controller service.
– If the server is listed as Not Ready, it indicates that when the firmware inventory was retrieved, the iDRAC
on the server was still initializing. Wait for the iDRAC to be fully operational and then refresh the page for
the firmware inventory to be retrieved again.
– If the inventory of components and devices does not reflect what is physically installed on the server, you
must invoke the Lifecycle Controller when the server is in the boot process. This helps to refresh the
internal components and devices information and allows you to verify the currently installed components
and devices. This occurs when:
* The server iDRAC firmware is updated to newly introduce the Lifecycle Controller functionality to
the server management.
* The new devices are inserted into the server.
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