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Tool
Update
Methods
Suppor-
ted
Lenovo XClarity
Out-of-
Integrator (LXCI)
band
for VMware
vCenter
Off-
Target
Lenovo XClarity
In-band
Integrator (LXCI)
for Microsoft
Out-of-
Windows Admin
band
Center
On-
Target
Off-
Target
In-band
Lenovo XClarity
Integrator (LXCI)
On-
for Microsoft
System Center
Target
Configuration
Manager
Notes:
1. For I/O firmware updates.
2. For BMC and UEFI firmware updates.
3. Drive firmware update is only supported by the tools and methods below:
• XCC Bare Metal Update (BMU): In-band, and requires system reboot.
• Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI:
– For drives supported by ThinkSystem V2 and V3 products (legacy drives): In-band, and does not require
system reboot.
– For drives supported only by ThinkSystem V3 products (new drives): Staging to XCC and complete the
update with XCC BMU (In-band, and requires system reboot.).
4. Bare Metal Update (BMU) only.
• Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager
From Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager, you can update the Lenovo XClarity Controller firmware, the
UEFI firmware, and the Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager software.
Note: By default, the Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager Graphical User Interface is displayed when
you start the server and press the key specified in the on-screen instructions. If you have changed that
default to be the text-based system setup, you can bring up the Graphical User Interface from the text-
based system setup interface.
For additional information about using Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager to update firmware, see:
"Firmware Update" section in the LXPM documentation compatible with your server at
pubs.lenovo.com/lxpm-overview/
Core
I/O
Drive
System
Devices
Firm-
ware
Firm-
Firm-
ware
ware
Updates
Updates
Updates
√
Selected
I/O
devices
√
All I/O
devices
√
All I/O
devices
Graphi-
Com-
Supports
cal user
mand
Static
interface
line
Bundles
interface
(Service
Packs)
√
√
√
.
Chapter 5
Update the firmware
Chassis
Mid-
plane
PSoC
Firm-
ware
Update
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