Lenovo thinksystem SR630 Maintenance Manual

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Notes:– To perform an in-band update through Windows or Linux, the operating system driver must be installedand the Ethernet-over-USB (sometimes called LAN over USB) interface must be enabled.Additional information about configuring Ethernet over USB is available at:http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/com.lenovo.systems.management.xcc.doc/NN1ia_c_configuringUSB.html– If you update firmware through the Lenovo XClarity Controller, make sure that you have downloadedand installed the latest device drivers for the operating system that is running on the server.Specific details about updating firmware using Lenovo XClarity Controller are available at:http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/com.lenovo.systems.management.xcc.doc/NN1ia_c_manageserverfirmware.html• Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLILenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI is a collection of command line applications that can be used tomanage Lenovo servers.Its update application can be used to update firmware and device drivers for yourservers. The update can be performed within the host operating system of the server (in-band) or remotelythrough the BMC of the server (out-of-band).Specific details about updating firmware using Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI is available at:http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/toolsctr_cli_lenovo/onecli_c_update.html• Lenovo XClarity Essentials UpdateXpressLenovo XClarity Essentials UpdateXpress provides most of OneCLI update functions through a graphicaluser interface (GUI). It can be used to acquire and deploy UpdateXpress System Pack (UXSP) updatepackages and individual updates. UpdateXpress System Packs contain firmware and device driverupdates for Microsoft Windows and for Linux.You can obtain Lenovo XClarity Essentials UpdateXpress from the following location:https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht503692• Lenovo XClarity AdministratorIf you are managing multiple servers using the Lenovo XClarity Administrator, you can update firmware forall 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 managedendpoints, Lenovo XClarity Administrator monitors changes to the inventory for those endpoints and flagsany 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.htmlConfiguring the LAN over USB interface manuallyTo perform a firmware update through the operating system using Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI, theLenovo XClarity Controller must be configured to use the LAN over USB interface. The firmware updatepackage attempts to perform the setup automatically, if needed. If the automatic setup fails or if you prefer toset up the LAN over USB manually, use one of the following procedures.Additional information about using the Lenovo XClarity Controller to enable LAN over USB is available at:http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/com.lenovo.systems.management.xcc.doc/NN1ia_c_configuringUSB.htmlInstalling the LAN over USB Windows device driverWhen you install a Windows operating system, there might be an unknown RNDIS device in the DeviceManager. Lenovo provides a Windows INF file that identifies this device.Chapter 1. Introduction 9