The Update Service provides up-to-date version control and valuable change management tools for performing BIOS, firmware, and NIC driver updates on your local system. You can view the current version and perform updates for the system BIOS and firmware, RAID controller firmware, RAC firmware, other system component firmware, and NIC drivers. Device driver updates are available for RAID controllers.
Operating Systems That Support Update Services
All updates require Server Administrator and a supported Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 or Windows® 2000 operating system.
BIOS updates are supported on the both Dell PowerEdge™ 500SC and 1650 systems if the BIOS revision is A05 or later. The BIOS update is supported for PowerEdge 2550 systems if the BIOS revision is A06 or later.
BIOS updates are not supported for PowerEdge 350 and 8450 systems.
Update Service Exceptions for Firmware
Firmware updates are not supported for PowerEdge 1500SC, 1550, and 8450 systems.
Restrictions on Firmware or Device Driver Updates
The Update Service will not perform PERC, CERC, or ROMB firmware and device driver updates unless Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager agent is installed. The Array Manager agent is installed with Server Administrator by default.
Devices That Can Be Updated Using Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Update Services
The following is a comprehensive list of devices that you can update using the Server Administrator Update Service. If you want to update a device that is not in this list, see the Dell Support website at support.dell.com for alternative update methods such as a diskette.
BIOS
System Firmware — ESM2, ESM3, and ESM4, and ESM5 (BMC, backplane)
Remote Access Controllers — DRAC II, DRAC III, ERA, ERA/O, and DRAC III/XT, DRAC 4
RAID Controllers — PERC 2, PERC 2/SC driver, PERC 2/DC driver, PERC 3/Si, PERC 3/Di, PERC 3/DC, PERC 3/DCL, PERC 3/QC, PERC 3/SC, PERC 4/Di, PERC 4/SC firmware and driver, PERC 4/DC firmware and driver, PERC 4/IM driver, PERC 4e firmware and driver, CERC, and CERC SATA 1.5/6 channel firmware and driver, CERC SATA2s driver.
Network Interface Cards — Intel™ NIC driver and Broadcom NIC driver
