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Firmware updates

Lenovo XClarity One uses the management hubs to apply firmware updates to your managed devices. When you initiate a firmware update from the XClarity One portal, XClarity One pushes the required update packages to the appropriate management hub and then sends a request to hub to apply the update on the target devices. The management hub sends status, progress, and log data back to the XClarity One portal during the update process so you can monitor progress.

The Things To Do panel displays a card when new firmware updates are available. You can initiate the firmware update from a todo in the following ways. Follow instructions in the wizard to update your devices.

  • Click Update to update all devices associated with the todo.

  • Click Show devices to open the Managed devices page with a filtered list of devices associated with the todo. From this page, you can select the devices that you want to update, and then click the Update icon (Update icon).

You can also update firmware for a specific device. Click the Managed devices panel title from the Device management view, click the name of the device in the table to display the managed-device details page, click Firmware status from the context menu, and then click the Update icon (Update icon).

You can choose what firmware version to update on the selected devices based on rules. You can set a default update rule to use generally for all device types and components. Then, you can then optionally select a specific update rule for each type of device and component. If you do not select a specific rule, the device type inherits the default rule, and the components inherit the device-type rule. Changing the device-type rule also changes the components that inherit that rule.

You can choose from the following default rules.

  • Don’t apply a default rule. (default) Do not apply a default rule for any devices or component. You will need to select specific firmware versions to update for each device.
  • By version. Update the device or component using the latest available firmware versions.

You can choose from the following custom rules for specific device and components.

  • Do not update. Do not update firmware for the device or component.
  • Latest version. Update the device or component using the latest available firmware versions.
  • {specific version}. Update the component to a specific firmware version. Note that although earlier firmware versions are listed, you can only update to a later version. Downgrading to an earlier version is not supported.
Attention
Some components require the device to be restarted to complete the firmware update, such as unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI), network cards, RAID adapters, and disks. During the update process, the device might be restarted automatically one or more times until the entire process is complete. Ensure that you quiesce all applications on the device before you proceed.

During the update process, if one component fails, the management hub continues to apply updates on the remaining components for the device and for other devices in the same job.