Updating legacy drive firmware on ThinkSystem V3 servers (in-band mode)

This section describes how to update legacy drive firmware on ThinkSystem V3 servers without restarting the host in in-band mode.

1. Acquire all necessary files for a specific host OS, for example, rhel8.

   Sample command:

   OneCli update acquire --ostype rhel8 --mt xxxx --dir ./xxxx-pkg
   

   Note

   The BIN and EXE executable firmware packages of the legacy HDD/SSD can only be downloaded along with Update Bundles by using OneCLI.
2. Do one of the following:

   • On Linux, find out lnvgy_fw_drives_all-xxxx_linux_x86-64.bin under the directory ./xxxx-pkg.

   • On Windows, find out lnvgy_fw_drives_all_xxxx_windows_x86-64.exe under the directory .\xxxx-pkg.

3. Flash the hard drive packages in the host OS or run the binary file, do one of the following:

   • On Linux, do one of the following:

     • Flash the hard drive packages in the host OS.

       Sample command:

       OneCli update flash --scope individual --includeid lnvgy_fw_drives_all-xxxx_linux_x86-64 --dir ./xxxx-pkg
       

     • Run the binary file:

       lnvgy_fw_drives_all-xxxx_linux_x86-64.bin -s
       

   • On Windows, do one of the following:

     • Flash the hard drive packages in the host OS.

       Sample command:

       OneCli update flash --scope individual --includeid lnvgy_fw_drives_all_xxxx_windows_x86-64 --dir .\xxxx-pkg
       

     • Run the binary file:

       lnvgy_fw_drives_all_xxxx_windows_x86-64.exe -s