The UpdateXpress application supports to update the remote servers in batch from a local folder.
Prerequisite:The multi-update function for the remote servers is only supported in the ThinkServer servers and the WenTian server. For details of supported servers, see Supported server models.
To update multiple remote servers from a local directory, do the following:
- Launch the UpdateXpress application. See Launching the UpdateXpress application.
- In the Welcome window, click Next.
- In the Target Server window, select Multi-server Management, and click Next.
- In the Multi-server Management window, do one or more of the following:
To add new servers into server pool, select
+ Add new servers. In the
Add new servers window, do one of the following:
Select IP range, input the IP address range and click Discover.
Select Discover by SSDP, select the target adapter and click Discover.
To remove the server from the Server Pool list, select one or more target servers, and click .
To verify whether the user name and password are correct for the server, select one or more target servers, and click .
To export the Server Pool list, select one or more target servers, click .
By default, the Server Pool list will be saved in the JSON file. Users can also select the CSV and XLS format.
To import the Server Pool list to other server, select one or more target servers from the list, click and select the target JSON file.
To change the password of the server, select one or more target servers, click . On the
Change IP and Password page, do one of the following:
To change the password for single server, input the new user name and password, and click Execute. The new user name and password will be automatically added to the drop-down list.
To change the password for multiple servers, click Export, modify the password in the exported CSV file, and save the file. Go back to the Change IP and Password page, click Import to add the CSV file, and click Execute.
To view the details of each server, click 
of the target server.
The user role of USERID is Administrator, which cannot be changed.
To use common BMC credentials for management, select Input the common BMC credentials -, input user name and password.
- Go back to the Multi-server Management window, click Next, a message will be prompted to remind users to confirm whether the certificate should be updated. Click Accept to update the certificate.
If users log in for the first time or the password is expired, change the password in the window.
- In the Task window, select Perform updating on target server and click Next.
- In the Update Setting window, select one or more of the options. If Use a separate remote server instead of the BMC one is selected, input the following information:
(HTTPS/FTP Setting) IP address or Host name: IP address or host name of the server.
(HTTPS/FTP Setting) User Name: User name of the server.
(HTTPS/FTP Setting) Password: Password of the server.
(HTTPS/FTP Setting) Port: Port number of the server. If users do not input, the default port is used.
(HTTPS/FTP Setting)
Directory: The location on the server where update packages are copied to.
Input a full path on the HTTPS/FTP server. The FTP server is only used for the ThinkServer marked with superscript 2 (Note 2) in
Supported server models.
- In the Updates Location window, select Look in local directory. To specify a local folder, do one of the following:
Click Browse , select the desired folder, and click Next.
Input the folder path into the field beside the Browse button, and click Next.
- In the Update Type window, select the target update type, and click Next.
- In the Update Recommendation window, click Begin to compare the version of installed firmware with the latest version. After the progress is completed, select one or more target packages, and click Next.
To display all update packages, select Show updates with no adapters detected before clicking Begin.
- In the Update Execution window, click Begin Update and confirm to continue on the pop window. The execution table displays the upgrade progress of the packages. When the upgrade progress is completed, click Next.
- In the Finish window, click the log to check the updates, and click Close to exit.