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Configuring the Rolling System Update preferences

Users can configure the update repository and download settings for firmware updates on the Preferences pane.

Specify the update repository location​

Users can configure the update repository where the Rolling System Update function checks for firmware updates when creating a task of type Update without Policy.

Procedure

  1. On the left navigation pane, click Rolling Update under Lenovo XClarity Integrator. Then, click Preferences on the right pane.
  2. On the Preferences pane, select one of the following ways to specify the firmware repository location.

    • By default, an internal directory on the Lenovo XClarity Integrator appliance server is used as the firmware repository and Download metadata from Lenovo website is enabled.

    • To use an external folder as the firmware repository, click EDIT on the right in the Repository folder section.

      1. In the Repository Settings page, select Use Remote Repository.

      2. Input the URL of the repository in the format of \\<IP_address>\<repository_path>, and enter the user name and password if required.

      3. Click OK to save the changes

      Note

      • For repository setup on a host using IPv6 addresses, specify the network address using the fully qualified domain name (FQDN).

      • The write permission of the shared folder must be granted.

      • LXCI supports the following types of external folders on the network:

        • Shared folder on a Windows server

        • Shared folder on a Linux Samba file server (with the NTLM security mode)

  3. Click EDIT on the right of Download metadata from the Lenovo website to configure the update package download settings.
    1. If the LXCI server cannot access the Internet directly, configure the Internet settings on the Lenovo XClarity Integrator appliance administration page. After logging into the Web page, click Network Settings on the left pane and click Internet Settings on the right pane. Then, configure the proxy settings.
    2. Select Download from website and Periodically download to set the frequency for automatically and periodically downloading the update packages.
    3. Click OK
  4. (Optional) Click CHECK NOW on the bottom right corner of the pane to download the latest update package from the Lenovo Web site.
    Note

    • CHECK NOW is only available when Download from website is selected in the previous step.

    • The time of the latest download is displayed on the bottom left corner of the pane.