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BIOS Update Requirements

Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator Compatibility Guide Version 1.4

 Overview

 Minimum Requirements for BIOS Update Support

Latest Available BIOS and Minimum Required BIOS for Update by System

Overview

The Server Administrator Update Service provides the ability to update your system's BIOS remotely from within the Server Administrator GUI. The Update Service also provides interfaces for updating many firmware and driver packages. The remote BIOS update capability does not require that you be logged in directly to the system whose BIOS you are updating. If the target system has the minimum required BIOS version installed, you can update the BIOS to the latest version remotely. The purpose of this section is to help you to identify the minimum prerequisite BIOS version to update to the latest available BIOS for each supported Dell™ PowerEdge™ system.

Minimum Requirements for BIOS Update Support

This section lists the minimum BIOS requirements for upgrading to the latest BIOS version available for each Dell PowerEdge system supported by Server Administrator. You can download the latest BIOS versions from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. 

NOTE: This guide is updated only once per business quarter. To ensure that you have the latest BIOS version available, always download the latest BIOS versions from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.

To locate the BIOS update files that you want, perform the steps in the following subsections.

Downloading the Latest BIOS Packages

1. Go to the Dell Support website at support.dell.com and click the Downloads link.

2. Under Choose a Dell System: select your PowerEdge system model name, for example, PowerEdge 300 and click Go!.

The Dell Downloads - Select Your Criteria Web page appears.

1. For 1) Select a download category, select Flash BIOS Updates. For categories 2) and 3), select Not Applicable and click Go!.

2. Click the Dell Server System BIOS link.

 

3. Select the BIOS package that is appropriate for your update method:

    A description of how to use each package appears in the table.

b. For a BIOS update that requires you to use diskettes to install the update, double-click .exe.

c. For a BIOS package that works with the Server Administrator Update Service, click .zip.

Latest Available BIOS and Minimum Required BIOS for Update by System

Table 1 lists the latest available BIOS version for each system that Server Administrator supports. Table 1 also lists the minimum version of the BIOS that must be installed on each system for the latest flash BIOS package to be applied by remote update.

Table 1.  PowerEdge Systems and Minimum BIOS Versions Required for Remote Flash Update

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