Dell Update Packages Version 14.05.00 Owner's Manual

PACKAGES FOR

Version 14.05.00

DELL UPDATE

LINUX

Release Notes

Release Type and Definition

This Readme contains updated information for your "Dell Update Packages for Microsoft Windows
Operating Systems User's Guide" and any other technical documentation included with the Dell Update
Packages for Linux.

Version

14.05.00

Release Date:

September 2014

Previous Version

7.4

Importance

Dell Update Packages offer ease and flexibility for updating the system software on Dell PowerEdge
systems. Update Packages are available for the following software components:

• System BIOS

• System firmware, also known as the Embedded Systems Management

• (ESM) firmware

• Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC)/Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (IDRAC)

firmware, which also includes Embedded Remote Access (ERA) firmware

• PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) firmware

• Diagnostics

• OS Driver pack

• Lifecycle Controller

• Software RAID Controller firmware

• Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware

• SCSI Backplane (BP) firmware

• SAS BP firmware

• SAS Expander firmware

• SSD firmware

• SED firmware

• SAS HDD Firmware

• SAS Controller firmware

• SEP firmware

• PowerVault 100T firmware

• PowerVault 110T firmware

• PowerVault MD1000 firmware

• PowerVault MD1120 firmware

• PowerVault MD1200 firmware

• PowerVault MD1220 firmware

• PowerVault MD1400 firmware

• PowerVault MD1420 firmwarePowerVault RD1000 firmware

• Power Supply firmware

• Broadcom Network Adapter Firmware

• Intel Network Adapter Firmware

• QLogic Network Adapter Firmware

• Emulex Network Adpater Firmware

• OpenManage Server Administrator updates

• Mellanox Network Adapter Firmware

• OS Collector

• iSM

CONTENTS

• CRITICALITY

• MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• UPDATE PACKAGES: SUPPORTED COMPONENTS

• KNOWN ISSUES

CRITICALITY

2 – Recommended
It is recommended that you apply this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update
contains feature enhancements or changes that will keep your system software current and
compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers, and software).

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

The Update Packages support Dell systems running the following Linux operating systems:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 server (64-bit)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 server (64-bit)

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 x86_64

• VMware ESX Server version 4.1 Update 3

• Citrix Xen Server 6.2

NOTE: For the latest information about the various systems and operating systems that Dell Update
Packages are supported on, see the "Dell Systems Software Support Matrix". This guide is available on
the Dell Support website at "dell.com/openmanagemanuals".

Update Packages may also be applied in a pre-operating system environment that uses the
embedded Linux (ELI) environment through the Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK).

UPDATE PACKAGES: SUPPORTED COMPONENTS

Update Packages currently do not support all system component types. Dell will continue to make
Update Packages available on additional devices in future.

This release of Update Packages supports updates to the devices listed in the following table.

Component Type Supported Components

---------------------------------------------------------------------­BIOS

---------------------------------------------------------------------­DRAC firmware DRAC 5, iDRAC6, iDRAC7, iDRAC8

---------------------------------------------------------------------­RAID firmware
PERC H200,
PERC S300 Adapter,