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Update Dell servers through lifecycle controller and an ISO

A useful method to update BIOS and firmware of Dell servers is to use the integrated lifecycle controller (F10 during system boot) and mount a pre-created iso as a repository for updates (instead of using the Dell ftp that is not always available and it is still very slow).

To create the iso which contains all the updates you need to use the Dell repository manager datacenter version. Once installed and started you have to create a new repository

 

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