Dell PowerEdge System Management Manual

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Systems Management Guide 13b SNMP Platform Event Traps (PETs) are generated using IPMI forhardware events. These traps are generated by the DRAC anddelivered through the DRAC network interface.2 Virtual Machine Operations Alerts:a For virtual machine operations such as VM power-on and VM power-off, SNMP traps are generated. These traps are generated by the ESXisoftware and delivered through the ESXi Management Network.Change ManagementDell System Build and Update Utility (SBUU) provides a utility to performBIOS and firmware updates on the server. SBUU is a bootable CD that shipswith every PowerEdge server. The latest ISO image can be downloaded fromsupport.dell.com. The PE server can be booted with SBUU, which hasoptions to update the BIOS and firmware. The actual update files areavailable in Server Update Utility (SUU) DVD, which can be downloadedfrom support.dell.com.To perform BIOS and firmware updates to VMware ESXi using SBUU:1 Migrate the VMs running on the server that requires update to anotherserver using VMware VMotion technology. When VMotion is notconfigured, either power off the VMs or suspend the VMs as appropriateand perform a cold migration.2 Shutdown the ESXi using VI Client or through the terminal user interface.3 Boot the server using the bootable SBUU media.4 Select the option to update the firmware and follow the wizard. Insert theSUU DVD when required and perform the updates.5 Once the server is updated, reboot the server to ESXi.The VMs can now be powered on or migrated back to this server.BIOS and firmware updates can also be downloaded from support.dell.comas individual files. To perform the update, download the file and copy thecontents to a DOS-bootable diskette. Boot the server from the diskette andrun the update program.Using IT Assistant to install the BIOS and firmware updates to PowerEdgeservers running VMware ESXi software is not supported.