FUJITSU ServerView Suite V6.10 - Manual (Page 43)

3.2.2 Updating a system running a VMware ESXi operating sys-
tem (flash via iRMC S3 using cURL)
Updating a system running an ESXi system (flash via iRMC S3 using
cURL):
Figure 4: Diagram of the update (ESXi system via iRMC S3 using cURL)
1. The Inventory Manager on the management server uses CIM com-
mands to fetch the required inventory data from the VMware ESXi host.
(A pre-installed ServerView ESXi CIM provider is prerequisite.) When
updating via the graphical user interface the data is presented on the
graphical user interface.
2. The Update Manager compares the inventories entered in the database
with the software and firmware components in the repository. Based on
the differences arising from this comparison, it then creates a list of
components and servers that need updating.
3. The object-specific update job for updating BIOS / iRMC S3 firmware is
generated by the Update Manager.
4. The Update Manager transfers the update images and the update job
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3.2 Update via TFTP server