Dell POWEREDGE R720 - Manual (Page 20)

Update Dell™ Server Hardware with Dell OpenManage Essentials
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Agent Free System Update - Out Of Band System Update without OMSA agent
Out Of Band system update uses iDRAC with Life Cycle controller mechanism to update Dell
PowerEdge servers. Out Of Band system update is useful for IT administrator when there is managed
PE server with/without Operating System and without OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA).
Agent free system update in OME does not need OS and OMSA on the managed system to gather
inventory and deploy firmware and BIOS updates. Agent free updates are applied via Integrated Dell
Remote Controller (iDRAC6/iDRAC7) on 11G and 12G Servers.
Prerequisities for Agent free(iDRAC) System Updates .
1. 11G servers
- Modular : Minimum iDRAC6 firmware version 2.20 and higher
- Monolithic : Minimum iDRAC6 firmware version 1.40 and higher
2. 12G servers
- Express or Enterprise license
3. iDRAC is discovered and inventoried using Ws-Man protocol
For more information on iDRAC
http://content.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/d/solutions/integrated-dell-remote-access-
controller-idrac.aspx