Support for Lenovo System x series server Firmware Update Provider Broker on ESXi 5.x and later

Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information about the Lenovo System x series server Firmware Update Provider Broker (FUPB) CIM provider support to update firmware on Lenovo Customized images for ESXi. The provider installs Lenovo (IMM, pDSA, UEFI, FPGA) and vendor (Emulex, Broadcom, LSI, Qlogic, and Brocade update packages for ESXi) firmware updates. The Lenovo UpdateXpress System Pack Installer also uses the FUPB provider.

Disclaimer: The partner product referenced in this article is a software module that is developed and supported by a VMware partner. Use of this product is also governed by the end user license agreement of the partner. You must obtain the application, support, and licensing for this product directly from the partner. For more information, see Lenovo - IBM Server.

Note: The preceding link was correct as of April 10, 2015. If you find the link is broken, provide feedback and a VMware employee will update the link.

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5

Resolution

Supported hardware and/or software

With these providers, Lenovo ToolsCenter is able to manage ESXi 5.x and later systems.

For more information about Lenovo ToolsCenter, see IBM.com. Search for the package named: Lenovo ToolsCenter Suite.

IPMI extensions (if any)

None

Implementation schema details

The provider follows DMTF standard DSP1025-SoftwareUpdate.

CIM client plug-in support

None

Support information

Use the normal Lenovo support channels, documentation is available on the Lenovo support portal. The FUPB provider is integrated into the Lenovo custom image for ESXi vSphere 5.x and later.

Note: The preceding links were correct as of April 10, 2015. If you find the links are broken, provide feedback and a VMware employee will update the links.

Additional Information

Additional support information

Troubleshooting information such as logs, procedures and techniques can be found at this location:

/tmp/fupbdebug.txt

Sample problem scenarios and how to address them:

Since the FUPB provider is bundled with the Lenovo custom image, the provider exclusively supports Lenovo’s ToolCenter UpdateXpress System Pack Installer.

Error codes

If you find an error in the logs, use this list of package installation return codes to diagnose the issue further.

Value	Description/Message
0	Package installation not started
10	Package download completed with no error
11	Package download failed
12	TFTP file transfer timeout
13	Invalid input parameter in TFTP file transfer
14	Not enough space on VMware ESXi storage
15	Asynchronous TFTP transfer
16	Package download error message: <error message that FTR responds with>
17	Unknown Error of package download
18	Invalid Destination URI from TFTP file transfer
50	Package installation completed with no error
53	Package installation timeout
54	Package installation failed
55	Invalid input parameter in package installation
56	Package installation error message: <error message that FUP responds with>
57	Unknown Error of package installation
58	Unsupported target type
59	Package already installed
60	Scanning URI for installable packages
61	Scan of URI complete, installable packages found, starting update
62	Package installation is running
80	The package is not supported by current ESXi image
Others	Reserved for future extension

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