Supported operating systems

UpdateXpress System Pack Installer is supported in Linux and Windows operating systems and on specified versions of VMware ESX Server and ESXi. UpdateXpress System Pack Installer is supported by 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.

To determine which operating systems your server supports, refer to the IBM Systems Web site at: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/infrastructure/us/en/.

In this version of the installer, the Windows executable is named as:
lnvgy_utl_uxspi_10.6_winsrvr_32-64.exe
Parent topic: Hardware and software requirements

Windows

UpdateXpress System Pack Installer is supported in the following Windows operating systems.

Table 1. Supported Windows operating systems
Operating system Acquire Updates Compare/Update
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 4 x x
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 x x
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 x x
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 20113 x x
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essential x x
Microsoft Windows HPC 2008 R2 x x
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008   x
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x x
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core2   x
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core R21, 2   x
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x x
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R21, SP1 x x
Microsoft Windows 7 x  
Microsoft Windows Vista x  
Microsoft Windows XP Business Edition x  

Windows OS support notes:

  1. x64 support requires Microsoft Windows on Windows (WOW).
  2. UpdateXpress System Pack Installer (GUI mode) can only be used in the non-Server Core Windows operating system. Users can run UpdateXpress System Pack Installer (CLI mode) by using the CLI commands. For more information, refer to Command-line interface.
  3. After installing and configuring Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011, the Administrator account is disabled by default. Users should use UpdateXpress System Pack Installer to enable the Administrator account.

  4. Microsoft Windows Server 2016 supports UpdateXpress System Pack (CLI mode), but does not support UpdateXpress System Pack Installer (GUI mode). Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Nano) does not support UpdateXpress Systsem Pack Installer (CLI mode or GUI mode).

Linux

UpdateXpress System Pack Installer is supported in the following versions of Linux operating systems.

Table 2. Supported Linux operating systems
Operating system Executable file
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 AMD64/EM64T without XEN component (U1) lnvgy_utl_uxspi_10.3_rhel7_32-64.bin
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 AMD64/EM64T without XEN component (up to U7) lnvgy_utl_uxspi_10.3_rhel6_32-64.bin
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 x86 without XEN component (up to U7) lnvgy_utl_uxspi_10.3_rhel6_32-64.bin
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 AMD64/EM64T with and without XEN component (up to U10) lnvgy_utl_uxspi_10.3_rhel5_32-64.bin
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 x86 with and without XEN component (up to U10) lnvgy_utl_uxspi_10.3_rhel5_32-64.bin
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AMD64/EM64T (up to U9)
  • Entry Server [ES]
  • Advanced Server [AS]
  • Workstation Server [WS]
 lnvgy_utl_uxspi_10.3_rhel4_32-64.bin
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 x86 (up to U9)
  • Entry Server [ES]
  • Advanced Server [AS]
  • Workstation Server [WS]
 lnvgy_utl_uxspi_10.3_rhel4_32-64.bin
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 AMD64/EM64T with and without XEN component lnvgy_utl_uxspi_10.3_sles12_32-64.bin
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 AMD64/EM64T with and without XEN component (up to SP4) lnvgy_utl_uxspi_10.3_sles11_32-64.bin
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 x86 with and without XEN component (up to SP4) lnvgy_utl_uxspi_10.3_sles11_32-64.bin
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.0 AMD64/EM64T with and without Xen component (up to SP4) lnvgy_utl_uxspi_10.3_sles10_32-64.bin
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.0 x86 with and without XEN component (up to SP4) lnvgy_utl_uxspi_10.3_sles10_32-64.bin

Linux OS support notes:

  • If you are comparing firmware packages in UXSP for Linux operating systems, UXSPI supports fuzzy OS check. Therefore, if the current OS is not in the support list of firmware package, it might be in the comparison result of UXSPI.
  • UXSPI depends on the ifconfig command for the Linux OS, which may not be installed on RHEL 7. For UXSPI to update firmware on RHEL 7, you must install nettools rpm.
  • 500 MB of free disk space is recommended when running Linux versions of UpdateXpress System Pack Installer.
  • Linux device driver updates require specific packages. The Linux device driver update packs require the following packages be installed:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux: rpm-build, perl, and bash
    • SUSE Enterprise Linux: perl and bash

VMware

UpdateXpress System Pack Installer is supported in following versions of VMware.

Table 3. VMware support
Operating system Executable file
VMware ESX Server 4.1 lnvgy_utl_uxspi_10.3_rhel5_32-64.bin
VMware ESX Server 4.0u3 lnvgy_utl_uxspi_10.3_rhel5_32-64.bin

VMware support note:

UpdateXpress System Pack Installer is supported in following versions of VMware with a Lenovo customized image.

Table 4. VMware ESXi Support (Lenovo customized image)
VMware ESXi Version 4.1 U1 and 4.1 U2 4.1 U3 5.0.x, 5.1.x, and patch 5.5 and patch 5.5 U1 and patch 5.5 U2 6.0
uEFI/iMM/DSA/FPGA Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
LSI N N Y N Y Y Y
Broadcom N N N N N N N
QLogic NXII N N N N N N N
QLogic CNA Y Y Y N Y Y Y
QLogic FC N/A N/A Y N Y Y Y
Emulex N Y Y N Y Y Y
Brocade N N N N N N N
Important:

  • Broadcom NetXtreme II was acquired by Qlogic. Rebranding work (including the new provider) is done. Therefore, UXSPI does not support the Qlogic NetXtreme II firmware update on VMWare ESXi.

  • Brocade was acquired by Qlogic. Currently, there is no solution for this product to work correctly after rebranding. Therefore, UXSPI does not support the Brocade firmware update on VMWare ESXi.

Additional VMware ESXi support notes

  • If the uEFI/IMM of the system has been upgraded to the Lenovo version, ensure that patch 2.1 or later has been applied with the VMWare ESXi customized image.
  • UXSPI does not support a customized image with customer insertion of non-publicly available drivers. UXSPI does not support a customized image with customer insertion of publicly-available drivers. However, if there is any problem, Lenovo will seek solutions.
  • For information about ESXi support requirements, see Updating firmware on an ESXi system.