Dell Vostros 15 - BIOS update via SCCM

[Fazza]

Has anyone used SCCM to update the BIOS on a Dell Vostros 15 before?

 

I notice there is a silent install switch (/s) along with a restart option (/r) so easily added to SCCM but am I asking for trouble or does it just work?

 

I'm assuming if people have successfully done this then to just use the /s option and put a restart in the SCCM Task Sequence straight after it instead so that SCCM maintains control of the restart?

 

[DavR]

I haven't done it with the Vostros 15, but I have done it with Optiplex and Latitude. I put a bunch of BIOS upgrades in a Task Sequence, each step WMI filtered by model, and then had a TS reboot at the end.

 

Each BIOS upgrade I added as a package with the switches /s for silent and /f for force. I also used /l to log the outcomes, but that's a matter of preference.

 

You may additionally need to add "0 2 3010" as the success codes for the TS steps - as far as I know, that's "succeeded but reboot required", which is what we're expecting it to say.

Edited September 27, 2018 by DavR