Update Lenovo ThinkPad SSD Firmware through MDT
As SSD drives become more and more common in ThinkPad model, we also see an increasing need to be able to update the firmware on these storage devices. This blog post will describe how to deploy the Solid State Drive Firmware Update Utility for ThinkPad through MDT. Overview of the solution: Obtain and extract SSD firmware media Setup the server side folder structure Configure MDT Add SSD Firmware as MDT application Edit the Task Sequence Copy Command Install SSD Fir mware based on WMI Queries Obtain and extract SSD firmware media Begin by downloading the SSD Firmware update from the Lenovo Support Site. This is the current version as of July 25, 2016. This package provides the firmware updates for several different SSD drives for several different ThinkPad models which are listed on the linked page. The readme available from that page also identifies the specific SSD drives that are covered. Once the .zip file is downloaded, extract it to FWSDXX folder whe