Users Guide

Updating firmware using CMC web interface

You can update iDRAC firmware for blade servers using the CMC Web interface.

To update iDRAC firmware using the CMC Web interface:

1. Log in to CMC Web interface.

2. Go to Server → Overview → <server name>.

The Server Status page is displayed.

3. Click Launch iDRAC Web interface and perform iDRAC Firmware Update.

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Updating device firmware

Updating firmware using iDRAC web interface

Updating firmware using DUP

Before you update firmware using Dell Update Package (DUP), make sure to:

• Install and enable the IPMI and managed system drivers.

• Enable and start the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service if your system is running Windows operating

system,

NOTE: While updating the iDRAC firmware using the DUP utility in Linux, if you see error messages such as usb

5-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71 displayed on the console, ignore them.

• If the system has ESX hypervisor installed, then for the DUP file to run, make sure that the "usbarbitrator" service is stopped

using command: service usbarbitrator stop

To update iDRAC using DUP:

1. Download the DUP based on the installed operating system and run it on the managed system.

2. Run the DUP.

The firmware is updated. A system restart is not required after firmware update is complete.

Updating firmware using remote RACADM

1. Download the firmware image to the TFTP or FTP server. For example, C:\downloads\firmimg.d7

2. Run the following RACADM command:

TFTP server:

• Using fwupdate command:

racadm -r <iDRAC IP address> -u <username> -p <password> fwupdate -g -u -a <path>

path the location on the TFTP server where firmimg.d7 is stored.

• Using update command:

racadm -r <iDRAC IP address> -u <username> -p <password> update —f <filename>

FTP server:

• Using fwupdate command:

racadm -r <iDRAC IP address> -u <username> -p <password> fwupdate –f <ftpserver IP>

path the location on the FTP server where firmimg.d7 is stored.

• Using update command:

racadm -r <iDRAC IP address> -u <username> -p <password> update —f <filename>

For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.