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5. After clicking the OK button, the process will start downloading the update package, which is
shown in the Job Status column.
After downloading, the update task will be scheduled, executed and completed. After
completion of the update and reboot, the job status is shown as Completed.
Similarly, Lifecycle controller firmware, iDRAC firmware, OS driver pack firmware, 32-bit
Diagnostics firmware, RAID controller, and Network I/F controller can be updated.
Updating Firmware Using RACADM Interface
Viewing Currently Installed Firmware Versions
To view the currently installed firmware versions, the getversion command is run.
1. Command racadm getversion retrieves all module firmware information. For
example, racadm getversion –b retrieves information about the BIOS of a server.
2. If you want to get information about a specific module, you can use module option. For
example, racadm getversion –m server-1.
The above command retrieves firmware information of server-1. Here module can be
server-n (where n=1,2,3,4), PERC, HDD, CMC-n (n=1,2), PERC, and expander.