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12 Updating M1000e Servers and Using in Chassis Management Controller (CMC) VRTX Chassis
3.1 After Updating iDRAC Firmware
After the iDRAC firmware is updated, it takes around two (2) minutes for the changes to become effective.
During this period, iDRAC will not be available for use.
For more information about whether or not a server restart is required for the firmware to be effective,
see the Lifecycle Controller User’s Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.
7. To verify whether or not the firmware is updated correctly, in the left pane, click Server. On the
System Summary page, in the Server Information section, make sure that the updated
version is displayed in the Firmware Version row.
For more information about the description of fields that appear on an iDRAC page, click the question mark
symbol (?) in the upper-right corner of a page. For detailed information about the tasks that you
can perform on a page, see the iDRAC User’s Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.
3.2 Updating BIOS and CPLD Firmware
As described in the Updating Firmware Using iDRAC GUI section earlier in this white paper, upload and
update the BIOS and CPLD firmware DUPs that you have downloaded.
Updating BIOS and CPLD Firmware
 After updating the firmware of BIOS and CPLD, a server is automatically restarted to affect the update
in Lifecycle Controller, and then ‘power cycle’ after the update is effective.
 Also, in case of a CPLD update, after an update, the server is virtually reseated, which results in iDRAC
being not available for use for approximately two (2) minutes, because iDRAC is being restarted and
the server is automatically turned off. After iDRAC restarts, the server is automatically restarted.