Users Guide
The following table provides information on whether a system restart is required when firmware is updated for a particular
component:
NOTE: When multiple firmware updates are applied through out-of-band methods, the updates are ordered in the most
efficient possible manner to reduce unnecessary system restart.
Table 12. Firmware update — supported components
Component Name Firmware Rollback
Supported? (Yes or
No)
Out-of-band —
System Restart
Required?
In-band — System
Restart Required?
Lifecycle
Controller GUI —
Restart Required?
Diagnostics No No No No
OS Driver Pack No No No No
iDRAC Yes No No* Yes
BIOS Yes Yes Yes Yes
RAID Controller Yes Yes Yes Yes
BOSS Yes Yes Yes Yes
NVDIMM No Yes Yes Yes
Backplanes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NOTE: For active backplanes, system restart is required. For passive backplanes, direct update supported only from
4.00.00.00 release onwards, previous version servers still needs a reboot.
Enclosures Yes Yes No Yes
NIC Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power Supply Unit Yes Yes Yes Yes
CPLD No Yes Yes Yes
NOTE: After CPLD firmware upgrade is complete, iDRAC restarts automatically.
FC Cards Yes Yes Yes Yes
NVMe PCIe SSD drives Yes Yes Yes Yes
SAS/SATA hard drives No Yes Yes No
OS Collector No No No No
CMC (on PowerEdge
FX2 servers)
No Yes Yes Yes
NOTE: For details of supported components for MX platform, see Table 13.
Table 13. Firmware update — supported components for MX platforms
Component Name Firmware Rollback
Supported? (Yes or
No)
Out-of-band —
System Restart
Required?
In-band — System
Restart Required?
Lifecycle
Controller GUI —
Restart Required?
Diagnostics No No No No
OS Driver Pack No No No No
iDRAC Yes No No* Yes
BIOS Yes Yes Yes Yes
RAID Controller Yes Yes Yes Yes
BOSS Yes Yes Yes Yes
NVDIMM No Yes Yes Yes
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