Users Guide

Component Name Firmware Rollback
Supported? (Yes or
No)
Out-of-band — System
Restart Required?
In-band — System
Restart Required?
Lifecycle Controller
GUI — Restart
Required?
Backplanes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Enclosures Yes Yes No Yes
NIC Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power Supply Unit Yes Yes Yes Yes
CPLD No Yes Yes Yes
FC Cards Yes Yes Yes Yes
NVMe PCIe SSD drives Yes No No No
SAS/SATA hard drives No Yes Yes No
OS Collector No No No No
* Indicates that though a system restart is not required, iDRAC must be restarted to apply the updates. iDRAC communication and
monitoring may temporarily be interrupted.
When you check for updates, the version marked as Available does not always indicate that it is the latest version available. Before you
install the update, ensure that the version you choose to install is newer than the version currently installed. If you want to control the
version that iDRAC detects, create a custom repository using Dell Repository Manager (DRM) and configure iDRAC to use that repository
to check for updates.
Updating firmware using iDRAC web interface
You can update the device firmware using firmware images available on the local system, from a repository on a network share (CIFS,
NFS, HTTP or HTTPS), or from FTP.
Updating single device firmware
Before updating the firmware using single device update method, make sure that you have downloaded the firmware image to a location
on the local system.
NOTE: Ensure that the file name for the single component DUP does not have any blank space.
To update single device firmware using iDRAC web interface:
1. Go to Maintenance > System Update.
The Firmware Update page is displayed.
2. On the Update tab, select Local as the Location Type.
NOTE:
If you select Local, ensure that you download the firmware image to a location on the local system. Select one
file to be staged to iDRAC for update. You can select additional files one file at a time, for uploading to iDRAC. The
files are uploaded to a temporary space on iDRAC and is limited to approximately 300MB.
3. Click Browse, select the firmware image file for the required component, and then click Upload.
4. After the upload is complete, the Update Details section displays each firmware file uploaded to iDRAC and its status.
If the firmware image file is valid and was successfully uploaded, the Contents column displays a plus icon ( ) icon next to the
firmware image file name. Expand the name to view the Device Name, Current, and Available firmware version information.
5. Select the required firmware file and do one of the following:
• For firmware images that do not require a host system reboot, click Install. For example, iDRAC firmware file.
• For firmware images that require a host system reboot, click Install and Reboot or Install Next Reboot.
• To cancel the firmware update, click Cancel.
When you click Install, Install and Reboot, or Install Next Reboot, the message Updating Job Queue is displayed.
6. To display the Job Queue page, click Job Queue. Use this page to view and manage the staged firmware updates or click OK to
refresh the current page and view the status of the firmware update.
NOTE:
If you navigate away from the page without saving the updates, an error message is displayed and all the
uploaded content is lost.
66 Setting up managed system