Users Guide

iDRAC Direct Updates
iDRAC provides out of band ability to update the firmware of various components of a PowerEdge server. iDRAC direct update
helps in eliminating staged jobs during updates.
iDRAC used to have staged updates to initiate firmware update of the components. From this release, Direct updates have been
applied to PSU and Backplane. With the use of Direct Updates and Backplane can have quicker updates. In case of PSU, one
reboot (for initializing the updates) is avoided and the update can happen in single reboot.
With Direct update feature in iDRAC, you can eliminate the first reboot to initiate the updates. The second reboot will be
controlled by the device itself and iDRAC notifies the user if there is need for a separate reset via job status.
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