Users Guide

Table 10. Firmware update (continued)
Component Name Firmware Rollback
Supported? (Yes or
No)
Out-of-band —
System Restart
Required?
In-band — System
Restart Required?
Lifecycle
Controller GUI —
Restart Required?
RAID Controller Yes Yes Yes Yes
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
(Dell’s 13th generation of
PowerEdge servers only)
Yes No No No
SAS/SATA hard drives No Yes Yes No
CMC (on PowerEdge
FX2 servers)
No Yes Yes Yes
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 iDRAC is updated from version 1.30.30 or later, a system restart is not necessary. However, firmware versions of
iDRAC earlier than 1.30.30 require a system restart when applied by using the out-of-band interfaces.
NOTE:
Configuration changes and firmware updates that are made within the operating system may not reflect properly in
the inventory until you perform a server restart.
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.
Related tasks
Updating single device firmware on page 65
Updating firmware using repository on page 65
Updating firmware using FTP, TFTP, or HTTP on page 66
Updating device firmware using RACADM on page 67
Scheduling automatic firmware updates on page 67
Updating firmware using CMC web interface on page 68
Updating firmware using DUP on page 69
Updating firmware using remote RACADM on page 69
Updating firmware using Lifecycle Controller Remote Services on page 70
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 or NFS), or from FTP.
NOTE: CIFS supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and NFS supports only IPv4 address.
64 Setting up managed system and management station