Dell IDRAC6 manual Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware Using the Web-Based Interface

Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware Using the Web-Based Interface

For detailed information, see "Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware/System Services Recovery Image" on page 77.

Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware Using RACADM

You can update the iDRAC6 firmware using the CLI-based RACADM tool. If you have installed Server Administrator on the managed system, use local RACADM to update the firmware.

1Download the iDRAC6 firmware image from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com to the managed system.

For example:

C:\downloads\firmimg.d6

2Run the following RACADM command:

racadm fwupdate -pud c:\downloads\

You can also update the firmware using remote RACADM and a TFTP server.

For example:

racadm -r <iDRAC6 IP address> -u <username> -p <password> fwupdate -g -u -a <path>

where path is the location on the TFTP server where the firmimg.d6 is stored including the TFTP server IP address.

Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware Using Dell Update Packages for Supported Windows and Linux Operating Systems

Download and run the Dell Update Packages for supported Windows and Linux operating systems from Dell Support website at support.dell.com.

For more information, see the Dell Update Package User’s Guide available on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com\manuals.

NOTE: When updating the iDRAC6 firmware using the Dell Update Package utility in Linux, you may see these messages displayed on the console:

usb 5-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71

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Basic Installation of the iDRAC6