Dell iDRAC8 manual Viewing and Managing Staged Updates, Updating Firmware Using Remote Racadm

NOTE: While updating the iDRAC firmware using the DUP utility in Linux, if you see error

messages such as usb 5-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71 displayed on the console, ignore them.

•If the system has ESX hypervisor installed, then for the DUP file to run, make sure that the "usbarbitrator" service is stopped using command: service usbarbitrator stop

To update iDRAC using DUP:

1.Download the DUP based on the installed operating system and run it on the managed system.

2.Run the DUP.

The firmware is updated. A system restart is not required after firmware update is complete.

Updating Firmware Using Remote RACADM

To update using remote RACADM:

1.Download the firmware image to the TFTP or FTP server. For example, C:\downloads\firmimg.d7

2.Run the following RACADM command: TFTP server:

•Using fwupdate command: racadm -r <iDRAC IP address> -u <username> -p <password> fwupdate -g -u -a <path>

where path is the location on the TFTP server where firmimg.d7 is stored.

•Using update command: racadm -r <iDRAC IP address> -u <username> -p <password> update —f <filename>

FTP server:

•Using fwupdate command: racadm -r <iDRAC IP address> -u <username> -p <password> fwupdate –f <ftpsrever IP> <ftpserver username> <ftpserver password> –d <path>

where path is the location on the FTP server where firmimg.d7 is stored.

•Using update command: racadm -r <iDRAC IP address> -u <username> -p <password> update —f <filename>

For more information, see fwupdate command in the iDRAC8 RACADM Command Line Interface

Reference Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.

Updating Firmware Using Lifecycle Controller Remote Services

For information to update the firmware using Lifecycle Controller–Remote Services, see Lifecycle Controller Remote Services Quick Start Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.

Viewing and Managing Staged Updates

You can view and delete the scheduled jobs including configuration and update jobs. This is a licensed feature. All jobs queued to run during the next reboot can be deleted.

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