Users Guide

While updating VRTX Chassis rmware, it is recommended to update the rmware versions of the chassis components in the following

order:

1 Blade components rmware

2 CMC rmware

3 Chassis infrastructure rmware

4 Shared PERC8 rmware (integrated and external)

5 Internal Storage Backplane rmware and external enclosure's expanders

6 HDD rmware (external and integrated enclosures)

For more information about the update sequence for VRTX chassis, see the CMC Firmware 3.0 Release Notes available at dell.com/

cmcmanuals.

Viewing Currently Installed Firmware Versions

You can view the currently installed rmware versions using the CMC web interface or RACADM.

Viewing Currently Installed Firmware Versions Using CMC Web

Interface

In the CMC web interface, go to any of the following pages to view the current rmware versions:

• Chassis Overview > Update

• Chassis Overview > Chassis Controller > Update

• Chassis Overview > Server Overview > Server Component Update

• Chassis Overview > I/O Module Overview > Update

• Chassis Overview > Storage > Storage Component Update

The Firmware Update page displays the current version of the rmware for each listed component and allows you to update the rmware

to the latest version.

If the chassis contains an earlier generation server, whose iDRAC is in recovery mode or if CMC detects that iDRAC has corrupted

rmware, then the earlier generation iDRAC is also listed on the Firmware Update page.

Viewing Currently Installed Firmware Versions Using RACADM

To view the IP information for iDRAC and CMC, and the CMC service- or asset tag using RACADM, run the racadm getsysinfo sub-

command. For more information about other RACADM commands, see the Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX

RACADM Command Line Reference Guide.

Updating the CMC Firmware

You can update the CMC rmware using web interface or RACADM. The rmware update, by default, retains the current CMC settings.

During the update process, you can reset CMC conguration settings back to the factory-default settings.

NOTE

: To update rmware on CMC, you must have the Chassis Conguration Administrator privilege.

If a Web user interface session is used to update system component rmware, the Idle Timeout (0, 60–10800) setting must be set to a

higher value to accommodate the le transfer time. Sometimes, the rmware le transfer time may be as high as 30 minutes. To set the idle

timeout value, see Conguring Services.

During CMC rmware updates, it is normal for some or all of the fan units in the chassis to rotate at 100% speed.

Updating Firmware