Owner's Manual

214 Using the CMC Web Interface
To update the iDRAC firmware.
1
Download the latest iDRAC firmware to your management computer from
support.dell.com .
2 Log in to the Web interface (see "Accessing the CMC Web Interface" on
page 111).
3 Click Chassis Overview in the system tree.
4 Click the Update tab. The Firmware Update page appears.
5 Select the iDRAC or iDRACs of the same model to update by selecting the
Update Targets check box those devices.
6 Click the Apply iDRAC Update button below the iDRAC component list.
7 Click Browse , browse to the iDRAC firmware image you downloaded,
and click
Open .
NOTE: The default iDRAC firmware image name is firmimg.imc. CMC
firmware should be updated first, before updating IOM infrastructure device
firmware.
8 Click Begin Firmware Update . Additional instructions to follow:
• Do not use the
Refresh button or navigate to another page during
the file transfer.
• To cancel the process, click
Cancel File Transfer and Update - this
option is available only during file transfer.
• Update status displays in the
Update State field; this field is
automatically updated during the file transfer process.
NOTE: It can take up to ten minutes to update the iDRAC firmware.
Updating Server Component Firmware Using Lifecycle Controller
The Lifecycle Controller is a service available on each of the servers and is
facilitated by iDRAC. The Server Component Update page enables you to
manage the firmware of the components and devices on the servers using the
Lifecycle Controller service. The Lifecycle controller uses an optimization
algorithm to update the firmware that reduces the number of reboots
efficiently.