Owner's Manual

Using the CMC Web Interface 215
Before using the Lifecycle Controller based update feature, server firmware
versions should be updated.
NOTE: You should update the CMC firmware before updating the server component
firmware modules.
You should update the server component firmware modules in the following
order:
•BIOS
• Lifecycle Controller
•iDRAC
See the "Recommended Module Firmware Versions" section in the CMC
Readme at support.dell.com/manuals. The Lifecycle Controller provides
module update support for iDRAC6 and later servers. The iDRAC firmware
must be at version 2.3 or greater to update firmware using Lifecycle
Controller.
While updating firmware manually using DUPs, you should update the
firmware in the following order:
• BIOS
• Lifecycle Controller
• iDRAC — If updating iDRAC firmware to 3.0 or greater from an iDRAC
version less than 2.3, the iDRAC firmware must first be updated to version
2.3 before updating to version 3.0 or greater.
Enabling the Lifecycle Controller
If the server does not support the Lifecycle Controller service, the Firmware
Inventory section displays Not Supported.
The Lifecycle Controller service may be disabled on the server and the
Firmware Inventory section displays Lifecycle Controller may not
be enabled.
To enable the Lifecycle Controller service on the latest generation of servers,
upgrade the existing servers by installing the Unified Server Configurator
(USC) firmware and updating the iDRAC firmware. For earlier generation
servers this upgrade may not be possible.