Users Guide

44 Basic Installation of the iDRAC6

Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware Using the Web-Based Interface

For detailed information, see "Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware/System

Services Recovery Image."

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.

Download the iDRAC6 firmware image from the Dell Support website at

support.dell.com

to the managed system.

For example:

C:\downloads\firmimg.d6

Run 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 <i

DRAC6 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.

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

usb 5-2: device descriptor not accepting address

2, error -71