Users Guide

There are multiple tools and interfaces that can be used to update the iDRAC rmware. The following table is applicable only to iDRAC
rmware. The table lists the supported interfaces, image-le types, and whether Lifecycle Controller must be in enabled state for the
rmware to be updated.
Table 10. Image le types and dependencies
.D7 Image iDRAC DUP
Interface Supported Requires LC enabled Supported Requires LC enabled
BMCFW64.exe utility Yes No No N/A
Racadm FWUpdate
(old)
Yes No No N/A
Racadm Update (new) Yes Yes Yes Yes
iDRAC UI Yes Yes Yes Yes
WSMAN Yes Yes Yes Yes
In-band OS DUP No N/A Yes No
The following table provides information on whether a system restart is required when rmware is updated for a particular component:
NOTE: When multiple rmware updates are applied through out-of-band methods, the updates are ordered in the most ecient
possible manner to reduce unnecessary system restart.
Table 11. Firmware update
Component Name Firmware Rollback
Supported? (Yes or No)
Out-of-band — System
Restart Required?
In-band — System
Restart Required?
Lifecycle Controller
GUI — Restart
Required?
Diagnostics No No No No
OS Driver Pack No No No No
iDRAC with Lifecycle
Controller
Yes No **No* Yes
BIOS Yes Yes Yes Yes
RAID Controller Yes Yes Yes Yes
Backplanes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Enclosures Yes Yes No Yes
NIC Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power Supply Unit Yes Yes Yes Yes
CPLD No Yes Yes Yes
FC Cards Yes Yes Yes Yes
NVMe PCIe SSD drives
(Dell’s 13th generation of
PowerEdge servers only)
Yes No No No
SAS/SATA hard drives No Yes Yes No
CMC (on PowerEdge FX2
servers)
No Yes Yes Yes
OS Collector No No No No
* Indicates that though a system restart is not required, iDRAC must be restarted to apply the updates. iDRAC communication and
monitoring may temporarily be interrupted.
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