Users Guide

Component Name Firmware Rollback

Supported? (Yes or

No)

Out-of-band —

System Restart

Required?

In-band — System

Restart Required?

Lifecycle

Controller GUI

— Restart

Required?

CPLD No Yes Yes Yes

FC Cards Yes Yes Yes Yes

PCIe SSD No No No No

SAS Hard drives No Yes Yes 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.

** When iDRAC is updated from version 1.30.30 or later, a system restart is not necessary. However,

firmware versions of iDRAC earlier than 1.30.30 require a system restart when applied using the out-of-

band interfaces.

Related Concepts

Downloading device firmware

Related Tasks

Updating single device firmware

Updating firmware using repository

Updating firmware using FTP

Updating device firmware using TFTP

Updating device firmware using HTTP

Updating device firmware using RACADM

Scheduling automatic firmware updates

Updating firmware using CMC web interface

Updating firmware using DUP

Updating firmware using remote RACADM

Updating firmware using Lifecycle Controller Remote Services

Downloading device firmware

The image file format that you download depends on the method of update:

• iDRAC Web interface — Download the binary image packaged as a self-extracting archive. The default

firmware image file is firmimg.d7.

NOTE: The same file format is used to recover iDRAC using CMC Web interface.

• Managed System — Download the operating system-specific Dell Update Package (DUP). The file

extensions are .bin for Linux Operating systems and .exe for Windows operating systems.

• Lifecycle Controller — Download the latest catalog file and DUPs and use the Platform Update feature

in Lifecycle Controller to update the device firmware. For more information about Platform Update,

see Lifecycle Controller User’s Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.