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NOTE: When multiple rmware updates are applied through out-of-band methods, the updates are ordered in the most
ecient possible manner to reduce unnecessary system restart.
Table 10. Firmware update — supported components
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.
** When iDRAC is updated from version 1.30.30 or later, a system restart is not necessary. However, rmware versions of iDRAC
earlier than 1.30.30 require a system restart when applied by using the out-of-band interfaces.
NOTE: Conguration changes and rmware updates that are made within the operating system may not reect properly
in the inventory until you perform a server restart.
When you check for updates, the version marked as Available does not always indicate that it is the latest version available. Before
you install the update, ensure that the version you choose to install is newer than the version currently installed. If you want to
control the version that iDRAC detects, create a custom repository using Dell Repository Manager (DRM) and congure iDRAC to
use that repository to check for updates.
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