Users Guide

NOTE: Updates that are unsupported or not applicable to the system or installed hardware are not included in the

comparison report.

6. Select the required updates and do one of the following:

• For rmware images that do not require a host system reboot, click Install. For example, .d7 rmware le.

• For rmware images that require a host system reboot, click Install and Reboot or Install Next Reboot.

• To cancel the rmware update, click Cancel.

When you click Install, Install and Reboot, or Install Next Reboot, the message Updating Job Queue is displayed.

7. To display the Job Queue page, click Job Queue. On this page, you can view and manage the staged rmware updates. Click

OK to refresh the current page and view the status of the rmware update.

Related links

Updating device rmware

Viewing and managing staged updates

Scheduling automatic rmware updates

Updating device rmware using RACADM

To update device rmware using RACADM, use the update subcommand. For more information, see the RACADM Reference Guide

for iDRAC and CMC available at dell.com/idracmanuals.

Examples:

• To generate a comparison report using an update repository:

racadm update –f catalog.xml –l //192.168.1.1 –u test –p passwd --verifycatalog

• To perform all applicable updates from an update repository using myle.xml as a catalog le and perform a graceful reboot:

racadm update –f “myfile.xml” –b “graceful” –l //192.168.1.1 –u test –p passwd

• To perform all applicable updates from an FTP update repository using Catalog.xml as a catalog le:

racadm update –f “Catalog.xml” –t FTP –e 192.168.1.20/Repository/Catalog

Scheduling automatic rmware updates

You can create a periodic recurring schedule for iDRAC to check for new rmware updates. At the scheduled date and time, iDRAC

connects to the specied destination, checks for new updates, and applies or stages all applicable updates. A log le is created on

the remote server, which contains information about server access and staged rmware updates.

It is recommended that you create a repository using Dell Repository Manager (DRM) and congure iDRAC to use this repository to

check for and perform rmware updates. Using an internal repository enables you to control the rmware and versions available to

iDRAC and helps avoid any unintended rmware changes.

NOTE: For more information about DRM, see delltechcenter.com/repositorymanager.

iDRAC Enterprise license is required to schedule automatic updates.

You can schedule automatic rmware updates using the iDRAC web interface or RACADM.

NOTE: IPv6 address is not supported for scheduling automatic rmware updates.