Owner's Manual

Updating RAC Firmware

After you have discovered and verified the RAC IP addresses on your network, you can perform a firmware update on

the selected RACs using the firmware image file located on your local directory or on the Trivial File Transfer Protocol

(TFTP) server. For information to discover and verify RAC IP addresses, see Discovering Importing and Verifying RACs.

NOTE: iDRAC6 Enterprise for blade servers (version 3.3 and later) supports firmware update using the local

directory. All the other DRAC types including iDRAC7 are also supported.

All firmware image files for different RACs must reside in the same folder. The DRACT tool uses the correct firmware

image file based on the file name extension. Currently, all RACs have different image file name extensions based on the

RAC type. The file name extensions are:

• iDRAC7 — firming.d7

• iDRAC6 for rack and tower servers — firmimg.d6

• iDRAC6 for blade servers — firmimg.imc

• CMC — firmimg.cmc

• DRAC5 — firmimg.d5

• DRAC4 — firmimg.dm1

NOTE: Only the default file names are accepted and other file names are not recognized. Make sure that you do not

change the default file names.

To update RAC firmware:

1. Discover and verify the RAC IP addresses on your network. For more information, see Discovering Importing and

Verifying RACs.

2. In the Firmware Update Configuration window, under Specify Firmware Location, select one of the following

options to specify the location of the firmware image files:

– From TFTP Server — Enter the location on the TFTP server where the firmware image files are stored. If the

image files are stored at the root, enter only the IP address. If the image files are stored in a folder, enter

the IP address and the path.

– From Local Directory — Click Browse and specify the location of the firmware image files on your local

directory.

3. Select any or all of the following options to select the RACs to update firmware:

– iDRAC7

– iDRAC6 for Racks and Towers

– iDRAC6 for Blades

– CMC

– DRAC5

– DRAC4

When you select a RAC type, the corresponding RAC IP addresses are selected from the list. You can also

select individual RAC IP addresses from the list.