Installation Manual

Updating Firmware Using Remote RACADM
To update using remote RACADM:
1. Download the firmware image to the TFTP or FTP server. For example, C:\downloads\firmimg.d7
2. Run the following RACADM command:
TFTP server:
– Using fwupdate command: racadm -r <iDRAC7 IP address> -u <username> -p
<password> fwupdate -g -u -a <path>
where path is the location on the TFTP server where firmimg.d7 is stored.
– Using update command: racadm -r <iDRAC7 IP address> -u <username> -p <password>
update —f <filename>
FTP server:
– Using fwupdate command: racadm -r <iDRAC7 IP address> -u <username> -p
<password> fwupdate –f <ftpsrever IP> <ftpserver username> <ftpserver
password> –d <path>
where path is the location on the FTP server where firmimg.d7 is stored.
– Using update command: racadm -r <iDRAC7 IP address> -u <username> -p <password>
update —f <filename>
For more information, see fwupdate command in the RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC7 and
CMC available at dell.com/support/manuals.
Updating Firmware Using Lifecycle Controller Remote Services
For information to update the firmware using Lifecycle Controller–Remote Services, see Lifecycle Controller Remote
Services Quick Start Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.
Viewing and Managing Staged Updates
You can view and delete the scheduled jobs including configuration and update jobs. This is a licensed feature. All jobs
queued to run during the next reboot can be deleted.
Related Links
Updating Device Firmware
Viewing and Managing Staged Updates Using iDRAC7 Web interface
To view the list of scheduled jobs using iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview → Server → Job Queue. The Job Queue
page displays the status of jobs in the Lifecycle Controller job queue. For information about the displayed fields, see the
iDRAC7 Online Help .
To delete job(s), select the job(s) and click Delete. The page is refreshed and the selected job is removed from the
Lifecycle Controller job queue. You can delete all the jobs queued to run during the next reboot. You cannot delete active
jobs, that is, jobs with the status Running or Downloading .
You must have Server Control privilege to delete jobs.
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