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Component Name
Firmware Rollback
Supported? (Yes or
No)
Enclosures
Yes
NIC
Yes
iDRAC
Yes
Power Supply Unit
Yes
CPLD
No
FC Cards
Yes
PCIe SSD
Yes
* Indicates that though a system restart is not required, iDRAC must be restarted to apply the updates. iDRAC
communication and monitoring will temporarily be interrupted.
** When iDRAC7 is updated from version 1.30.30 or later, a system restart is not necessary. However, firmware versions
of iDRAC7 earlier than 1.30.30 require a system restart when applied using the out-of-band interfaces.
Related Links
Downloading Device Firmware
Updating Single Device Firmware
Updating Firmware Using Repository
Updating Firmware Using FTP
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:
•
iDRAC7 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 iDRAC7 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
Controller to update the device firmware. For more information about Platform Update, see
User's Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.
Updating Firmware Using iDRAC7 Web Interface
You can update the device firmware using firmware images available on the local system, from a repository on a
network share (CIFS or NFS), or from FTP.
Out-of-band—System
In-band—System
Restart Required?
Restart Required?
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
**No
*No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Lifecycle Controller
GUI—Restart
Required?
Yes
Yes
*No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Platform Update feature in Lifecycle
Lifecycle Controller
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