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To view the current firmware update schedule:
racadm AutoUpdateScheduler view
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To disable automatic firmware update:
racadm set lifecycleController.lcattributes.AutoUpdate.Enable 0
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To clear the schedule details:
racadm AutoUpdateScheduler clear
Updating Firmware Using CMC Web Interface
You can update iDRAC7 firmware for blade servers using the CMC Web interface.
To update iDRAC7 firmware using the CMC Web interface:
1.
Log in to CMC Web interface.
2.
Go to Server → Overview → <server name> .
The Server Status page is displayed.
3.
Click Launch iDRAC Web interface and perform iDRAC Firmware Update.
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Updating Device Firmware
Downloading Device Firmware
Updating Firmware Using iDRAC7 Web Interface
Updating Firmware Using DUP
Before you update firmware using Dell Update Package (DUP), make sure to:
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Install and enable the IPMI and managed system drivers.
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Enable and start the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service if your system is running Windows
operating system,
NOTE: While updating the iDRAC7 firmware using the DUP utility in Linux, if you see error messages such as
usb 5-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71 displayed on the console, ignore them.
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If the system has ESX hypervisor installed, then for the DUP file to run, make sure that the "usbarbitrator" service is
stopped using command: service usbarbitrator stop
To update iDRAC7 using DUP:
1.
Download the DUP based on the installed operating system and run it on the managed system.
2.
Run the DUP.
The firmware is updated. A system restart is not required after firmware update is complete.
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:
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Using fwupdate command: racadm -r <iDRAC7 IP address> -u <username> -p
<password> fwupdate -g -u -a <path>
path is the location on the TFTP server where firmimg.d7 is stored.
where
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