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DR Series - Upgrading BIOS/iDrac/Perc/Harddrives outside of normal upgrade -
Beschreibung
DR upgrade package does not always have latest BIOS, iDrac, and other firmware. Also hard drive firmware is never upgraded via upgrade package. -
Ursache
As we do monolithic updates the latest firmwares are not always included. -
Lösung
The following firmware can be updated on via the iDrac console
DR4300 / DR4300e / DR6300
- iDrac with Lifecycle Controller - 2.60.60.60
- Bios - 2.8.0
- Perc H730p / Perc H830
- Qlogic 57xxx series - 14.07.06
DR4100 / DR6000DR4000- Download one or more of the firmware packages you would like to apply.
- Log into the iDrac interface.
- Navigate to Overview --> iDRAC Settings --> Update and Rollback
- Click "Choose File" button, then select one of the downloaded files.
- Click "Upload" button. Wait for upload to complete.
- Repeat steps 4 and 5 if you are doing multiple updates
- In Update Details section checkmark the updates to deploy.
- Click "Install Next Reboot" button
- Navigate to Overview --> Server --> Job Queue (Tab), then wait until all packages show Scheduled (0%)
- Reboot DR Series Appliance
- CLI: system --reboot
- Web Interface: Support --> More (button top right) --> Reboot
Hard drives need to be updated through bootable Nautilus media.
- Download package
- Run the package on a Windows machine to extract this self extracting package.
- NOTE: Default extracts to C:\Dell\Drivers\125P6
- Run UsbMake.exe in the Nautilus SAS-SATA EFI A19\Nautilus_efi_A19 sub folder
- Create either USB or ISO image
- Insert USB key into DR appliance or mount virtual media in iDrac Virtual console
- Reboot DR appliance
- Hit F2 to go into Bios settings
- Go into boot settings and change it to UEFI mode
- Save and reboot
- Hit F11 to select Boot manager.
- Select one time boot menu (UEFI if lists both)
- Select USB or Virtual Optical Drive
- Hit Triangle Run button at the bottom to run the firmware updates.
- Exit after finished
- Reboot
- Hit F2 to got into Bios settings
- Go into boot settings and change it back to BIOS mode
- Save and reboot