DR Series - Upgrading BIOS/iDrac/Perc/Harddrives outside of normal upgrade (4043885)

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DR Series - Upgrading BIOS/iDrac/Perc/Harddrives outside of normal upgrade
Description

DR upgrade package does not always have latest BIOS, iDrac, and other firmware. Also hard drive firmware is never upgraded via upgrade package.
Cause

As we do monolithic updates the latest firmwares are not always included.
Resolution
The following firmware can be updated on via the iDrac console
DR4300 / DR4300e / DR6300
DR4100 / DR6000
DR4000
- BIOS - 1.14.0
1. Download one or more of the firmware packages you would like to apply.
2. Log into the iDrac interface.
3. Navigate to Overview --> iDRAC Settings --> Update and Rollback
4. Click "Choose File" button, then select one of the downloaded files.
5. Click "Upload" button. Wait for upload to complete.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 if you are doing multiple updates
7. In Update Details section checkmark the updates to deploy.
8. Click "Install Next Reboot" button
9. Navigate to Overview --> Server --> Job Queue (Tab), then wait until all packages show Scheduled (0%)
10. Reboot DR Series Appliance
  1. CLI: system --reboot
  2. Web Interface: Support --> More (button top right) --> Reboot
Hard drives need to be updated through bootable Nautilus media.
DR4300 / DR4300e / DR6300
DR4000/DR4100/DR6000/DR4300/DR4300e/DR6000
- Hard drives - Package A19
1. Download package
2. Run the package on a Windows machine to extract this self extracting package.
  1. NOTE: Default extracts to C:\Dell\Drivers\125P6
3. Run UsbMake.exe in the Nautilus SAS-SATA EFI A19\Nautilus_efi_A19 sub folder
4. Create either USB or ISO image
5. Insert USB key into DR appliance or mount virtual media in iDrac Virtual console
6. Reboot DR appliance
7. Hit F2 to go into Bios settings
8. Go into boot settings and change it to UEFI mode
9. Save and reboot
10. Hit F11 to select Boot manager.
11. Select one time boot menu (UEFI if lists both)
12. Select USB or Virtual Optical Drive
13. Hit Triangle Run button at the bottom to run the firmware updates.
14. Exit after finished
15. Reboot
16. Hit F2 to got into Bios settings
17. Go into boot settings and change it back to BIOS mode
18. Save and reboot

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DR Series - Upgrading BIOS/iDrac/Perc/Harddrives outside of normal upgrade (4043885)

Title

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Resolution

The following firmware can be updated on via the iDrac console

Hard drives need to be updated through bootable Nautilus media.

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