Firmware upgrade on DRAC/iDRAC

I got asked about upgrading the iDRAC firmware on a Dell R610 by email:

Hi Martin,

Does upgrading the iDRAC firmware need a reboot and do I upgrade it in Windows or do I need to log on to the iDRAC itself?

Thanks
Mike

I’ve summarized the reply email I sent to Mike. You can either run the online iDRAC or DRAC (for the older Dell servers) firmware upgrade or you can extract the firmware file, the 1.5 img for example and then log into the iDRAC itself, click remote access, firmware and then update selecting the image file that you have downloaded from the Dell site. In terms of things to watch, it does not require a reboot, but upgrading the firmware will cause the iDRAC itself to restart which will cause anyone connected to become disconnected, it will also stop pinging (like the ILO) when the firmware has been applied and it’s resetting to load the new firmware.

One Response to “Firmware upgrade on DRAC/iDRAC”

1. Peter Tsai says:

   July 7, 2011 at 00:12

   Hi Martin,

   Thanks for posting about the DRAC firmware updates. We had other people ask about updating DRAC Firmware and last week I started the following page to make it easier to find DRAC Firmware update information:

   http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Updating+DRAC+Firmware

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