Dell have released a new version (2.70) of their firmware for their lights out card, their DRAC 5 card, this is used on several of their PowerEdge servers including their PowerEdge 1950 / 2950 and 6950 series to name a few.
The release notes live here: http://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER00397868M/1/readme_d5160_A00.txt
Some highlights, the client needs Java 1.60 installed, the BMC firmware needs to be a minimum version which is listed in the above release notes, it includes numerous fixes, do check it out, if you’re thinking of upgrading the IDRAC firmware.
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