Hey everyone,

I’m currently dealing with a frustrating issue involving one of my Dell PowerEdge M520 blades in a Dell VRTX chassis. After attempting a firmware update on the blade which stuck for days, it no longer boots (I wanted to upgrade to 2.65.65). The LCD display on the VRTX permanently shows:

⚠️ Problem:

• The blade in Slot 2 is stuck on "iDRAC Booting" and won’t proceed.

• CMC detects that a blade is inserted, but shows no details (no iDRAC version, no hostname, etc.).

• The power LED on the blade pulses green (standby).

• No access to iDRAC Web UI, RACADM, BIOS, or Lifecycle Controller.

• Other M520 blades with the same iDRAC version work fine in the same chassis.

✅ Things I’ve tried so far:

• Power-cycled the blade and chassis multiple times.

• Pulled the blade for a few minutes (cold reset), reinserted it → no change.

• NVRAM reset via DIP switch → still stuck on "iDRAC Booting".

• Tried issuing racadm racreset via CMC for the blade → fails, since iDRAC is unreachable.

• Using the recovery method by placing firmimg.d7 (iDRAC 2.65) on a FAT32 vFlash card and inserting it into the blade

Any help or experiences would be greatly appreciated 🙏

Thanks in advance!