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February 8th, 2025 08:46
use RACADM tool to update iDRAC firmware o R740 server
Hello guys,
Recently, I'm trying to update the iDRAC version to a new one using RACADM tool on a Dell R740 server.
The RACADM tool that i chose is version 9.2.0.
The iDRAC will be updated from version 5.00.00.00 to 5.10.00.00
The client that runs the RACADM tool is a windows 10 computer and the iDRAC firmware file "firmimgFIT.d9" is planned to be uploaded to R740 server iDRAC from this client computer(to perform update).
The client computer can reach the R740 server iDRAC ip address without any issue, as shown in figure below.
Here's the problem.
I don't know why when i use command "racadm.exe -r 192.168.12.194 -i fwupdate -p -u -d C:\Users\me\Desktop\2502_update\R740\extractedIDRACfiles\firmimgFIT.d9" to perform the update, it just failed. As shown in figure below:
Isn't it the valid format to upload firmware file from windows client computer to the server iDRAC and perform iDRAC update?
Any ideas?
DELL-Young E
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February 10th, 2025 01:50
Hello,
Updating firmware using remote RACADM
TFTP server:
racadm -r <iDRAC IP address> -u <username> -p <password> fwupdate -g -u -a <path>
path
the location on the TFTP server where firmimg.d9 is stored.
racadm -r <iDRAC IP address> -u <username> -p <password> update —f <filename>
FTP server:
racadm -r <iDRAC IP address> -u <username> -p <password> fwupdate –f <ftpserver IP> <ftpserver username> <ftpserver password> –d <path>
path
the location on the FTP server where firmimg.d9 is stored.
racadm -r <iDRAC IP address> -u <username> -p <password> update —f <filename>
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at https://dell.to/4170x99.
“Download the firmware image to the TFTP or FTP server” .Have we missed this?