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January 31st, 2021 10:00
How to properly update Firmware on Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 Servers used as standalone ESXi hosts
Hello experts and good day,
apologies for the dumb question, but I have worked primarily with Cisco UCS and IBM/Lenovo servers.
I just recently took over the administration of some Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 Servers used as standalone ESXi hosts and I need to apply the latest ESXi security patches as they are running a very old version of VMware ESXi.
Prior to updating ESXi, I would like to update their Firmware in one single step. As the iDRAC does not have external connectivity, is the Smart Bootable ISO created in advance using Dell EMC Repository Manager (DRM) the recommended solution in such scenario ?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks and Regards,
Massimiliano
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DELL-Shine K
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January 31st, 2021 17:00
You can try Platform Specific Bootable ISO to update all firmware component of the server. You can download the same from below link. This is a bootable iso image which carry all firmware. Refer "Installation instructions" section on below link on usage.
mrizzi2
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February 16th, 2021 07:00
Hi Shine,
I apologize for the delay, unfortunately I was unable to follow up on this matter earlier.
First of all, thank you very much for taking the time to reply to my question.
I confirm I used the Platform Specific Bootable ISO to update all firmware component of the server successfully.
It is my understanding that the Lifecycle Controller Firmware gets updated together with the iDRAC Firmware and that, as a result, the Lifecycle Controller Firmware does not need to be updated separately.
Is my understanding correct ?
Thanks and Regards,
Massimiliano
DELL-Shine K
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February 16th, 2021 17:00
Yes that is correct iDRAC and Lifecycle controller have same firmware now and updating iDRAC will update Lifecycle controller also
mrizzi2
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February 16th, 2021 23:00
Hi Shine,
thank you very much for your reply.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you and have a great rest of the day.
Regards,
Massimiliano
john.gooch
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June 30th, 2022 14:00
Since the Platform Bootable ISO is not longer available, how would this be done now?
Origin3k
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June 30th, 2022 16:00
@john.gooch
sure its available. Take a look to <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell>