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May 22nd, 2023 04:00
Purge old firmware versions from PowerEdge iDRAC
The output of racadm swinventory includes
ComponentType = BIOS
FQDD = BIOS.Setup.1-1
Rollback Version = 2.14.2
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ComponentType = BIOS
FQDD = BIOS.Setup.1-1
Current Version = 2.10.2
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ComponentType = BIOS
FQDD = BIOS.Setup.1-1
Available Version = 2.15.1What's a good way to purge old firmware / BIOS versions? This isn't just over-tidying; the inventory report seems to be confused about Current / Rollback / Available versions, so the simplest approach would be to just have the single latest version.
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DELL-Joey C
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June 19th, 2023 02:00
Hi @Philip-R,
Unfortunately, running the command systemerase, the iDRAC will execute a graceful system reboot. I also tried to check if there is any subcommand eg: -b NoReboot but there isn't any. Hence the execute reboot is automated.
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DELL-Chris H
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May 22nd, 2023 11:00
Philip-R,
Yoou will be able to clear out the old firmware versions with the command;
racadm systemerase lcdata
That will remove the older versions, but will also require a reboot after running it.
Let me know if this helps.
Philip-R
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June 19th, 2023 01:00
Thanks Chris, that seems to work but is there any way of requesting the systemerase without triggering an immediate shutdown?