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January 20th, 2026 13:02
PE R440 BIOS and iDRAC Upgrade Paths
I have a customer with very old (likely original) BIOS and iDRAC builds on a PE R440 server and I'm looking to assist them with getting current. I found guidelines on this forum for PE R640, but nothing similar for the PE R440 for specific builds to install together. Can someone list off the recommended upgrade cadence?
The BIOS is currently at 2.4.8 and the iDRAC is at 4.00.00.00
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January 22nd, 2026 13:42
Jminard,
That is not good, as they are about a dozen and a half updates back. I will list the updates below in order that they should be run.
BIOS 2.8.2
iDrac 4.22.00.53
BIOS 2.10.2
iDrac 4.40.40.00
BIOS 2.12.2
iDrac 5.00.00.00
BIOS 2.14.2
iDrac 6.00.02.00
BIOS 2.15.1
iDrac 6.00.30.00
BIOS 2.17.1
iDrac 6.10.30.20
BIOS 2.19.1
iDrac 7.00.00.00
BIOS 2.21.1
iDrac 7.00.00.173
BIOS 2.23.0
iDrac 7.00.00.181
BIOS 2.25.0 (Latest)
iDrac 7.00.00.183 (Latest)
That would put the server back up to current on BIOS and iDrac, once they are up-to-date I would look at updating the rest of the server, such as with the Server Update Utility.
Let me know if this helps.