Dell iDRAC6, v.1.27, A00

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The iDRAC firmware monitors the system for critical events by communicating with various sensors on the system board and sends alerts and logs events when certain parameters exceed their preset thresholds. The iDRAC supports the industry-standard Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification, enabling you to configure, monitor, and recover systems remotely.
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Fixes & Enhancements

Enhancements:
- Support for Mack4/8 platform
- Remote Enablement feature
Fixes:
- Request sensor error for DTK sysinfo command
- Ipmitool syscfg lcd1 option failing
- After booting from SBUU, home page takes 3 mins to come up
- LCD options shown for MACK 4 system where its not present at all.
- iDRAC GUI shows incomplete/confusing power related info .
- Powersupplyrating and sel commands fails with ipmitool.
- ipmitool "Powerconsumption" command can't work
- BMU not listing the lcd option in ipmitool delloem
- iDRAC not showing power supply details
- OMSA GUI Voltages shows System Board PS1 and PS2 as Bad
- OMSA power management page does not show Amperage data properly
- OMSA:Power Consumption displays as "Current probes not found "in MACK4
- After upgrading Maser lite to Maser proper error mesage is not set
- Fan Zone sensors 1B/2B/3B/4B are disabled in Maser Express mode.
- Fan lower_critical_going_low" event happened with MASER/AMEA installed.
- Fans redundancy status shown as "unknown " in OMSA in MACK 4
- USC LCE failure to launch "System Halted"
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Version

1.27, A00

Release date

19 Oct 2009

Download Type

Firmware

Category

Embedded Server Management

Importance

Urgent
Dell Technologies highly recommends applying this important update as soon as possible. The update contains critical bug fixes and changes to improve functionality, reliability, and stability of your Dell system. It may also include security fixes and other feature enhancements.
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File Format: Update Package for MS Windows 32-Bit
File Name: PER510_IDRAC6_FRMW_WIN_R239776.EXE
File Size: 37.75 MB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
Dell Update Packages (DUP) in Microsoft Windows 32bit format have been designed to run on Microsoft Windows 64bit Operating Systems. Dell Update Packages (DUP) in Microsoft Windows 64bit format will only run on Microsoft Windows 64bit Operating Systems. When selecting a device driver update be sure to select the one that is appropriate for your operating system.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
285BA397B32A56E3C1CABF06C327E728
SHA1:
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SHA-256:
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File Format: A GnuPG file which contains a cryptographic signature
File Name: PER510_IDRAC6_FRMW_LX_R239776.BIN.sign
File Size: 194 Bytes
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
The GnuPG signature for Red Hat Linux Update Package can be used to authenticate Dell's identity in the correlated Red Hat Linux Update Package.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
1859EFC47D21EB1571D042874767B73B
SHA1:
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SHA-256:
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File Format: An archive of text files to provide help and procedural information to the customers
File Name: iDRAC6_1.27_A00.exe
File Size: 34.31 MB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
This format consists of an archive of text files used to provide help and procedural information to the customer.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
257e8d8821532ed198996e1b749c08dc
SHA1:
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SHA-256:
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File Format: External release notes
File Name: iDRAC6_1.27_A00_Readme.txt
File Size: 15.1 KB
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Format Description:
This file format contains plain text which can be viewed with a standard text editor.
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MD5:
76894ea3968c97cb52ac629774ca8a2e
SHA1:
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SHA-256:
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File Format: Update Package for Red Hat Linux
File Name: PER510_IDRAC6_FRMW_LX_R239776.BIN
File Size: 36.89 MB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
Dell Update Packages for Linux can be used as stand-alone applications that ensure that specific validation criteria are met, then apply an update.
Note: Update Packages for Linux are open source. See the Dell Update Packages for Linux Readme for details.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
08A6841107ED732409B526348304C221
SHA1:
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SHA-256:
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Additional details

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1. iDRAC firmware boot can not be interrupted in uboot unless the manufacturing mode jumper is installed.
2. To avoid the "Login Failure" error when launching Virtual Media, make sure to clear the WebStart cache so that the new viewer is downloaded. To do so, run “javaws viewer” from a DOS prompt and then select and clear out all the WebStart applications in the cache.
3. For viewing the Dell signed certificate instead of the Avocent signed one:
a. Uncheck "Preserve Configuration" option while updating the firmware via GUI.
b. Clear the client java cache using the command "javaws -viewer".
4. In order to meet the factory requirements, after updating firmware using DOS utility, it will wait for 90 seconds before returning to command prompt.
iDRAC6
Custom Instructions for iDRAC6_1.27_A00.exe:

Download
1. Click the Download Now link to download the file.
2. When the File Download window appears, click Save to save the file to your hard drive.

Extract Files
1. Browse to the location where you downloaded the file and double-click the new file to unzip the download package.
2. Specify the location to unzip the files.
3. Click on the unzip button to extract files.
Custom Instructions for iDRAC6_1.27_A00_Readme.txt:

1) Click Download now.
The File Download window appears.

2) Click the Save button.
The Save As window appears.

3) Select Desktop using the drop-down menu to the right of Save in.

4) Click the Save button.
A progress meter moves as the download is completed.

5) If necessary, click X in the upper right-hand corner of the Download Progress Window to close it upon completion.

6) Double click the Icon on your desktop for the newly saved file.
The Dell iDRAC Release Notes window appears.

Instructions for PER510_IDRAC6_FRMW_LX_R239776.BIN:

Download

1. Click the Download Now link to download the file.
2. When the File Download window appears, click Save to save the file to your hard drive.

Installation

1. Read over the release information presented by executing the ./PER510_IDRAC6_FRMW_LX_R239776.BIN --version command from the shell.
2. Download and install any prerequisites identified in the above step before proceeding.
3. Run the update by executing ./PER510_IDRAC6_FRMW_LX_R239776.BIN from the shell.
4. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the update.


GnuPG Signature of Dell Update Package Instructions for PER510_IDRAC6_FRMW_LX_R239776.BIN.sign:

Download
1. Click the "Download Now" link to download the file.
2. When the "File Download" window appears, click "Save" to save the file to your hard drive.

Installation
1. Import the Dell public key. (You only need to do once on your system.)
2. Verify the Dell Update Package by using its signature file, PER510_IDRAC6_FRMW_LX_R239776.BIN.sign

Instructions for PER510_IDRAC6_FRMW_WIN_R239776.EXE:

Download

1. Click the Download Now link to download the file.
2. When the File Download window appears, click Save to save the file to your hard drive.

Installation

1. Browse to the location where you downloaded the file and double-click the new file.
2. Read over the release information presented in the dialog window.
3. Download and install any prerequisites identified in the dialog window before proceeding.
4. Click the Install button.
5. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the update.

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