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December 23rd, 2016 06:00
Dell PERC 6/i Integrated Firmware Update
I have a DELL R710 Server that I need to update the PERC 6/i Integrated Controller on and I have never done this before so hopefully someone can help me out here.
First, from what I understand the best way to do this is to boot to the Dell Lifecycle Managmment. Is this correct?
Second If I'm updating that way which update file do I need? the .BIN file? Or another one?
Third, I have ESXI running on it with 3 VM's which i can shutdown without any issues but i'd rather not lose any data.. Will this update destroy the RAID configuration?
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December 23rd, 2016 10:00
Migrating the VM's to another host is not an option. We use the free version on ESXi and local storage for the VM's as there is no central storage.
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December 23rd, 2016 12:00
Well Obviouslly I don't know where to get the files for the update because I just get an error saing catalog file not found. Mkae sure that the windows(R) catalog and DELL(TM) update packages for Windows(R) are used.
I'm using local USB storage. Where do I get these files a need?
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December 27th, 2016 10:00
Yes, the error is while trying to use the LCC.
I do not have iDRAC.
I downloaded the DELL Repository Manager; build and ISO. It did apply updates to the Hard Drive Firmware (they didn't all have matching version); however, the firmware update for the PERC controller did not update.
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December 27th, 2016 12:00
finally got it updated by exporting to SUU to directory and applying the update with the LCC.
Thanks.