iDRAC 7 Firmware update from 1.23.23

Hi, let us know once you follow the Shine's guidelines. Wish you a good one.

You can download "idrac7__145__45_A00.exe" file. This is a self extractable executable and you can double click on any windows machine to extract the content. The extracted content will have firmimg file. 

Hi all,

I'm in the same process for a R720XD. I would like to know what download should I do and how to extract the firmimg.d7 file.  I have dowloaded:

• ESM_Firmware_47G7D_WN64_1.45.45_A00.EXE
• ESM_Firmware_47G7D_LN32_1.45.45_A00.BIN
• ESM_Firmware_47G7D_WN32_1.45.45_A00.EXE
• idrac7__145__45_A00.exe
  
  

My OS is CentOS6 but 64 bits and no file seams available as "LN64".
I try to run 

bash ESM_Firmware_47G7D_LN32_1.45.45_A00.BIN

as it is identified as a POSIX shell script text executable but this requires to be root (for extraction ?). I'm affraid to broke something using root privilege as my linux is not 32 bits but 64 bits.
Any advice ?
Thanks
Patrick

Update: solution found reading the ESM_Firmware_47G7D_LN32_1.45.45_A00.BIN file content:

mkdir IDRAC-1.45.45
bash ESM_Firmware_47G7D_LN32_1.45.45_A00.BIN --extract IDRAC-1.45.45

and file is ./IDRAC-1.45.45/payload/firmimg.d7

Hi Team,

I have the same problem with my r720:

Warning ! iDRAC initialization error. Continuing to boot may yield unexpected power loss due to unknown Power inventory and various features lost such as Remote Access, Active Power Management, Thermal Management, Inventory, LCD, or System Error Reporting.

Strike F1 to continue, F2 to run system setup program

- If I hit F2, in BIOS option, under iDRAC Setting, I have: "SWC0700: iDRAC is not ready. The configuration values cannot be accessed."

- If I hit F1, the boot sequence continue and complain again about iDRAC "SWC0700: iDRAC is not ready. The configuration values cannot be accessed."
but if I press F1, the real boot continue.

I came across

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-au/000120131/poweredge-idrac-recovery-procedure-with-firmimg-d7

The Bios is something like 2.52 or 2.56

I am not exactly sure which iDrac version I had running. 
If I have to guess, I would say something like 2.30.30.30...

I have downloaded all iDrac versions and have extracted firmimg.d7 from all of them, which are:

1.20.20
1.23.23
1.31.30
1.35.35
1.37.35
1.40.40
1.45.45
1.46.45
1.57.57
1.66.65
2.10.10.10
2.15.10.10
2.20.20.20
2.21.21.21
2.30.30.30
2.31.31.30
2.32.31.30
2.40.40.40
2.41.40.40
2.50.50.50
2.52.52.52
2.60.60.60
2.61.60.60
2.63.60.62

Which version should I use on the SD disc?

Thank you
Marco

Hi

Thank you for your feedback.

There is no web interface, and trying to update it via redhat CLI does not work,, nor racadm racreset can connect

An update from my side:
What caused this, might have been that one power supply was defect, when I tried to do a rebranding

I tried it the image from 2.63.60.62 after replacing the defect powersupply.

there was no LED flashing, that might be the reason why it did not try to boot from the SD card.

I left the server now powered down - and basically be thrown out …  …

If anyone has an idea, please let me know.

Thanks
Marco