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December 19th, 2021 23:00
[EL7] How to update idrac without logging into idrac
I have an R710 running Enterprise Linux 7, and I need to update idrac. But the reason I need to update it is that I can't log into it with any modern browser because of SSL limitations, and the old browsers I tried don't render it properly either.
I've tried a lot of things. I've downloaded the suu ISO file thinking it was supposed to be able to update firmware without even using network connectivity, but that didn't work..
[root@server SUU]# ./suu -u
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Welcome to the DELL EMC OpenManageServer Update Utility.
Copyright (c) 2003 Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved.
SUU Version: 17 .10 .00 .209
[root@Installnode SUU]# ./suu -u
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Welcome to the DELL EMC OpenManageServer Update Utility.
Copyright (c) 2003 Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved.
SUU Version: 17 .10 .00 .209
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The Server Update Utility you are running is more than 120 days old, check for a newer version on http://support.dell.com
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System is compliant with prerequisites
Checking if update allowed
[Fatal Error] :-1:-1: Premature end of file.
The System Update Utility failed.
Premature end of file.
exiting SUU application ...
[root@server SUU]#
What is that?
I've had idracadm7 on my commandline even before that so I thought I'd try that too
I have a firmimg.d7 file that I'd like to install so I ran:
[root@server SUU]# /opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/idracadm7 fwupdate -p -u -d /var/lib/tftpboot/firmimg.d7
sh: bmcfwu.so: command not found
[root@server SUU]#
wtmfs is bmcfwu.so? where can I get that?
Or is there a better way to update this without rebooting?


nadogmoney
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December 20th, 2021 06:00
I would try from the commandline like you tried but the idrac in R710 is an idrac6 and not idrac7. I think there is a different racadm command for idrac6 which is not idracadm7. Make sure to also update the LCC. In idrac6, the idrac FW and LCC were separately managed but need to be kept in lockstep.
f5gh
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December 20th, 2021 07:00
could the commend be just racadm? I saw reference to that in googling, but didn't see where to download it.
Thanks for the tip on LCC, I hadn't even heard of LCC before so that saves me a headache.