Dell product PowerEdge C6400 Chassis Management firmware

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Dell product PowerEdge C6400 Chassis Management firmware
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Fixes & Enhancements

Operational Image:

Fixes:
- Fix for Cosmos sleds reboot issue after CM reboots

Enhancements:
- None
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Version

1.70, A00

Release date

12 Jun 2019

Download Type

Firmware

Category

Chassis System 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: A zip file or cab file containing the users guide in HTML
File Name: V170-2019-05-20-External.zip
File Size: 346.26 KB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
This file contains a compressed (or zipped) set of files. Download the file to a folder on your hard drive, and then run (double-click) it to unzip the set of files.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
287ef25abbad975bb74c317498e7c942
SHA1:
26a350f84afff076e23661bd9e1ec4eb682096a2
SHA-256:
f21f1030c17248f9461f2a4b75c220ea1d7ea8bb90992d8a57a59c89f3ea4148

File Format: A text file containing customer friendly fixes and enhancements information
File Name: PEC6400_CM_v1_70_ReleaseNotes_A00.txt
File Size: 6.18 KB
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MD5:
85e181fb39aba88d5be18b18cb673c4d
SHA1:
d926ee2f99eb03095011450a1a61baed5d9f9228
SHA-256:
2dbc3cc71f6a88e75d42b6b78f3157ce43a8626368e7756af148cb80354f2e36

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PowerEdge C6400 Chassis Management FW
PowerEdge C6400 Chassis Mgmt
Please refer to PEC6400_CM_v1.70_ReleaseNotes_A00.txt.

Updating CM firmware
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You can update the CM firmware through iDRAC by using the RACADM utility.
You can use local RACADM, remote RACADM, or firmware RACADM.

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Updating CM firmware using local RACADM
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Use the following command:
racadm update -f cm.sc

If the command is successful, the following messages is displayed:
Copying..
Transferring...
Applying Update.... Depending on the file size this operation might take several
minutes, do not interrupt the process.
RAC1066: Firmware update for cm.sc initiated successfully.

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Updating CM firmware using remote RACADM
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Use the following command:
racadm -r ip -u username -p password update -f cm.sc

If the command is successful, the following messages is displayed:
The Copying Operation has begun.
This might take several minutes to complete, depending on the network.
Do not interrupt the operation.
RAC1066: Firmware update for cm.sc initiated successfully.

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Updating CM firmware from NFS network share using firmware RACADM
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1. Log in to iDRAC CLI using putty/Teraterm

2. Use the following command:
racadm update -f -l 1.2.3.4:/share

If the command is successful, the following message is displayed:
.....Copying completed.
RAC1066: Firmware update for cm.sc initiated successfully.

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CM firmware update may take up to 10 minutes.
CM reboots and initializes after firmware update is complete.

Use the following command to verify the CM firmware version.
The values are shown in hexadecimal format and need to be converted to decimal.

ipmitool -I lanplus -H -U username -P password raw 0x30 0x12

01 ff 1b 01 46 01 00 00 00 03 02 00 01 2d 37 ff
ff 08 c2 00 00 00 08 01 08 10 64 23 fa 01

Byte 4 - Major version (01 hex) - 01
Byte 5 - Minor version (70 hex) - 46

For more information about the RACADM Update command, see the RACADM help by using
the racadm help command.

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