Dell NativeEdge: Upgrade to PowerEdge Endpoint Firmware v3.2.0.0 Failure
Summary: If customer try to perform NativeEdge PowerEdge endpoint Firmware update using v3.2.0.0 bundle before performing NativeEdgeOS update to 3.2.0.0, the Firmware update fails
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Symptoms
If customer try to perform NativeEdge PowerEdge endpoint Firmware update using v3.2.0.0 bundle before performing NativeEdgeOS update to 3.2.0.0, Firmware update fails due to 2 symptoms below.
- IDM update failure.

You can find the trace in ece-agent.log.
ece_agent.log: [1750748239.000000000, {"level":"info","component":"hzp-ece-agent","correlationID":null,"marker":"ece-multi-stage-update-service","function":"ISG-Edge/hzp-ece-agent/agent/services.(*multiStageUpdateService).PerformUpdate","time":"2025-06-24T06:57:19Z","message":"Initiating update step execution for component: IDM_Dev_PE.tar.gz"}]
ece_agent.log: [1750748239.000000000, {"level":"info","component":"hzp-ece-agent","correlationID":null,"marker":"ece-multi-stage-update-service","function":"ISG-Edge/hzp-ece-agent/agent/services.(*multiStageUpdateService).PerformUpdate","time":"2025-06-24T06:57:19Z","message":"Deriving component file from component file name: IDM_Dev_PE.tar.gz"}]
ece_agent.log: [1750748239.000000000, {"level":"info","component":"hzp-ece-agent","correlationID":null,"marker":"ece-multi-stage-update-service","function":"ISG-Edge/hzp-ece-agent/agent/services.glob..func1","time":"2025-06-24T06:57:19Z","message":"Unzip and untar the zipped component file: IDM_Dev_PE.tar.gz to the destination path /staging/multistage/device"}]
ece_agent.log: [1750748239.000000000, {"level":"error","component":"hzp-ece-agent","correlationID":null,"marker":"ece-multi-stage-update-service","function":"ISG-Edge/hzp-ece-agent/agent/services.(*multiStageUpdateService).PerformUpdate","error":"no IDM files found for model: R760_","time":"2025-06-24T06:57:19Z","message":"failed to execute the update"}]
ece_agent.log: [1750748239.000000000, {"level":"info","component":"hzp-ece-agent","correlationID":null,"marker":"ece-multi-stage-update-service","function":"ISG-Edge/hzp-ece-agent/agent/services.(*multiStageUpdateService).PrepareAndSendAsyncEventToNEO","time":"2025-06-24T06:57:19Z","message":"Successfully published the event, identified by event-type hzp.ece.job, to EO."}]
ece_agent.log: [1750748239.000000000, {"level":"error","component":"hzp-ece-agent","correlationID":null,"marker":"ece-multi-stage-update-service","function":"ISG-Edge/hzp-ece-agent/agent/services.(*multiStageUpdateService).PerformUpdate","error":"no IDM files found for model: R760_","time":"2025-06-24T06:57:19Z","message":"terminating the update process for component: IDM_Dev_PE.tar.gz as continueOnFailure is set to FALSE"}]
ece_agent.log: [1750748239.000000000, {"level":"info","component":"hzp-ece-agent","correlationID":null,"marker":"ece-multi-stage-update-service","function":"ISG-Edge/hzp-ece-agent/agent/services.(*multiStageUpdateService).PerformUpdate","time":"2025-06-24T06:57:19Z","message":"Update steps completed - failureInUpdateSteps: true, continueOnFailure: false"}]
ece_agent.log: [1750748239.000000000, {"level":"info","component":"hzp-ece-agent","correlationID":null,"marker":"ece-multi-stage-update-service","function":"ISG-Edge/hzp-ece-agent/agent/repositories/db.multiStageUpdateRepository.UpdateStatusInMultiStageUpdateTable","time":"2025-06-24T06:57:19Z","message":"Initiating status update in multi_update_tracker table"}]
ece_agent.log: [1750748239.000000000, {"level":"info","component":"hzp-ece-agent","correlationID":null,"marker":"ece-multi-stage-update-service","function":"ISG-Edge/hzp-ece-agent/agent/repositories/db.multiStageUpdateRepository.UpdateStatusInMultiStageUpdateTable","time":"2025-06-24T06:57:19Z","message":"Updated status in multi_update_tracker table"}]
ece_agent.log: [1750748239.000000000, {"level":"info","component":"hzp-ece-agent","correlationID":null,"marker":"ece-multi-stage-update-service","function":"ISG-Edge/hzp-ece-agent/agent/services.(*multiStageUpdateService).ExecuteUpdateSteps","time":"2025-06-24T06:57:19Z","message":"Updated the 'update step' Failed status in DB for component: IDM, order No: 2"}]
ece_agent.log: [1750748239.000000000, {"level":"error","component":"hzp-ece-agent","correlationID":null,"marker":"ece-multi-stage-update-service","function":"ISG-Edge/hzp-ece-agent/agent/services.(*multiStageUpdateService).ExecuteUpdateSteps","time":"2025-06-24T06:57:19Z","message":"failed to perform multistage update for component type: IDM. any further update will be skipped"}]
2. Firmware stamping will not be triggered, and customers can not see the v3.2.0.0 Firmware version after firmware update
Cause
Defect in the code
Resolution
This issue is fixed in NativeEdgeOS v3.2.0.0. Customer has to perform NativeEdgeOS update to NativeEdgeOS v3.2.0.0 first and then update NativeEdge v3.2.0.0 Firmware.
Affected Products
Dell Automation Platform, Dell Distributed Private Cloud, NativeEdgeArticle Properties
Article Number: 000338978
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 26 Aug 2025
Version: 1
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