PowerEdge: Import Drive firmware into Nautilus utility
Summary: This article describes how to inject HARD DRIVE/SSD firmware into the Nautilus firmware that is not already packaged within.
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Instructions
Step 1: Extract the Nautilus and Drive firmware file.
First observe in this example the drives that we are testing with are at EJ39 firmware.
Download the Nautilus utility. Double-click to open Nautilus. It extracts to a folder. In this example, we extracted to C:\Dell\Nautilus.
Double-click the Drive firmware DUP, and it has an extract option. We extracted to a folder called "driver" on the Downloads folder.
Step 2: Copy Drive Firmware File to Nautilus.
If you examine in the Nautilus directories where it was extracted, you see a FILES folder. There you see a fw folder for firmware. Within this folder are other subfolders. Navigating through them you see subfolders for each class of drive (SAS vs SATA), hard drive vendors, and individual drive models and firmware files for each.
In this example we deleted the entire "disk" folder with all the firmware files. We are not reliant on the folder structure. It also makes the end ISO file smaller. You do not need to do this.
Navigate to the folder where you have extracted the drive firmware. There is a payload folder with a .fwh file. Copy that over to the "fw" folder in the Nautilus directory.
Copy this firmware file over to the "fw" directory where we extracted Nautilus.
Step 3: Create a Bootable USB drive or ISO.
Open UsbMake.exe
You can create a bootable USB drive or create a bootable ISO file. In this example, we are creating a bootable ISO to the Downloads folder.
Step 4: Boot and run utility.
Boot to the USB drive or ISO. In this example, the ISO was mounted using the iDRAC Virtual Console and booted using Virtual Optical Drive option.
The Utility boots and give initial information about the drives. In this example, you can see that the current firmware reported as EJ39.
Clicking a single drive updates that drive. You get a firmware updated successfully message reflecting the new firmware.
Clicking the Play Button updates all drives at once.
Step 5: Verify firmware update.
The Nautilus utility reports the new firmware. The iDRAC may not update without restarting the node, the iDRAC, or both.
You can check storage, and if it does not reflect the latest change, reboot the node to collect inventory again.
Soft restarting the iDRAC may also be required.
Affected Products
PowerEdge FC640, PowerEdge M640, PowerEdge M640 (for PE VRTX), PowerEdge M7701, PowerEdge M7725, PowerEdge MX5016s, PowerEdge MX740C, PowerEdge MX750c, PowerEdge MX760c, PowerEdge MX840C, PowerEdge R440, PowerEdge R450, PowerEdge R470, PowerEdge R540
, PowerEdge R550, PowerEdge R570, PowerEdge R640, PowerEdge R6415, PowerEdge R650, PowerEdge R650xs, PowerEdge R6515, PowerEdge R6525, PowerEdge R660, PowerEdge R660xs, PowerEdge R6615, PowerEdge R6625, PowerEdge R670, PowerEdge R6715, PowerEdge R6725, PowerEdge R740, PowerEdge R740XD, PowerEdge R740XD2, PowerEdge R7415, PowerEdge R7425, PowerEdge R750, PowerEdge R750XA, PowerEdge R750xs, PowerEdge R7515, PowerEdge R7525, PowerEdge R760, PowerEdge R760XA, PowerEdge R760xd2, PowerEdge R760xs, PowerEdge R7615, PowerEdge R7625, PowerEdge R770, PowerEdge R7715, PowerEdge R7725, PowerEdge R7725xd, PowerEdge R840, PowerEdge R860, PowerEdge R940, PowerEdge R940xa, PowerEdge R960, PowerEdge T350, PowerEdge T360, PowerEdge T440, PowerEdge T550, PowerEdge T560, PowerEdge T640
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Article Number: 000197914
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 08 Jul 2025
Version: 9
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