PowerFlex How to update disk firmware on PowerEdge servers in a PowerFlex Rack or Appliance

Summary: Instructions on how to perform a disk firmware update on a PowerEdge Server that is part of a PowerFlex Rack or Appliance system.

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Instructions

Maintenance Mode:
Place the SDS into Protected Maintenance Mode (recommended) using one of these methods: 

 

 


If this is a hyperconverged node, entering Service Mode in PowerFlex Manager should put SDS into Maintenance Mode, and also put ESXi host into Maintenance Mode.

Before proceeding, ensure that the host that is getting disk firmware upgrade is in Maintenance Mode and not in use. The host is rebooted during the following steps.

Disk firmware upgrade:

  1. Log in to the iDRAC web interface using your credentials.
  2. Go to Storage > Physical Disks.
  3. Click the + to view details of the drive.
  4. Verify the firmware level. This example shows B01C.
Firmware Level
Figure 1: Firmware Level
  1. Alternatively, the version of firmware may be viewed by issuing the following command from the SVM or SDS shell before shutting down the operating system:
lsscsi -s
Firmware Version Command
Figure 2: Firmware Version Command
  1. Go to Maintenance > System Update and browse to attach the drive firmware DUP package. Select Upload, check the Contents box, and then Install Next Reboot.
     
System Update
Figure 3: System Update
  1. Click Dashboard in the iDRAC interface. Click the arrow next to Graceful Shutdown and choose Power Cycle System (cold boot).
  2. You can monitor the progress by opening the remote console through the iDRAC.8. The node automatically enters the Lifecycle Controller and applies the firmware update.
  3. Once this operation finishes, the node automatically reboots back to the operating system. 
  4. Verify that the update is successfully applied by reissuing the lsscsi -s command in the operating system or checking the Storage view in iDRAC.
  5. Exit vSphere Maintenance Mode to bring the node back to operational state.
  6. Power on the SVM and validate it starts successfully.
  7. Remove the SDS from PowerFlex Maintenance Mode and confirm that rebalance operations complete successfully before moving to the next node.

Affected Products

PowerFlex rack, ScaleIO
Article Properties
Article Number: 000204942
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 20 Mar 2025
Version:  7
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