How to enable automatic updates
iDRAC Enterprise license or higher license level is required to schedule automatic updates.
You can create a periodic recurring schedule for iDRAC to check for new firmware updates. At the scheduled date and time, iDRAC connects to the specified destination, checks for updates, and applies or stages all applicable updates.
- Log in to the iDRAC web interface
- Navigate to the update menu:
- Click the Enable Automatic Update option.
- Select the Server Reboot type
- Schedule Updates — Stage the firmware updates but do not reboot the server.
- Schedule Updates and reboot Server —Enables server reboot after the firmware updates are staged.
- Select an HTTPS location.
- HTTPS address is downloads.dell.com
- In the Update Window Schedule section, specify the start time for the firmware update and the frequency of the updates (daily, weekly, or monthly). For information about the fields, see the iDRAC Online Help.
- Click Schedule Update. The next scheduled job is created in the job queue. Five minutes after the first instance of the recurring job starts, the job for the next time period is created.