Lifecycle Controller User's Guide
Firmware update
With Lifecycle Controller, the system can be updated using the repositories accessible through FTP, a network share or on a locally attached USB drive or a DVD. Use the Firmware Update page to:
- View the current version of the installed applications and firmware.
- View a list of available updates.
- Select the required updates, downloads (automatic), and then apply the updates to the following components listed in the table:
NOTE:When you update the firmware on a BCM57xx and 57xxx adapters, you notice that the cards are displayed as QLogic. This is due to the acquisition of Broadcom NetXtreme II by QLogic.
The following table lists the components that support the Firmware Updatefeature:
NOTE:When multiple firmware updates are applied through out-of-band methods or using the Lifecycle Controller UI, the updates are ordered in the most efficient possible manner to reduce unnecessary restarting of a system.
NOTE:Firmware update for SAS and SATA hard drives or solid state drives is not supported from the Lifecycle Controller GUI.
NOTE:When a firmware update is in progress, do not reboot or shutdown or AC power cycle the host or iDRAC by any mechanism (manual or "Ctrl+Alt+Del" keys or options provided through iDRAC interfaces). The system (host and iDRAC) should always be rebooted or shutdown gracefully when no tasks/ jobs are running in iDRAC or host. Ungraceful or interrupting an operation can cause unpredictable results such as firmware corruption, generate core files, RSODs, YSODs, error events in LCL, so on.
| Component Name | Firmware Rollback Supported? (Yes or No) | Out-of-band—System Restart Required? |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnostics | No | No |
| Operating system Driver Pack | No | No |
| BIOS | Yes | Yes |
| RAID Controller | Yes | Yes |
| SAS HBA | Yes (HBA345 and higher) | Yes |
| Backplanes** | Yes | Yes |
| Enclosures | Yes | Yes |
| NIC | Yes | Yes |
| iDRAC | Yes | Yes |
| Power Supply Unit | Yes | Yes |
| CPLD | No | Yes |
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NOTE:After the CPLD firmware upgrade is complete, iDRAC restarts automatically.
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| FC Cards | Yes | Yes |
| HHHL NVMe adapter | Yes | Yes |
| NVMe PCIe SSD drives | Yes | Yes |
| Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory | Yes | No |
| CMC* | No | Yes |
| Operating System Collector | No | No |
| BOSS | Yes | Yes |
| NVDIMM | Yes | Yes |
| Systems Management Application | No | Yes |
| Storage Enclosure Processor | Yes | Yes |
| IDSDM | No | Yes |
| Firmware Inventory/Firmware Version | No | No |
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NOTE:Since release 5.10.00.00, there is no support for FW version display even for SAS/SATA HDD in LCUI.
NOTE:Error message may not be proper while updating Pensendo firmware from LCUI.
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* Indicates that though a system restart is not required, iDRAC must be restarted to apply the updates. iDRAC communication and monitoring will temporarily be interrupted.
** The backplanes that cannot be updated are not listed.
***Applicable only for FX2 modular systems.
An expander backplane FW update requires the primary SAS RAID/HBA controller to be enabled. If the controller is disabled via the enable/disable internal RAID controller or the PCI-e slot is disabled at the BIOS level, the backplane FW update job is expected to fail.
The SAS controller must be re-enabled to allow the expander backplane firmware to update successfully. After the update has been applied, the controller can be returned to its previous disabled state.
NOTE:The firmware update is not supported for the following components in LC UI:
- TPM
- GPU
- SAS and SATA
- Software Defined Persistent Memory (SDPM)
- Vault Optimized Storage Solution (VOSS)
- DPU
- FPGA
- Power Distribution Board (PDB) CPLD
- iDRAC SDK plugin
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