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iDRAC 8/7 v2.30.30.30 User’s Guide

Recovering iDRAC

iDRAC supports two operating system images to make sure a bootable iDRAC. In the event of an unforeseen catastrophic error and you lose both boot paths:
  • iDRAC bootloader detects that there is no bootable image.
  • System Health and Identify LED is flashed at ~1/2 second rate. (LED is located on the back of a rack and tower servers and on the front of a blade server.)
  • Bootloader is now polling the SD card slot.
  • Format an SD card with FAT using a Windows operating system, or EXT3 using a Linux operating system.
  • Copy firmimg.d7 to the SD card.
  • Insert the SD card into the server.
  • Bootloader detects the SD card, turns the flashing LED to solid amber, reads the firmimg.d7, reprograms iDRAC, and then reboots iDRAC.

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