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Firmware update path for iDRAC, CMC and BIOS on M640
What would be the recommended approach, order and update-path for the following on M640 VRTX;
- CMC v3.20
- To: v3.41
- iDRAC v3.21.21.21
- To: v7.00.00.00
- BIOS v2.8.2
- To: v2.18.1
I presume that these updates need to be done incrementally and aligned with eachother?
DELL-Chris H
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May 13th, 2024 20:15
Aarsvold,
You're correct in your last statement that you would need to do incrementally, as well as together. What I would suggest is that you start with the CMC, which you should run any marked as Urgent. After the CMC is up-to-date then you will want to start with the BIOS update, then the iDrac (from same time period), then BIOS, then iDrac etc. Now with the BIOS and iDrac updates, due to their age, I wouldn't jump more than 2 or 3 updates at a time, not missing any marked Urgent. The reason you want to alternate between BIOS and iDrac is you don't want to get them updated so far apart that they can't communicate any further, so you want to run the version that corresponds to the others release dates.
Let me know if this helps.