Performing Updates on a PowerEdge VRTX System Using CMC 1.0 This Dell Technical White Paper provides information about how to update CMC, Chassis Infrastructure, IOM, and Software Component firmware using the CMC Web Interface and RACADM Interface.
PowerEdge VRTX Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................... 3 Recommended Sequence for Applying Firmware Update ..................................................... 3 Downloading Updates ................................................................................................ 3 Preferred Method of Downloading Updates Using Dell™ Repository Manager (DRM) ...................... 3 Downloading Firmware ............
PowerEdge VRTX Introduction This white paper describes different ways to update the Chassis hardware and the server on Dell PowerEdge VRTX Servers. Customers can use any of the following methods on the basis of their requirements and operating environment.
PowerEdge VRTX 1. Select the local repository you want to update. By default, an existing repository displays the bundles. 2. Select the corresponding bundle and click Export. 3. In the Export Bundle(s) dialog box, click Next. The Export Destination dialog box lists various options. 4. Select the appropriate options and click Next.
PowerEdge VRTX Note: In this example, the bundle is being exported as an SUU ISO image. 5. The Export Destination wizard verifies whether or not the SUU plug-ins are available. If the SUU is not available, you are asked to download and install the SUU plug-in. Else, the version of plug-in currently used by DRM is displayed. Click Next.
PowerEdge VRTX 6. In the Browse For Folder dialog box, select the destination folder to download the bundle, and then click OK. Note: In this example, the ISO image will be downloaded in the SUU ISO folder. 7. The downloaded bundle will be placed in the queue until all firmware(s) are downloaded, click OK.
PowerEdge VRTX 8. In the lower-left corner, Jobs Queue displays the status of job download operation. Note: The Jobs Queue tab also allows the job to be stopped or removed from the Job Queue, if required. 9. DUPs that are part of a custom bundle can be downloaded as required from the My Repository tab. To view the DUP(s), go to the Components tab where a list of available DUP(s) for the selected bundle is displayed. Select the DUP(s) for download, and then click Download File.
PowerEdge VRTX 10. In the Browse For Folder dialog box, select the directory where you want to store the DUP(s) on the local system, and then click OK. After the download completes, the server DUP(s) can be updated.
PowerEdge VRTX Downloading Firmware To download the latest version of CMC firmware, Chassis Infrastructure, RAID Controller, iDRAC, or HDD firmware(s) from support.dell.com: 1. Go to www.dell.com/support 2. Choose the product category “Servers, Storage & Networking” 3. Choose the “PowerEdge” server from the list. 4. Select the “PowerEdge VRTX” from the list of Power Edge Servers. 5. Select the Drivers and Download tab. The Dell firmware(s) packages will be listed under various categories. 6.
PowerEdge VRTX To view the currently installed Chassis Infrastructure firmware version, go to Chassis Overview Update Firmware Update Chassis Infrastructure Firmware. Updating CMC Firmware To update the CMC Firmware update, click Chassis Overview -> Update tab and do the following: 1. Locate the CMC Firmware section and select the options under the Update Targets column for the CMC or CMC(s) to update the firmware, and then click Apply CMC Update. 2.
PowerEdge VRTX 5. The Firmware Update Progress section displays information about a firmware. A status indicator displays on the page while the image file uploads. File transfer time varies on the basis of connection speed. When the internal update process begins, the page automatically refreshes and the Firmware update timer is displayed. Note: For a standby CMC, when the update is complete, the Update State field displays Done.
PowerEdge VRTX Updating Chassis Infrastructure Firmware To update the Chassis Infrastructure firmware, go to Chassis Overview → Update and do the following: 1. In the Chassis Infrastructure Firmware section, select the option in the Update Targets column for the Main-Board, and then click Apply Chassis Infrastructure Firmware. Note: To apply updates for the targets in the Chassis Infrastructure Firmware, the servers must be turned off before starting the update.
PowerEdge VRTX 4. The Firmware Update Progress section displays the status of firmware update. A status indicator displays on the page while the image file uploads. File transfer time varies on the basis of connection speed. When the internal update process begins, the page automatically refreshes and the Firmware update timer is displayed. You must powercycle the chassis after performing update on Chassis Infrastructure Firmware.
PowerEdge VRTX 3. Run the CMC getversion command to verify which firmware version is currently running on the device. The screen shot here shows as example of the output. 4. Run the CMC connect switch command to redirect the console to the switch.
PowerEdge VRTX 5. Run the switch show version command to check the switch firmware version. 6. Run the switch show ip interface command to check the current IP address, gateway IP address, and OOB IP address. 7. If the switch-configured OOB IP address is not properly configured to reach the TFTP server, change the OOB IP address by running the switch ip address commands listed below. console#config console(config)#interface oob console(config-oob)#ip address 192.168.1.
PowerEdge VRTX 9. Run the switch write command to update the firmware image. console#write Overwrite file [startup-config].... (Y/N)[N] ?Y 01-Oct-2006 15:25:56 %COPY-I-FILECPY: Files Copy - source URL runningconfig destination URL flash://startup-config 01-Oct-2006 15:26:05 %COPY-N-TRAP: The copy operation was completed successfully Copy succeeded console# 10. Run the switch show bootvar command to verify the new image is selected for the next system start.
PowerEdge VRTX 12. Run the switch reload command to restart the switch to load the new firmware image. console#reload This command will reset the whole system and disconnect your current session. Do you want to continue ? (Y/N)[N] Y Shutting down ... Shutting down ... Resetting local unit Shutting down ... ************************************************** ***************** SYSTEM RESET ***************** ************************************************** mii4: link is down mii4: link is up, 100 FDX 13.
PowerEdge VRTX Updating Server Component Firmware (BIOS, Lifecycle Controller, OS Drivers Pack, iDRAC, RAID Controller, Hard Disk Drive, and Expander) Updating iDRAC Firmware 1. To update iDRAC Firmware, you can go to the Firmware Update page by clicking any one of the following. a. Chassis Overview Chassis Controller Update b. Chassis Overview Update c. Chassis Overview I/O Module Overview Update d.
PowerEdge VRTX The Server Component Update page displays all iDRACs that are available. One or more iDRACs can be selected for update. You can browse through and select a Windows Dell Update Package (DUP). Note: Windows DUP can be either 64bit or 32bit. If Reboot Now is selected, the update process starts immediately and system is restarted after an update. However, if the On Next Reboot option is selected, update process will be started whenever system gets restarted the next time.
PowerEdge VRTX 4. Click OK to continue the update process. CMC schedules the update task. After an update is successfully scheduled, the following message displayed Update schedule request for all servers succeeded. The DUP is downloaded and the status in Job Status is shown as Downloading. After downloading, the update task will be scheduled, executed and completed. After completion of the update and restart, the Job Status is indicated as Completed.
PowerEdge VRTX The Current Version and Rollback Version displays the data in respective columns. Updating RAID Controller Firmware RAID controller firmware update can be done in two methods: Chassis Overview Server Overview Update. Chassis Overview Storage Storage Component Update. Chassis Overview Server Overview Update 1. To update RAID controller firmware, in the Component/Device Update Filter, select the RAID Controller option.
PowerEdge VRTX 2. The following message is displayed. To schedule an update process, click OK. The server firmware operation forces the selected servers to reboot. Click OK to continue the operation. Else, click Cancel. After an update process is scheduled, the job status changes to Scheduled. The sample screen shot here shows an update process that is in progress. After successful execution of update, current & earlier version numbers are shown accordingly.
PowerEdge VRTX Chassis Overview Storage Storage Component Update 1. To select the required update package, click the Browse button, browse through to select the DUP file, and then click Upload. The status of uploading is shown by a spinning wheel and the following message. The file is being uploaded. This may take several minutes. Note: While updating storage components, the corresponding server must be turned off. If a server is not turned off, the following message is displayed.
PowerEdge VRTX If a server is already turned off, upload operation will be successful and the information about current version and update version is displayed. To start the update process, select the Update option, and then click the Update button. After successful completion of an update, the following message is displayed. Update finished. Updating Shared PERC Firmware Log in to the CMC Web interface. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview, click Storage, and then click Update. 1.
PowerEdge VRTX File upload process is started and it takes some time to upload the image file. 2. Select the Update option, and then click Update. Firmware process is started and it takes some time to complete the update. After successfully completing the update process, a message is displayed as shown in the screen shot here.
PowerEdge VRTX After the firmware of RAID controller is successfully updated, the Update status is indicated as Complete. Updating Server Component Firmware―BIOS, Lifecycle Controller, OS Drivers Pack, and iDRAC 1. Click Chassis Overview Server Overview Update. 2. On the Server Component Update, the component inventory of all the severs is displayed and update filter to select particular component firmware to update. Check the component which requires an update.
PowerEdge VRTX Selecting BIOS gives information about BIOS firmware in all servers such as current version, rollback version, and update status. 3. After you select the Update option, a browse button is displayed to select an update package. Select an update package, and then click the Update button. A message is displayed as shown in the screen shot here. 4. To continue the update process, click OK. The update operation is scheduled.
PowerEdge VRTX 5. After clicking the OK button, the process will start downloading the update package, which is shown in the Job Status column. After downloading, the update task will be scheduled, executed and completed. After completion of the update and reboot, the job status is shown as Completed. Similarly, Lifecycle controller firmware, iDRAC firmware, OS driver pack firmware, 32-bit Diagnostics firmware, RAID controller, and Network I/F controller can be updated.
PowerEdge VRTX 3. Filter can be used to retrieve information about specific components. Filter option must be used with the –l option. For example, racadm getversion –l –m server-1 –m server-2 –f bios retrieves the BIOS–related information of server 1 and server 2 Similarly, racadm getversion –f idrac retrieves iDRAC–related information of all the servers.
PowerEdge VRTX Updating I/O Module Firmware To update the CMC I/O Module firmware: 1. Upload the firmware image from the FTP server and start the firmware update. racadm fwupdate -f 192.168.0.100 fred password123 -d firmimg.cmc -m cmc-active 2. Start I/O Module infrastructure firmware update. racadm fwupdate -u -m iominf- Updating Server Component Firmware ( iDRAC, RAID Controller) To update server component firmware: 1. Copy the payload of iDRAC or RAID Controller in an FTP or TFTP server. 2.
PowerEdge VRTX Quick Reference to Update Various Components The following tabular form shows the quick overview to update for various components both using CMC Web Interface and RACADM command line interface. Component Firmware CMC User Interface CMC Firmware 1. Download Modular CMC Chassis package. Image name is firmimg.cmc. 2.
PowerEdge VRTX Lifecycle Controller iDRAC RAID Controller/ Shared PERC Expander Hard Disk Drive OS Driver Pack Same as above. Instead of BIOS select the Lifecycle controller filter. Same as above. Instead of BIOS select the iDRAC filter and upload the <>. Same as above. Instead of BIOS select the RAID Controller filter and upload the file. Same as above. Instead of BIOS select the Expander filter and upload the . Same as above.
