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October 21st, 2020 09:00
lifecycle upgrade path for R610
Good day gents and gentesses, we have an r610 with Bios 6.6 and iDRAC version 2.82. The lifecycle version is listed as 1.1.0.165. I know my Bios is up to date, and that my iDRAC is only one version off, but i am not sure the path to take the get the lifecycle controller to the most current. I can provide the Service tag if at all helpful. My google-fu is weak today. TIA @Anonymous
edit: listed as "lifecycle controller firmware" in iDRAC 6, running ESXi 6.0
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DELL-Shine K
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October 21st, 2020 20:00
You can explore below option also to update iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller.
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=kpccc&oscode=ws8r2&productcode=poweredge-r610
https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/dell-lifecycl-cntrler-v1.4_white%20papers114_en-us.pdf
You can also update lifecycle controller using repair package and iDRAC. For this you can download below image and upload through iDRAC
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=80xj1&oscode=ws8r2&productcode=poweredge-r610
Dell-DylanJ
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October 21st, 2020 13:00
Hello,
With this running ESXi, it does make updating a little trickier. The online repositories no longer host updates for the 11G server family. However, what you might try is making a FreeDOS USB and loading the updates for the LCC and iDRAC onto that. I'd rename the files to something like lcc.exe and idrac.exe, because I'm not sure if FreeDOS has tab complete functionality or not. Alternatively, you can boot to the Support Live Image and run the Linux based updates there, as that image is CentOS based.
LCC 1.7.5: https://dell.to/3oeMHfu
iDRAC 2.92: https://dell.to/2Hlx1GG
jrgass
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October 22nd, 2020 06:00
Understood, thanks! am I okay to jump from LCC 1.1.0.x all the way up to 1.7, or do I need to step upgrade?
DELL-Shine K
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October 22nd, 2020 08:00
It is recommended to perform staged upgrade. As 1.6.0 is oldest available in support site you can upgrade to that first then 1.7.0
jrgass
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October 23rd, 2020 09:00
I ended up doing a step up to 1.6, then 1.7 via the iDRAC with the repair package. All set now!