Upgrade Dell PowerFlex to v3.6.x

Upgrade the Dell firmware and BIOS—PowerEdge R630/R730xd

When upgrading the firmware and BIOS, first upgrade the iDRAC firmware. After this is done, upgrade the BIOS and any other firmware that require a node reboot cycle.

1. From your Internet browser, go to https://<iDRAC_IP_address> and then log in.
   Use root as the username and password as the password.

   The iDRAC Server Overview page appears. The Properties tab displays the currently installed BIOS and firmware versions.

   
2. From the Quick Launch tasks, click Update and Rollback.

   The Firmware page appears:

   
3. On the Update tab, click Browse and select the iDRAC firmware package—in this example, iDRAC-with-Lifecycle-Controller_Firmware_ 2.40.40.40.exe.
4. Click Upload.
5. Select the iDRAC firmware file and click Install to start the iDRAC firmware update:
   
   The iDRAC is updated and the web session is reset.
6. Reconnect to the iDRAC and log in.
7. In the Server Overview page, verify that the iDRAC controller was updated.

   The following example shows that the firmware was updated to version 2.40.40.40:

   

   NOTE:If you are only updating the iDRAC firmware, there is no need to reboot the node. Instead, you can move to the next node to update the iDAC firmware, repeating steps 1 - 7 for each additional node.
8. To upgrade the BIOS or other firmware versions, launch a KVM session to the node.
   NOTE:A reboot is required when upgrading the BIOS or other firmware, and the KVM session provides a window into the BIOS update process.
   The Java applet downloads.
9. Enable the pop-up so that the SVM session can open.
10. On the iDRAC Update tab, click Browse and select the correct BIOS upgrade file—in this example, BIOS_PFWCY_WN64_ 2.2.5.exe.
11. Click Upload.
12. After the file has uploaded, click Install.
    The BIOS upgrade is queued for installation.
13. Select Apply at Next Reboot.
14. Repeat steps 10 to 13 for each additional firmware you want to upgrade.
15. If you are upgrading the BIOS or additional firmware, gracefully reboot the server, as described in "Gracefully shut down or reboot a node" in the "Post-upgrade and common tasks" section of this guide.