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Updating the System Management Module Firmware - support

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NOTE: You must be logged into the system with administrator privileges to update your system BIOS. 1 From the Dell Support website at support.dell.com, select the BIOS version that you are updating to and follow the instructions for downloading the BIOS file to your server module. 2 Start a Dell OpenManage session. 3 From the Server Administrator home page, click the System object. 4 Click the Main System Chassis object. 5 Click the BIOS object. 6 Click the Update object. 7 Follow the instructions to select the BIOS update, validate the update file, and perform the update. Updating the System Management Module Firmware You can also update the system management module firmware using the Web interface or the Racadm utility. See your Embedded Remote Access/MC User's Guide and the online help for more information. 1 Set up your remote system as a TFTP server. 2 On your remote system, download the firmware image from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com to the TFTP server's root directory. 3 Log into the system management module. See your Embedded Remote Access/MC User's Guide for details. 4 In the serial command line, type racadm fwupdate -g -a -u -f filepath\firmimg.cm1, where is the TFTP server's IP address. NOTE: The IP address of the TFTP server can be found by typing ipconfig at the DOS command prompt. 5 After the firmware update is complete, the system management module will automatically reboot. Information and Firmware Update 1-3

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Information and Firmware Update
1-3
NOTE:
You must be logged into the system with administrator privileges to update
your system BIOS.
1
From the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com
, select the BIOS version that you
are updating to and follow the instructions for downloading the BIOS file to your
server module.
2
Start a Dell OpenManage session.
3
From the Server Administrator home page, click the
System
object.
4
Click the
Main System Chassis
object.
5
Click the
BIOS
object.
6
Click the
Update
object.
7
Follow the instructions to select the BIOS update, validate the update file, and
perform the update.
Updating the System Management Module
Firmware
You can also update the system management module firmware using the Web interface or
the Racadm utility. See your
Embedded Remote Access/MC User’s Guide
and the online help
for more information.
1
Set up your remote system as a TFTP server.
2
On your remote system, download the firmware image from the Dell Support website
at
support.dell.com
to the TFTP server's root directory.
3
Log into the system management module. See your
Embedded Remote Access/MC
User’s Guide
for details.
4
In the serial command line, type
racadm fwupdate -g -a <
ipaddress
> -u
-f filepath\firmimg.cm1
, where <
ipaddress>
is the TFTP server's IP address.
NOTE:
The IP address of the TFTP server can be found by typing
ipconfig
at the DOS
command prompt.
5
After the firmware update is complete, the system management module will
automatically reboot.