For Dell Poweredge Enthusiast

[redeamon]

I recently found this link- pretty awesome considering I hate navigating their site.

Dell PowerEdge C Server | System Management

Check out the links near the top of "firmware scrapers"

i.e.,
DellEMC PowerEdge 13G | Lastest Firmware

(not listed at top for some reason, but here is 14G)
DellEMC PowerEdge 14G | Lastest Firmware

 

[Spartacus]

In a much nicer format in prepackaged ISOs for the primary tower/rack/blade lines not quite as up to date (usually ever 3-6mo), but super convenient:
Update PowerEdge Servers with Platform Specific Bootable ISO | Dell Canada

Literal boot the ISO and done updates.

 

[Terry Kennedy]

In a much nicer format in prepackaged ISOs for the primary tower/rack/blade lines not quite as up to date (usually ever 3-6mo), but super convenient:
Update PowerEdge Servers with Platform Specific Bootable ISO | Dell Canada

https://www.dell.com/support/articl...with-platform-specific-bootable-iso?lang=en#2
For Rx30 and newer (I have an R730), booting into Lifecycle Controller allows automatic download / installation of firmware updates. You do have to know the "secret" downloads.dell.com to put in the right box, and figure out that FTP is no longer a supported method as of the lastet update and that you need to use HTTPS. But once you figure that out once, you can use it on all of your servers without any media needed. That is very useful if your servers are rarely accessed and your DVD drive turns out to be full of dust and unable to read the disc.

 

[cheezehead]

Depending on how many your dealing with and how old they are, the free version of OME can work a lot faster.

 

[fohdeesha]

For Rx30 and newer (I have an R730), booting into Lifecycle Controller allows automatic download / installation of firmware updates. You do have to know the "secret" downloads.dell.com to put in the right box, and figure out that FTP is no longer a supported method as of the lastet update and that you need to use HTTPS. But once you figure that out once, you can use it on all of your servers without any media needed. That is very useful if your servers are rarely accessed and your DVD drive turns out to be full of dust and unable to read the disc.

same works great on the 12th gen as well (Rx20), which isn't a surprise as idrac7 and idrac8 are identical software. haven't had to touch update ISOs in forever