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Scheduling Automatic Firmware Updates
You can create a periodic recurring schedule for iDRAC to check for new firmware updates. At the
scheduled day and time, iDRAC connects to the specified network share (CIFS or NFS) or the FTP, checks
for new updates and applies or stages all applicable updates. A log file on the remote server contains
information about server access and staged firmware updates.
Automatic updates is available only with the iDRAC Enterprise license.
You can schedule automatic firmware updates using the iDRAC Web interface or RACADM.
NOTE: IPv6 address is not supported for scheduling automatic firmware updates.
Related Links
Downloading Device Firmware
Updating Device Firmware
Viewing and Managing Staged Updates
Scheduling Automatic Firmware Update Using Web Interface
To schedule automatic firmware update using Web Interface:
NOTE: Do not create the next scheduled occurrence of an automatic update job if a job is already
Scheduled. It overwrites the current scheduled job.
1. In the iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview → iDRAC Settings → Update and Rollback .
The Firmware Update page is displayed.
2. Click the Automatic Update tab.
3. Select the Enable Automatic Update option.
4. Select any of the following options to specify if a system reboot is required after the updates are
staged:
• Schedule Updates — Stage the firmware updates but do not reboot the server.
• Schedule Updates and reboot Server — Enables server reboot after the firmware updates are
staged.
5. Select any of the following to specify the location of the firmware images:
• Network — Use the catalog file from a network share (CIFS or NFS). Enter the network share
location details.
NOTE: While specifying the network share settings, it is recommended to avoid special
characters for user name and password or percent encode the special characters.
• FTP — Use the catalog file from the FTP site. Enter the FTP site details.
6. Based on the selection in step 5, enter the network settings or the FTP settings.
For information about the fields, see the iDRAC Online Help.
7. In the Update Window Schedule section, specify the start time for the firmware update and the
frequency of the updates (daily, weekly, or monthly).
For information about the fields, see the iDRAC Online Help.
8. Click Schedule Update.
The next scheduled job is created in the job queue. Five minutes after the first instance of the
recurring job starts, the job for the next time period is created.
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