I re-enter system services to see if I'm still behind on anything and it gets stuck again. So then I reboot and go into the idrac configuration and cancel system services, and reboot. I let it sit there for 8 hours, still stuck. So then it finishes updating and goes to reboot, and when it comes back up it automatically enters system services, except it gets stuck at 'entering system services, starting unified server configurator'. So then I connect to dell's ftp server and update everything. Now when I enter system services, platform update is an option. So I do that, download the 1.7 2 lifecycle controller, run it, and reboot. Easiest way is to just throw Windows on the r610 and download the. So I need to update the lifecycle controller. So I download the Dell r610 firmware update repository image and create a bootable usb. Maybe lifecycle controller was too old of a version. First, platform update wasn't even an option in the system services. Once DELL Lifecycle Controller is updated, you can boot again into System Services (F10) and update firmware of any components you wish from the Lifecycle Controller interface.I'm in the process of updating an r610 right now.

Update process is pretty straight forward - just select Dell Lifecycle Controller (and other components if required), then click Update Firmware.

The update utility will be launched automatically. Download Centos65-OM74-Firmware-LiveDVD.x86_64-1.1.0-Build6.1.iso and burn it to a DVD.

In my case I successfully updated it using OM Live DVD: Updating DELL Lifecycle Controller can be a bit more tricky, especially if your server is VMWare host. Updating iDRAC is normally not an issue regardless of what OS you are running on your host. Some sources also say that iDRAC controller needs to be at least v1.8.5, but personally I have been successfully updating systems with much older iDRAC versions. It needs to be at least v1.5.2 (in my case it was v1.4.0). The issue was caused by an out of date version of DELL Lifecycle Controller itself. But then, instead of message ' Downloading and validating the DUP', you get error ' The updates you are tying to apply are not Dell-authorized updates'. I came across this issue when trying to update BIOS on DELL PowerEdge T310 tower server via the Lifecycle Controller.Īfter selecting updates and pressing Apply, ' Please Wait' message appears (which is normal).

R710 system services