Yeah so I also still had success with trying to download the SUU ISOs (even from home).  It must be an issue with ftp.dell.com. I did however get around the issue of downloading the firmware by using this guys technique: lonesysadmin.net/.../the-easiest-way-to-update-a-dell-servers-firmware Still had a few issues but ultimately I installed the Dell Repository Manager and followed the steps outlined in that blog. I downloaded the packages for Linux only, then created a boot disc ISO when exporting the bundle.  Burnt the ISO to disc, and booted the server into the disc.  It then updated all of my firmware include, iDRAC, and BIOS. I found that after these updates I could not boot into System Services.  But I repaired that by updating the Dell Lifecycle Controller Repair Package through iDRAC.  Below is the link to download the Dell Lifecycle Controller Repair Package. www.dell.com/.../DriverFileFormats I logged into the iDRAC, went to Remote Access (or iDRAC Settings) on the left, then the update tab and uploaded the .usc file to the server. After that completed i rebooted the server and could then access System Services, from in there I could see that all the firmware had been updated successfully. I must say I've spent 2 days at work just trying to update the firmware on this one Dell server, its been very painful!  If the ftp server had have been working properly it would have taken me a couple hours.. anyway.... Hope that helps someone having the same issues!
Hi there, When booting up into System Services, before it loads the Unified Server Configurator I get the following messages: Message PR1: Replaced part detected for device: DDR3 DIMM(Socket A3) Message PR1: Replaced part detected for device: DDR3 DIMM(Socket A6) Message PR1: Replaced part detected for device: DDR3 DIMM(Socket B3) I get that message every time I boot into USC.  Has anyone come across that before?  As well as that, when I try to perform an update, it tries contacting the dell ftp site, hangs for a while when grabbing the catalogue, then errors out with this message:    A system restart is required. !!!! X64 Exception Type - 00000000000000D !!!! RIP etc etc etc  Then on top of that, when I try to go to the ftp.dell.com site (through Filezilla) to download the SUU (Server Update Utilities) ISOs, it downloads to about 500MB then freezes! This is my first time trying to update the firmware on a Dell server.  Do people often run into such problems? Thanks in advance for any reply! Luke
R710 Error message when loading System Services