Minimum version available for download now for R610 is 1.85 for iDRAC and 6.1.0 for BIOS. your first upgrade will be these versions. Once you reach these level then you can update iDRAC and BIOS to next version by skipping some versions (E.g. select one FW from each year). You can refer "Other Available Versions" of below links to download previous version of iDRAC and BIOS iDRAC : [URL] BIOS : [URL] To update iDRAC you can download file with file format as "An application" and extract it(It is a self extractable file) and upload it using iDRAC GUI update page To update BIOS you can have a bootable USB key and use "Flash BIOS executable" file from above link to update(Boot to the USB and execute the file) it.    Note : Please ensure you take backup of your data before performing such maintenance activities
Hello. I have recently been given an Dell R610 Server and I want to use some newer CPU's that I have. The CPU's that are in the machine is E5504 and I want to install two E5640 Now for that I need to Update Bios after since the server does not start with the new cpu's When I try to Launch LC this appears [IMAGE]   I have tried to use minumum config and waiting before power on and such From what it seems like then the Bios and IDRAC is VERY OLD [IMAGE]   [IMAGE]  I have no knowledge about updating IDRAC or BIOS but I have been scouting the forums for 1-2 months trying to find a fix to my server The server itself supports the new cpu's but the bios does not it seems  
Dell R610 Bios upgrade for CPU upgrade