Hello   Replace the system board. The iDRAC needs to initialize to be able to update it. Sometimes the iDRAC will partially initialize and allow an update. Before replacing the system board I would take the system to minimum-to-POST, drain flea power, and clear NVRAM via jumper. If you notice anything that would hint at a problem with any other hardware in the system then troubleshoot that issue and try to resolve it. Almost any faulty or incompatible hardware can cause issues with other hardware in the system. Thanks
Hi I have two Dell Poweredge R420 with ESX installed which both fails during boot in the process Initializing idrac... I have made several ISO images of different iDRAC versions via Dell repository management. But nothing works. Right now the installed version is 1.65.65 i have tried updating to 1.66.65 and also later versions such as 2.15 but nothing works as mentioned. I manged to update BIOS because i could update using a .EFI file. But i cant update using a bootable image. I downloaded iDRAC v2.15 as a .BIN file and made a ISO file which i put on a USB that i made bootable using RUFUS.  After that i press F11 to boot on the USB using BIOS.  First it failes then i press "Alt" + "F2" to get into the command line interface. From there i type "mount /dev/sda1 /opt/dell/toolkit/systems/"  then i type "/opt/dell/toolkit/systems/drm_files/apply_bundeles.sh" then it starts executing but then it starts Collecting inventory but then it fails and give me theese to lines back "grep: /proc/ipmi/0/si_stats: No such file or directory""...sh: ./disneyinstall.sh: No such file or directory" Then it says "This update package is not compatible with your system configuration" What can i do about this?   [IMAGE]  [URL] > 
Can't update iDRAC Firmware