Moneynut, #1 If you have dual CMC's you won't need to power down all the blades.  If single CMC you will have to restart the CMC and the chassis to complete the update, hence downing the blades. #2 The reason for that is due to those are accessible from, or on the chassis. Where the remaining items are specific to the Blades, not the chassis.  #3 That is correct. It will update the active CMC and then restart it, which causes the CMC to fail over to CMC2 and then it updates and restarts CMC 2 after CMC 1 initializes. #4 This is the whitepapers and guides for the enclosure and blades - support.dell.com/.../index.htm Now in regards to updating the Drac, LCC, Perc and OMSA on the blades, what is the OS''s on the Blades, that way I can get you the correct updates.
Hi All, I need to update iDRAC, LCC, PERC, OMSA and CMC modules of Dell Power Edge M610.  Now my questions are: 1) To update all the above, do I have to turn off all the blades in the chassis? 2) In Chassis Management Controller, I  see a button to update iDRAC Enterprise Firmware, iKVM Firmware and CMC Firmware.  I don't see an option to update LCC, PERC and OMSA. Where or how exactly should I update that? 3) Updating CMC modules means update CMC firmware right? If so, I just have to download the Modular Chassis Package (.cmc file extension) and upload it to CMC and will that update "CMC-Active" and "CMC-Standby" of the CMC firmware? 4) In which course can I learn more about the blade servers administration, CMC etc., ?   Looking forward for your answers, I'm refreshing the page :-) Thank you
4 simple questions, quick answer please..