Rcorralhit,   The server is really out of date, so trying to update either the BIOS or iDrac to current from where they are can cause issues.  You will need to walk the BIOS and iDrac up together in steps. BIOS 2.0.21 iDrac 1.57.57 BIOS 2.1.3 iDrac w/ Lifecycle Controller 2.21.21 (the updates merged after this point) BIOS 2.4.2 iDrac w/ LCC 2.40.40 BIOS 2.5.1 iDrac w. LCC 2.63.60.62. (latest) BIOS 2.6.0 (latest)   Hope this helps, let me know how it goes.
I'm trying to bring iDRAC7 firmware on a couple of Dell PowerEdge R420 servers up to date and I'm trying to determine the correct upgrade path to do so. The servers are running iDRAC7 firmware version 1.40.40 and BIOS version 1.5.2.  None of my searches on the Dell website have relevant results. Since the systems are out of warranty I'm not getting much help via telephoning, and online chat is not available either. If someone can point me to a good place to get started that would be a big help.  Thanks in advance.
iDRAC7 Upgrade Path