Hello, After attending Matthew Garrett's talk at LCA, I had this sudden urge to upgrade my IPMI. Just wondering how to do this without the extra steps of buying a windows license and installing windows on the server. Which seems kind of excessive. Looks like it is simple, all I need to do is: 1. Download IMC ( file with latest firmware. 2. Log into website, and upload it. Step 2 is easy. Step 1 is the problem, the only file Dell provide is a Windows executable: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=9D...
From here I can download Dell_Lifecycle_Controller_Integration_v3.0_SP01.exe
This is actually a zip file, I can unzip the following files: Dell_Lifecycle_Controller_Integration_v3.0_SP01.exe ReadMe_Dell_Lifecycle_Controller_Integration_v3.0_SP01.txt
From here I seem to be completely stuck. I do not seem to be able to turn the *.exe file into an IMC file. I cannot run the executable on a Windows computer without the iDrac6, it immediately comes up with an error before installing, and I couldn't see any signs of any new files installed.
In fact the information from http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/3206.updat... says it is not possible to use the Windows DUP image on the website. Any ideas? Have also tried asking twitter. https://twitter.com/penguin_brian/status/570727507210604544 Thanks -- Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au>