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:

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.updating-drac-firmware 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
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