Dell BIOS Update
From Leo's Notes
Last edited on 30 December 2021, at 01:21.
Troubleshooting[edit | edit source]
BIOS Update fails with 'System Services is disabled'.[edit | edit source]
When running the .BIN file, it errors out with System Services is disabled. This happens when the Lifecycle Controller is disabled.
The Lifecycle Controller can be re-enabled via iDRAC:
$ ssh admin@ipmi-address
admin@ipmi-address's password:
/admin1->
/admin1-> racadm
racadm>>
racadm>>set LifecycleController.LCAttributes.LifecycleControllerState 0
racadm set LifecycleController.LCAttributes.LifecycleControllerState 0
Object value modified successfully
racadm>>set LifecycleController.LCAttributes.LifecycleControllerState 1
racadm set LifecycleController.LCAttributes.LifecycleControllerState 1
Object value modified successfully
Once enabled (you may need to reboot?), re-run the .BIN file and reboot to apply the update.