Trying to update BIOS on R720 from ver.1.6.0 to 2.5.2 (using BIOS_MKCTM_WN64_2.5.2.EXE package), OS is WS2012 R2 -
update utility hits "System Services is disabled" error, and fails belly up.
What's interesting, on the other identical R720 the utility ran just fine, and BIOS upgraded without issues.
The only relevant thread I've found is this:
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/956/t/19608099
but this time it's iDRAC7 (not 6), and *** I can't get find anything in System Setup > iDRAC Settings, neither hitting Ctrl+E during boot gives me anything.
Same issue with an R620 (updating from BIOS ver.1.6.0 to 2.5.2 using package: BIOS_CNN4X_WN64_2.5.2.EXE).
Help.