Procedure to obtain the current firmware version

The process helps you to obtain the current firmware version of the device.

Procedure

  1. You can obtain the firmware version through iDRAC.
    1. Login to iDRAC.
    2. Navigate to System.
    3. Click the Inventory tab.
  2. To obtain the firmware version of network interface cards (NICs), follow the steps:
    1. Use the SSH to login to the VMware ESXi server.
    2. Execute the esxcli network nic list command to get a list of all NICs.
      esxcli network nic list
Name PCI Device Driver Admin Status Link Status Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
------ ------------ ------- ------------ ----------- ----- ------ ----------------- ---- -----------
vmnic0 0000:1a:00.0 bnxtnet Up Up 25000 Full bc:97:e1:d5:24:20 1500 Broadcom BCM57414 NetXtreme-E 10Gb/25Gb RDMA Ethernet Controller
vmnic1 0000:1a:00.1 bnxtnet Up Up 25000 Full bc:97:e1:d5:24:21 1500 Broadcom BCM57414 NetXtreme-E 10Gb/25Gb RDMA Ethernet Controller
vmnic2 0000:5e:00.0 i40en Up Up 25000 Full 40:a6:b7:59:2c:90 1500 Intel(R) Ethernet Controller XXV710 for 25GbE SFP28
vmnic3 0000:5e:00.1 i40en Up Up 25000 Full 40:a6:b7:59:2c:91 1500 Intel(R) Ethernet Controller XXV710 for 25GbE SFP28
    3. Execute the esxcli network nic get -n vmnic2|grep Firmware command to obtain the firmware value.
      esxcli network nic get -n vmnic2|grep Firmware
Firmware Version: 7.10 0x800075e6 19.5.12