I doubt it. I have some Dell PE2900s that haven't had a firmware update in years. The last one wasn't even necessary but since they were turned off I figured mi

I doubt it. I have some Dell PE2900s that haven't had a firmware update in years. The last one wasn't even necessary but since they were turned off I figured might as well do it. We have some new proliants that have been powered on for 500 days. Since these are production servers it's assumed all the major and middle bugs have been worked out before they are sold. Also, you are getting support contracts. Typical server timeline is paid support for 3 years, production for 5. In between you'll be adding or migrating to newer servers anyway.