Reference Guide

• Update the firmware from the local file system using remote RACADM.
• The subcommand updates one or more devices of a single type at a
time.
To use this subcommand, you must have the Chassis Configuration
Administrator privilege.
NOTE: Running the subcommand to update the CMC firmware resets
the CMC, causing all network connections to get logged off.
NOTE: The subcommand generates an error, when used on the
extension slot of a multi-slot server.
The CMC firmware performs a signature verification step to ensure the
authenticity of the uploaded firmware. The firmware update process is
successful only if the firmware image is authenticated by CMC to be a valid
image from the service provider and has not been altered. The firmware
update process is stopped if CMC cannot verify the signature of the
uploaded firmware image. A warning event is then logged and an
appropriate error message is displayed.
Synopsis
• Using Remote RACADM:
racadm fwupdate -p -u -d <firmware image>
NOTE: iDRAC7 targets are not supported from CMC. Use the CMC
GUI to update iDRAC7 targets from CMC.
When using FTP, if you provide the full path to the image file on the CLI,
then the CMC uses that path to locate that file on the host. If you do not
provide a full path, then the CMC searches the home directory of the
specified user for the file if the host system is running Linux or another
variant of UNIX. If the host system is running Windows, then a default
folder, such as C:\ftproot is searched.
NOTE: While performing firmware update using the racadm
fwupdate command, if the number of characters in the firmware
image path is greater than 256 characters, Remote RACADM session
logs off with the error message
ERROR: Specified path is
too long.
NOTE: While performing firmware CMC firmware upgrade if the
uploaded firmware image file does not contain a verification
signature or it contains a verification signature, which is not valid or
corrupted, the following message is displayed:
Invalid firmware: The firmware image validation was
unsuccessful
NOTE: While performing CMC firmware downgrade if the computed
signature of that earlier version is not recognized by the current
CMC firmware, the following message is displayed:
Firmware downgrade is unsuccessful: a downgrade to
this firmware version is not supported
• racadm fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0.100 -d firmimg.cmc -
m
Input
NOTE: Firmware update from local RACADM (using the -p, -u, or -d
options) is not supported on Linux operating system.
• -p — The -p option is used to update the firmware file from the client.
The -u option must be used with the -p option.
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