CLI Guide

Table 21. Details of fwupdate (continued)
NOTE: Run the firmware update command through only one remote racadm session at a time.
Synopsis
• Using Remote RACADM:
racadm fwupdate -p -u -d <firmware image>
NOTE: iDRAC7 targets are not supported from CMC racadm. 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, the
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 current CMC firmware does not
recognize the computed signature of the earlier version, 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 fx2_cmc.bin -m cmc-active
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.
• -f — The FTP is used to download the firmware.
• -g — For CMC, the firmware is downloaded using the TFTP server.
• -u — The firmware update operation is performed.
• -a — Specifies the TFTP server IP address or FQDN used for the firmware image (used with -g).
NOTE: CMC accepts IPv4, IPv6, or fully qualified domain names (FQDN) for both FTP and
TFTP servers.
• -d — Specifies the source path where the firmware image is stored.
NOTE: The default source path is local Default: Designated TFTP default directory on that
host for the file if -g option is absent. If -g is used, it defaults to a directory configured on
the TFTP server.
• -o — Turns off the servers to perform an update.
• -m < module > —
Specifies the module or device to be updated. < module > is one of the following values:
NOTE: You can also specify multiple modules:
–m <module 1> –m <module 2> , and so on.
○ cmc
○ iominf-n, where n = 1
○ main-board
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