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Legal values: device=None, PXE, hard disk drive (HDD), CD-DVD, vFDD, vCD-DVD, iSCSI, SD,

FDD, RFS

• -o <no|yes> — Indicates if the server should boot from the device once; must be used with -

Use with -m <module> to specify for an individual server, or with -a for all servers.

• -a — Creates and enables an iDRAC root user if it does not exist, and is executed on all the

existing servers in the chassis.

• -u root — Indicates that the <password> is supplied for the root user on the server. root is a

constant parameter, the only value that is valid with the ‑u option.

• -m <module> — Species the server you want to congure.

Legal value must be one of the following values:

– server-<n> where n=1 to 4

– switch-<n> where n=1

• -p <password> — Species the password for the root user on the server.

• -s <ipaddress subnet gateway> — Sets the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway for the

specied server, separated by single spaces.

– ipaddress — A string representing a valid IP address. For example, 192.168.0.20.

– subnet — A string representing a valid subnet mask. For example, 255.255.255.0.

– gateway — A string representing a valid gateway address. For example, 192.168.0.1.

• -d — Enables DHCP for the specied server.

The -s and -d options cannot be used together in the same command.

• -6 — Enables IPv6 auto conguration (when used with -d.) Sets static IPv6 addresses (when

used with -s).

• -q — Displays or modies the quick deploy parameters.

• -n<numofblades> — Species the number of reserved IP addresses for quick deploy. The valid

values are 2 and 4.

• -e — Uses the CMC DNS settings for quick deploy. The legal values are:

– 1 — Enable

– 0 — Disable

• --qd — Updates the quick deploy parameters to the servers. This option works only with the -

option.

Output

None

Example

• racadm deploy -m server-8 -s 192.168.0.20 255.255.255.0

192.168.0.1

The server was deployed successfully.

The deploy command generates an error when used on the extension slot of a multi-slot server.

• racadm deploy -m server-9 192.168.0.11 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1

ERROR: Server in slot 9 is an extension of the server in slot 1.

• racadm deploy -m server-7 -u root -p calvin -s -6 ::/64 :: 10

Displayable Characters

Displayable characters include the following set:

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxwz

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

0123456789~`!@#$%^&*()_+-={}[]|\:";'<>,.?/

RACADM Subcommand Details