Users Guide

Conguring Multiple CMCs Using RACADM
Using RACADM, you can congure one or more CMCs with identical properties.
When you query a specic CMC card using its group ID and object ID, RACADM creates the racadm.cfg conguration le from the
retrieved information. By exporting the le to one or more CMCs, you can congure your controllers with identical properties in a minimal
amount of time.
NOTE: Some conguration les contain unique CMC information (such as the static IP address) that must be modied before
you export the le to other CMCs.
1 Use RACADM to query the target CMC that contains the desired conguration.
NOTE: The generated conguration le is myle.cfg. You can rename the le. The .cfg le does not contain user passwords.
When the .cfg le is uploaded to the new CMC, you must re-add all passwords.
2 At the command prompt, type:
racadm getconfig -f myfile.cfg
NOTE: Redirecting the CMC conguration to a le using getconfig -f is only supported with the remote RACADM
interface.
3
Modify the conguration le using a plain-text editor (optional). Any special formatting characters in the conguration le may corrupt
the RACADM database.
4 Use the newly created conguration le to modify a target CMC. At the command prompt, type:
racadm config -f myfile.cfg
5 Reset the target CMC that was congured. At the command prompt, type:
racadm reset
The getconfig -f myfile.cfg subcommand requests the CMC conguration for the active CMC and generates the myle.cfg
le. If required, you can rename the le or save it to a dierent location.
You can run the getconfig command to perform the following actions:
• Display all conguration properties in a group (specied by group name and index).
• Display all conguration properties for a user by user name.
The config subcommand loads the information into other CMCs. The Server Administrator uses the config command to
synchronize the user and password database.
Creating a CMC Conguration File
The CMC conguration le, <lename>.cfg, is used with the racadm config -f <filename>.cfg command to create a simple text
le. The command allows you to build a conguration le (similar to a
.ini le) and congure the CMC from this le.
You may use any le name, and the le does not require a .cfg extension (although it is referred to by that designation in this subsection).
NOTE
: For more information about the getconfig subcommand, see the Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX
RACADM Command Line Reference Guide .
RACADM parses the .cfg le when it is rst loaded on to the CMC to verify that a valid group and object names are present, and that
simple syntax rules are being followed. Errors are agged with the line number that detected the error, and a message explains the problem.
The entire le is parsed for correctness, and all errors display. If an error is found in the .cfg le, write commands are not transmitted to the
CMC. You must correct all errors before any conguration can take place.
To check for errors before you create the conguration le, use the -c option with the config subcommand. With the -c option,
config only veries syntax and does not write to the CMC.
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