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New Features and Usability Enhancements to RACADM Commands in iDRAC7

For Remote RACADM, use:

$ racadm –r <iDRAC-IP> -u <iDRAC username> -p <iDRAC Password> hwinventory

export -f <filename>

Use cases

To display all server inventory, use:

$ racadm hwinventory

To view all the NIC devices on a managed server, use:

$ racadm hwinventory NIC

To display the standard hardware inventory verbose description for the FQDD NIC.Embedded.1-1-2,

where NIC.Slot.5-2-2 is the FQDD, use:

$ racadm hwinventory NIC.Slot.5-2-2

To export the inventory to a remote CIFS share, use:

$ racadm hwinventory export -f Myinventory.xml -u admin -p mypass

-l //192.162.31.41/share

To export the inventory to a remote NFS share, use:

$ racadm hwinventory export -f Myinventory.xml -u admin -p mypass

-l 192.162.31.41:/share

update

This feature updates the firmware of various devices/modules on the server using the Dell Update

Package (DUP) files (Windows DUPs, firmimg.d7, lc_repair_pack.usc and Personality_module.pm files

only) either from a remote CFS/NFS share or from a local file system using Local RACADM and Remote

RACADM. This command uses the following syntax:

$ racadm update –f <updatefile>

$ racadm update –f <updatefile> -l <remote CIFS/NFS share> -u <remote

share username> -p <remote share password>

Use cases

For Remote RACADM, either CIFS/NFS use:

$ racadm update –f <update file> -u admin –p mypasswd –l

//192.162.31.41/share [command for the]

For Local or Remote RACADM, use:

$ racadm update –f <update file> [command for the]

jobqueue

This feature allows you to view and delete job(s) in the current job queue. You must have the server

profile export and import license to use this command.