Reference Guide

remoteimage
Description Connects, disconnects, or deploys a media file on a remote server.
To run this subcommand, you must have the Configure Chassis Administrator privilege.
Synopsis
• racadm remoteimage [-m <module> | -a]
• racadm remoteimage -d [-m <module> | -a]
• racadm remoteimage -s [-m <module> | -a]
• racadm remoteimage -c [-m <module> | -a] [-u <username> -p
<password> -1 <image_path>]
• racadm remoteimage -e [-m <module> | -a] [-u <username> -p
<password> -1 <image_path>]
Input
• -c — Connect the image.
• -d — Disconnect image.
• -u — User name to access the network share.
• -p — Password to access the network share.
• -l — Image location on the network share; use single quotation marks around the
location.
• The image path can be on a Windows SMB mounted drive or a Linux or Unix NFS
mounted drive.
SMB mounted path:
//<ipaddress_or_domain_name>/<share_name>/<path_to_image>
NFS mounted path:
<ipaddress>:/<path_to_image>.
The extension of <path_to_image> must be either .iso or .img.
• -s — Display current status.
NOTE: Use a forward slash (/) when providing the image location. If backward slash
(\) is used, override the backward slash for the command to run successfully.
For example:
racadm remoteimage -c -u user -p xxx -l /\/
\192.168.0/\CommonShare/\diskette.img
• -e — Deploys a remote image. The first boot device is set to the shared image and
the server is set to reboot.
• -m <module> — Specifies the server to deploy the image to one of the following:
– sever–<n>, where n=1–16
– server–<nx> where n=1–8; x=a, b, c, d (lower case)
• -a — Applies options for slots for all present servers.
NOTE: The following options only apply to connect and deploy actions
• -u — Username.
For domain users, you can use the following formats:
– domain/user
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