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• kvm

• server-<n> — where n=1–16

• server-<nx> — where n=1–8; x = a, b, c, d (lowercase)

• server-<g> <generation> — where generation = iDRAC or iDRAC6 only.

• iominf-<n> — where n = 1–6

NOTE: Multiple modules can be specied except iominf-<n>, for example, –m <module 1> –m

<module 2> and so on.

• -f — Species the FTP server IP address or FQDN, username, and password used for rmware image. Applies

FTP download process for rmware update.

• -c — Cancels an ongoing rmware update. The cancel operation is supports the following values:

• cmc-active — This is the default option if -m is not specied.

• cmc-standby

• server-<n> — where n = 1 to 16

• server-<nx> — where n = 1 to 8; x = a to d (lowercase)

• server-<g> — where g = generation (iDRAC, iDRAC6)

• iominf-<n> — where n = 1 to 6

• kvm

NOTE: Omit -m to cancel an active CMC update.

CMC version 3.00 accepts IPv4, IPv6 or fully qualified domain names (FQDN) for both FTP and

TFTP servers.

NOTE

: You can specify the cmc-active and cmc-standby modules at the same time along with one or

more server-n modules. This option enables the devices to be updated together.

NOTE: Verify that the update applied to servers for a particular generation has been validated for all

impacted server models.

Output

Displays a message indicating the operation that is being performed.

Example

• Upload the rmware image from the TFTP server and start the rmware update.

racadm fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0.2 -d firmimg.cmc -m cmc-active

TFTP rmware update has been initiated. This update process may take several minutes to complete.

• Upload the rmware image from the FTP server and start the rmware update.

racadm fwupdate -f 192.168.0.100 fred xxx -d firmimg.cmc -m cmc-active

• Upload a rmware image from the client and start rmware update.

racadm fwupdate -p -u -d firmimg.cmc

• Start IOM infrastructure rmware update.

racadm fwupdate -u -m iominf-1

• Update rmware on both the CMCs.

racadm fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0.2 -d firmimg.cmc -m cmc-active -m cmc-

standby

• Update rmware on multiple servers.

racadm fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0.2 -d firmimg.imc -m server-1 -m server-2 -m

server-3

• Update rmware on servers of iDRAC generation.

racadm fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0.2 -d firmimg.imc -m server-iDRAC

• Update rmware on multiple IOM infrastructure devices.

racadm fwupdate -u -m iominf-4 -m iominf-5 -m iominf-6

• Query the status of all rmware targets to be updated.

racadm fwupdate -s -m all

• Query the current status of the rmware update process for a particular module.

RACADM Subcommand Details