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• No features active on the chassis — Action: Install the SD card into the CMC.
• The feature card inserted is valid and contains the following feature(s)
FlexAddress: The feature card is bound to another chassis, svctag = ABC1234,
SD card SN = 01122334455
Action: Remove the SD card; locate and install the SD card for the current chassis.
• The feature card inserted is valid and contains the following feature(s)
FlexAddress: The feature card is not bound to any chassis
Action: The feature card can be moved to another chassis, or can be reactivated on the current chassis. To
reactivate on the current chassis, enter racadm racreset until the CMC module with the feature card
installed becomes active.
Example
$ racadm featurecard -s
The feature card inserted is valid, serial number TEST0123456789012345678
The feature card contains the following feature(s):
FlexAddress: The feature is bound to this chassis
FlexAddressPlus: The feature is bound to this chassis
ExtendedStorage: The feature is bound to this chassis
fwupdate
Table 20. Details of fwupdate
Description
Allows you to update the firmware on the KVM, active CMC, standby CMC, iDRAC or an IOM infrastructure device.
You can:
• Check the firmware update process status.
• Update CMC from FTP or TFTP server by providing an IP address and optional path.
• Update CMC from the local file system using Remote RACADM.
• There can only be a single update operation in progress at any time. In addition, the fwupdate subcommand
may only update one or more devices of a single kind at a time.
NOTE: CMC firmware update is supported only for the firmware versions 3.10, 3.20, 3.21, 4.0, 4.10,
4.11, 4.30, 4.31, 4.45, and 4.5. For any version other than these, first update to any of these versions,
and then update to the required version.
To use this subcommand, you must have the Chassis Configuration Administrator privilege.
NOTE: The fwupdate command is not supported for iDRAC7 or later. Use the CMC GUI to perform
the operation.
NOTE:
• Running the fwupdate subcommand to update the firmware on the active CMC resets itself and
all the network connections are dropped. During update of all other modules, including the
standby CMC, the active CMC continues to run normally without resetting.
• In a chassis supported by DC PSUs, an error message is displayed if you attempt to update the
firmware with a version without DC PSU support.
•
The fwupdate subcommand generates an error when used on the extension slot of a multi-slot
server.
• While Lifecycle Controller is running for racadm commands, you cannot perform other operations
which need Lifecycle Controller Partition. If the Lifecycle Controller Partition is unreleased
(because of improper closure of racadm command in the partition), then wait 20-35 minutes to
clear the Lifecycle Controller Partition
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