Users Guide

Configuring the vFlash SD Card and Managing vFlash Partitions 257
Options only valid for the status action:
Creating a Partition
• To create a 20 MB empty partition:
racadm vflashpartition create -i 1 -o drive1 -t
empty -e HDD -f fat16 -s 20
• To create a partition using an image file on a remote system:
racadm vflashpartition create –i 1 –o drive1 –e
HDD –t image –l //myserver/sharedfolder/foo.iso –u
root –p mypassword
NOTE: Creating a partition using an image file is not supported in local RACADM.
-t <type> Create a partition of type <type>. <type> must be:
• empty - Create an empty partition.
• -s <size> - Partition size in MB.
• -f <type>- Format type for the partition based on the
type of file system. Valid options are RAW, FAT16,
FAT32, EXT2, or EXT3.
• image - Create a partition using an image file. The following
options are valid with the image type:
• -l <path> - Specifies the remote path relative to the
iDRAC. The path can be on a mounted drive or share:
SMB path: //<ip or domain>/<share_name>
/<path_to_image>
NFS path: <ipaddress>:/<path_to_image>
• -u <user> - Username for accessing the remote image.
-p <password> - Password for accessing the remote image.
-i Displays the status of the partition index.