Users Guide

Scheduling automatic rmware update using RACADM
To schedule automatic rmware update, use the following commands:
To enable automatic rmware update:
racadm set lifecycleController.lcattributes.AutoUpdate.Enable 1
To view the status of automatic rmware update:
racadm get lifecycleController.lcattributes.AutoUpdate
To schedule the start time and frequency of the rmware update:
racadm AutoUpdateScheduler create -u username –p password –l <location> [-f catalogfilename -
pu <proxyuser> -pp<proxypassword> -po <proxy port> -pt <proxytype>] -time < hh:mm> [-dom < 1
– 28,L,’*’> -wom <1-4,L,’*’> -dow <sun-sat,’*’>] -rp <1-366> -a <applyserverReboot (1-enabled
| 0-disabled)>
For example,
To automatically update rmware using a CIFS share:
racadm AutoUpdateScheduler create -u admin -p pwd -l //1.2.3.4/CIFS-share –f cat.xml -time
14:30 -wom 1 -dow sun -rp 5 -a 1
To automatically update rmware using FTP:
racadm AutoUpdateScheduler create -u admin -p pwd -l ftp.mytest.com -pu puser –pp puser –
po 8080 –pt http –f cat.xml -time 14:30 -wom 1 -dow sun -rp 5 -a 1
To view the current rmware update schedule:
racadm AutoUpdateScheduler view
To disable automatic rmware update:
racadm set lifecycleController.lcattributes.AutoUpdate.Enable 0
To clear the schedule details:
racadm AutoUpdateScheduler clear
Updating rmware using CMC web interface
You can update iDRAC rmware for blade servers using the CMC Web interface.
To update iDRAC rmware using the CMC Web interface:
1 Log in to CMC Web interface.
2 Go to Server > Overview > <server name>.
The Server Status page is displayed.
3 Click Launch iDRAC Web interface and perform iDRAC Firmware Update.
Related link
Updating device rmware
Updating rmware using iDRAC web interface
Updating rmware using DUP
Before you update rmware using Dell Update Package (DUP), make sure to:
Install and enable the IPMI and managed system drivers.
Enable and start the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service if your system is running Windows operating system,
NOTE
: While updating the iDRAC rmware using the DUP utility in Linux, if you see error messages such as usb 5-2:
device descriptor read/64, error -71 displayed on the console, ignore them.
72 Setting up managed system and management station