Reference Guide

For devices that perform update process without rebooting the host, the update status changes from
Downloading to Completed. For devices that require host reboot to perform update process, the
update status changes from Downloading to Scheduled. When the status is displayed as Scheduled,
reboot the host to start the update process.
The following devices require host reboot to perform the update process:
● Backplanes
● BIOS
● Complex programmable logic device (CPLD)
● Hard disk drives
○ Solid state drives (SSD)
● Network interface cards (NIC) or Fibre Channel (FC) cards
● PCIe SSD devices
● Power supply unit (PSU)
● Storage controllers
Example
● Upload the update file from a remote CIFS share.
racadm update -f temp_file.exe -u admin -p xxx -l //1.2.3.4/share
● Upload the update file from a remote CIFS share and perform a graceful system reboot after the
firmware update:
racadm update -f <updatefile> -u admin -p mypass -l //1.2.3.4/share --
reboot
● Upload the update file from a remote NFS share:
racadm update -f temp_file.exe -l //1.2.3.4/share
● Upload the update file from a remote NFS share and perform a graceful system reboot after the
firmware update:
racadm update -f <updatefile> -l 1.2.3.4:/share --reboot
● Upload the update file from the local file system using Local RACADM.
racadm update -f temp_file.exe
● Upload the update file from the local file system using local racadm and perform a graceful system
reboot after the firmware update:
racadm update -f <updatefile> --reboot
● Upload the update file from a remote CIFS share and under a user domain "dom".
racadm update -f temp_file.exe -u dom/admin -p xxx -l //1.2.3.4/share
● Perform update from a CIFS repository and to apply the updates, reboot the server.
racadm update -f Catalog.xml -l //192.168.0/Repo -u test -p xxx -a TRUE
-t CIFS
● Generate a comparison report using the available updates in the repository.
racadm update -f Catalog.xml -l 192.168.0:/Repo -t NFS -a FALSE --
verifycatalog
● Perform update from an FTP repository and to apply the updates, reboot the server.
racadm update -f Catalog.xml -e 192.168.0/Repo/MyCatalog -a TRUE -t FTP
● Perform update from an FTP repository through a proxy server.
racadm update -f Catalog.xml -e 192.168.0/Repo/MyCatalog -a TRUE -ph
192.168.0 -pu prxyuser -pp prxypass -po 80 -pt http -t FTP
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