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NOTE:
• To run this subcommand, you must have the iDRAC Enterprise license.
• After iDRAC restart, the status of the previous operation performed on the
partition(s) is erased.
Synopsis
racadm vflashpartition <create | delete | status | list> -i<index>
-o<label> -e<emulation type> -s<size> -f<format type> -t<partition
type> -l<path> -u<user> -p<password> -a
Input
• -o — Label that is displayed when the partition is mounted on the operating system.
This option must be a string of upto six alphanumeric characters. VFLASH is the only
accepted volume label for non-Dell SD card.
• -e — Emulation type must be either floppy, CD, DVD, or HDD.
• -s — Partition size in MB.
• -f — Format type for the partition based on the type of the file system. Valid options
are
raw, ext2, ext3, fat16, and fat32.
• -t — Create a partition of the following type:
– empty — Creates an empty partition
– image — Creates a partition using an image relative to iDRAC.
NOTE: Creating an empty partition with emulation type as floppy with ext2
format type by using the Telnet session might result in a state where the
partition creation status is shown as zero. If this happens then it is
recommended to remove the SD card and format it in order to reuse.
Creation of a partition may be unsuccessful if:
– The network share is not reachable.
– The user name or password provided is not correct.
– The file provided does not exist.
– The memory available on the SD card is lesser than size of the image file.
• -l — Specifies the remote path relative to iDRAC.
• -u — User name for accessing the remote image.
• -p — Password for accessing the remote image.
• -a — Display the status of operations on all the existing partitions.
• list — Lists the existing partitions and its properties.
Example
• Create a 20MB empty partition.
racadm vflashpartition create -i 1 -o Drive1 -e hdd -t empty -f
fat16 -s 20
• Create a partition from a remote image.
racadm vflashpartition create -i 1 -o Drive1 -e cddvd -t image -
l
//ipaddress/sharefolder/isoimge.iso -u username -p xxx
A new partition is created. By default, the created partition is read-only. This
command is case-sensitive for the image filename extension. If the filename
extension is in uppercase, for example FOO.ISO instead of FOO.iso, then the
command returns a syntax error.
NOTE:
– This feature is not supported in Local RACADM.
– Creating vFlash partition from an image file on the CFS or NFS IPv6 enabled
network share is not supported.
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