Reference Guide

NOTE: The-p option is supported on local and remote RACADM and is not

supported with the serial/Telnet/ssh console and on the Linux operating

systems.

• -r — The rollback option is used to roll back to the standby firmware.

• -p — Stops the current firmware update of a module.

NOTE: This option is only supported on the remote interface(s).

• -m <module> — Specifies the module or device to be updated. <module> is one of

the following values:

– cmc-active — default state if –m is not specified.

– cmc-standby

– kvm

– server-<n> — where n=1–16

– server-<nx> — where n=1–8; x = a, b, c, d (lower case)

– server-<g> <generation> — where generation = iDRAC or iDRAC6 only.

– iominf-<n> — where n = 1–6

NOTE: Multiple modules can be specified except iominf-<n>, for example, –m

<module 1> –m <module 2> and so on.

• -f— Specifies the FTP server IP address or FQDN, username, and password used for

firmware image. Applies FTP download process for firmware update.

CMC version 3.00 accepts IPv4, IPv6 or fully qualified domain names (FQDN)

for both FTP and TFTP servers.

NOTE: You can specify the cmc-active and cmc-standby modules at the same

time along with one or more server-n modules. This option enables the devices to

be updated together.

NOTE: Verify that the update applied to servers for a particular generation has been

validated for all impacted server models.

Output

Displays a message indicating the operation that is being performed.

Example

• Upload the firmware image from the TFTP server and start the firmware update.

racadm fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0 -d firmimg.cmc -m cmc-active

TFTP firmware update has been initiated. This update process may take several

minutes to complete.

• Update firmware on servers of iDRAC generation.

racadm fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0 -d firmimg.d7

• Download firmware update file from a specified location on the TFTP server at a

specific IP address.

racadm fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0 -d <path>

After the image file is downloaded from the TFTP server, the update process begins.

When completed, iDRAC is reset.

• Read the status of the firmware update.

racadm fwupdate -s

• To block the firmware downgrade on 3000W AC power supply configuration.

racadm fwupdate –s

Ready for firmware update