Reference Guide
NOTE:
– If the repository has to be through a proxy, then the proxy server address, proxy username and
the proxy password must be specified.
– The Lifecycle Controller must be enabled for repository update.
Output Firmware update job for <filename> is initiated.
This firmware update job may take several minutes to complete depending on the component or firmware
being updated. To view the progress of the job, run the racadm jobqueue view command.
For repository update command, the output is:
Update from repository operation has been initiated. Check the progress of
the operation using "racadm jobqueue view -i JID_809364633532" command.
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
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