CLI Guide

Table 20. Details of fwupdate (continued)
● -f — Specifies the FTP server IP address or FQDN, username, and password used for firmware image.
Applies FTP download process for firmware update.
● -c — Cancels an ongoing firmware update. The cancel operation is supports the following values:
○ cmc-active — This is the default option if -m is not specified.
○ cmc-standby
○ server-<n> — where n = 1 to 16
○ server-<nx> — where n = 1 to 8; x = a to d (lowercase)
○ server-<g> — where g = generation (iDRAC, iDRAC6)
○ iominf-<n> — where n = 1 to 6
○ kvm
NOTE: Omit -m to cancel an active CMC update.
CMC version 3.00 accepts IPv4 or fully qualified domain names (FQDN) for both FTP and
TFTP servers.
NOTE: CMC does not support FTP over IPv6.
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 192.168.0.2 -d firmimg.cmc -m cmc-active
TFTP firmware update has been initiated. This update process may take several minutes to complete.
● Upload the firmware image from the FTP server and start the firmware update.
racadm fwupdate -f 192.168.0.100 fred xxx -d firmimg.cmc -m cmc-active
● Upload a firmware image from the client and start firmware update.
racadm fwupdate -p -u -d firmimg.cmc
●
Start IOM infrastructure firmware update.
racadm fwupdate -u -m iominf-1
● Update firmware on both the CMCs.
racadm fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0.2 -d firmimg.cmc -m cmc-active -m cmc-
standby
● Update firmware on multiple servers.
racadm fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0.2 -d firmimg.imc -m server-1 -m
server-2 -m server-3
● Update firmware on servers of iDRAC generation.
racadm fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0.2 -d firmimg.imc -m server-iDRAC
● Update firmware on multiple IOM infrastructure devices.
racadm fwupdate -u -m iominf-4 -m iominf-5 -m iominf-6
● Query the status of all firmware targets to be updated.
racadm fwupdate -s -m all
● Query the current status of the firmware update process for a particular module.
racadm fwupdate -s -m <module>
● Download firmware update file from a specified location on the TFTP server at a specific IP address.
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