Users Guide

For information about the fields, see the iDRAC Online Help.

8. Click Schedule Update.

The next scheduled job is created in the job queue. Five minutes after the first instance of the recurring job starts, the job for the next

time period is created.

Scheduling automatic firmware update using RACADM

To schedule automatic firmware update, use the following commands:

• To enable automatic firmware update:

racadm set lifecycleController.lcattributes.AutoUpdate.Enable 1

• To view the status of automatic firmware update:

racadm get lifecycleController.lcattributes.AutoUpdate

• To schedule the start time and frequency of the firmware update:

racadm AutoUpdateScheduler create -u username –p password –l <location> [-f

catalogfilename -pu <proxyuser> -pp<proxypassword> -po <proxy port> -pt <proxytype>] -time

< hh:mm> [-dom < 1 – 28,L,’*’> -wom <1-4,L,’*’> -dow <sun-sat,’*’>] -rp <1-366> -a

For example,

• To automatically update firmware using a CIFS share:

racadm AutoUpdateScheduler create -u admin -p pwd -l //1.2.3.4/CIFS-share –f cat.xml -

time 14:30 -wom 1 -dow sun -rp 5 -a 1

• To automatically update firmware using FTP:

racadm AutoUpdateScheduler create -u admin -p pwd -l ftp.mytest.com -pu puser –pp puser –

po 8080 –pt http –f cat.xml -time 14:30 -wom 1 -dow sun -rp 5 -a 1

• To view the current firmware update schedule:

racadm AutoUpdateScheduler view

• To disable automatic firmware update:

racadm set lifecycleController.lcattributes.AutoUpdate.Enable 0

• To clear the schedule details:

racadm AutoUpdateScheduler clear

• Upload the update file from a remote HTTP share:

racadm update -f <updatefile> -u admin -p mypass -l http://1.2.3.4/share

• Upload the update file from a remote HTTPS share:

racadm update -f <updatefile> -u admin -p mypass -l https://1.2.3.4/share

Updating firmware using CMC web interface

You can update iDRAC firmware for blade servers using the CMC Web interface.

To update iDRAC firmware using the CMC Web interface:

1. Log in to CMC Web interface.

2. Go to iDRAC Settings > Settings > CMC.

The Deploy iDRAC page is displayed.

3. Click Launch iDRAC Web interface and perform iDRAC Firmware Update.

Setting up managed system