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Dell™ Lifecycle Controller 2 Web Services Interface Guide for Windows Version: 2.1.0

7.5.5 Delete Job

The fifth and final stage is to delete the completed job from the job store. Deleting the job queue is

shown in Section 10.2.2.

7.6 Update NICs from HTTP, CIFS Share, NFS share, TFTP, or FTP

The InstallFromURI() method takes the following input and downloads the Dell Update Package to the

Lifecycle Controller in the target system. The method returns a jobid for an instance of

DCIM_SoftwareUpdateJob that can be scheduled to execute or queried for status at a later time. The

following is the example of the method for updating a NIC firmware.

Invoke InstallFromURI() with the following parameters and syntax:

[URI-IP-ADDRESS]: This is the IP address of the location for Dell Update Package. The Dell Update

Package will need to be the Windows type update package. The file share can be HTTP, CIFS, NFS,

TFTP, or FTP type as shown below:

HTTP Format:

http://[IP ADDRESS]/[PATH TO FILE.exe]

CIFS Format:

cifs://WORKGROUP_NAME\[USERNAME]:[PASSWORD]@[URI-IP-ADDRESS]/

[FILE.exe];mountpoint=[DIRECTORYNAME]

TFTP or FTP Format:

tftp://[IP ADDRESS]/[PATH TO FILE.exe]

ftp://[IP ADDRESS]/[PATH TO FILE.exe]

[InstanceID]: The instanceID is the SoftwareIdentify instanceID that represents the firmware that

is to be updated. This instanceID can be retrieved as described in Section 6.2. For example, the

instanceID can be:

DCIM:INSTALLED:PCI:14E4:1639:0237:1028

 It is installed firmware on a PCI device.

 VID (Vendor ID)= 14E4

 DID (Device ID) = 1636

 SSID (Subsystem ID) = 0237

 SVID (Subvendor ID) = 1028

 This refers to a Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 network adaptor