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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
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EXAMPLE:
wsman invoke -a InstallFromURI
http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cimschema/
2/root/dcim/DCIM_SoftwareInstallationService
?CreationClassName=DCIM_SoftwareInstallationService,
SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem,SystemName=IDRAC:ID,
Name=SoftwareUpdate
-h $IPADDRESS -V -v -c dummy.cert -P 443
-u $USERNAME -p $PASSWORD
-J UpdateInputNIC.xml -j utf-8 -y basic
The above command takes in an input file named UpdateInputNic.xml to supply input
parameters required for the InstallFromURI() method.
The syntax for UpdateInputNIC.xml is:
<p:InstallFromURI_INPUT
xmlns:p="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cimschema/
2/root/dcim/DCIM_SoftwareInstallationService">
<p:URI>http://[URI-IP-ADDRESS]/[PATH-TO-EXE]/[FILE.exe]</p:URI>
<p:Target xmlns:a="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing"
xmlns:w="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wsman/1/wsman.xsd">
<a:Address>http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing/role/anonymous</a
:Address>
<a:ReferenceParameters>
<w:ResourceURI>http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cimschema/
2/DCIM_SoftwareIdentity</w:ResourceURI>
<w:SelectorSet>
<w:Selector Name="InstanceID">[INSTANCEID]</w:Selector>
</w:SelectorSet>
</a:ReferenceParameters>
</p:Target>
</p:InstallFromURI_INPUT>
In the above sample, the [URI-IP-ADDRESS] must be replaced with the actual value of the IP address
of the server that stores update content, [PATH-TO-EXE] must be replaced with the applicable path to
the executable, [FILE.exe] must be replaced with the executable name, and [INSTANCEID] should be