Synopsis

racadm deploy -m <module> -u root -p <password> -s <ipaddress> <subnet> <gateway> -b <device> -o <noyes>

racadm deploy -m <module> -u root -p <password> -s -6 <ipv6Address> <prefixlen> <gateway> -b <device> -o <noyes>

NOTE: <prefixlen> must be a number between 0 and 128.

racadm deploy -m <module> -u root -p <password> -d [- 6]

racadm deploy -a -u root -p <password>

Table 2-5describes the deploy subcommand options.

Table 2-5. deploy Subcommand Options

Option

Description

 

 

-b<device>

Specifies the first boot device; must be used with

 

-o.

 

Use with -m<module> to specify for a individual

 

server, or with -afor all servers

 

Legal values: device=None, PXE, HDD, CD-

 

DVD, vFDD, vCD-DVD, iSCSI, SD, FDD

 

 

-o<noyes>

Indicates if the server should boot from the

 

device once; must be used with -o.

 

Use with -m<module> to specify for a individual

 

server, or with -afor all servers

-a

Creates and enables an iDRAC root user if it does

 

not already exist, and is executed on all the

 

existing servers in the chassis

 

 

-uroot

Indicates that the <password> is supplied for the

 

root user on the server. root is a constant

 

parameter, the only value that is valid with the -u

 

option.

 

 

-m<module>

Specifies the server you want to configure.

 

Legal values: server-n, where n=1–16

-p<password>

Specifies the password for the root user on the

 

server.

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