For remote RACADM:

racadm fwupdate -p -u -d <firmware image>

NOTE: When using FTP, if you provide the full path to the image file on the CLI, then the CMC uses that path to locate that file on the host. If you do not provide a full path, then the CMC searches the home directory of the specified user for the file if the host system is running Linux or another variant of UNIX. If the host system is running Windows, then a default folder, such as C:\ftproot is searched.

NOTE: When attempting to run firmware update task using "racadm fwupdate" command, if the firmware image path length is greater than 64 characters, remote RACADM client exits with the error message "ERROR: Specified path is too long".

Input

Table 2-11describes the fwupdate subcommand options.

NOTE: The -poption is supported on local and remote RACADM and is not supported with the serial/Telnet/ssh console. The -poption is also not supported on Linux operating systems.

Table 2-11describes the fwupdate subcommand options.

Table 2-11. fwupdate Subcommand Options

Option Description

-uFor iDRAC: The update option performs a checksum of the firmware update file and starts the actual update process. This option may be used along with the -gor -poptions. At the end of the update, iDRAC6 performs a soft reset.

For CMC: Performs the firmware update operation.

-sFor iDRAC: The status option returns the current status of where you are in the update process. This option is always used by itself.

For CMC: Displays the current status of the firmware update.

NOTE: Use -mto display the status of the module update. Omit -mto display the status of the active CMC update.

NOTE: The all value can only be used to obtain the status of all targets to be updated.

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