Quick Reference Guide

remoteimage
Description Connects, disconnects, or deploys a media file on a remote server.
To use this subcommand, you must have Administrator privilege.
Synopsis
racadm remoteimage <options>
Input
• -c- Connect the image.
• -d - Disconnect image.
• -u - Username to access the network share.
• -p- Password to access the network share.
• -l - Image location on the network share; use double quotation marks around the
location.
• -s- Display current status; -a is assumed if not specified.
NOTE:
It is recommended to use forward slash (/) when providing the image location.
If backward slash (\) is used, override the backward slash for the command to run
successfully.
For example:
racadm remoteimage -c -u user -p password -l /\/
\10.94.192.100/\CommonShare/\diskette.img
CMC Only options:
• -e — Deploys a remote image. This means that the first boot device is set to the
shared image and the server is set to reboot.
• -m <module> — Specifies the server to deploy the image to one of the following:
– sever-n, where
n =1–16
– server-nx where
n =1– 8; x = a,b,c,d
• -a — Applies options for slots for all present servers.
Example
• Configure a Remote image:
racadm remoteimage -c -u "user" -p "pass" -l //shrloc/
foo.iso
Remote Image is now Configured
• Disable Remote File Sharing:
racadm remoteimage -d
Disable Remote File Started. Please check status
using -s option to know Remote File Share is ENABLED
or DISABLED.
• Check Remote File Share status:
racadm remoteimage -s - status
Remote File Share is Enabled
UserName
Password
ShareName //10.94.161.112/xxxx/dtk_3.3_73_Linux.iso
• Deploy a remote image on iDRAC CIFS Share:
racadm remoteimage -c -u root -p calvin -l //
192.168.0.180/dev/floppy.img
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