Quick Reference Guide

NOTE:
To use this subcommand, you must have the iDRAC7 Enterprise license.
Synopsis
racadm vflashpartition <create | delete | status | list> -
i<index> -o<label> -e<emulation type> -s<size> -f<format
type> -t<partition type> -l<path> -u<user> -p<password> -a
Input
• -o — Label that is displayed when the partition is mounted on the operating
system. This option must be a string up to six alphanumeric characters.
VFLASH is the only accepted volume label for non-Dell SD card.
• -e — Emulation type must be either floppy, cddvd, or hdd.
• -s — Partition size in MB.
• -f — Format type for the partition based on the type of the file system. Valid
options are raw, ext2, ext3, fat16, and fat32.
• -t
— Create a partition of the following type:
– empty — create an empty partition
– image — create a partition using an image relative to iDRAC.
Creation of a partition may be unsuccessful if:
– The network share is not reachable.
– The user name or password provided is not correct.
– The file provided does not exist.
– The space available on the SD card is lesser than size of the image file.
• -l — Specifies the remote path relative to iDRAC.
• -u — User name for accessing the remote image.
• -p — Password for accessing the remote image.
• -a — Display the status of operations on all existing partitions.
Example
• Create a 20MB empty partition:
racadm vflashpartition create -i 1 -o Drive1 -e hdd
-t empty -f fat16 -s 20
• Create a partition from a remote image:
racadm vflashpartition create -i 1 -o Drive1 -e
cddvd -t image -l
//ipaddress/sharefolder/isoimge.iso -u username -p
password
A new partition is created. By default, the created partition is read-only. This
command is case-sensitive for the image filename extension. If the filename
extension is in upper case, for example FOO.ISO instead of FOO.iso, then the
command returns a syntax error.
NOTE:
– This feature is not supported in local RACADM.
– Creating vFlash partition from an image file on the CFS or NFS IPv6
enabled network share is not supported.
• Delete a partition:
racadm vflashpartition delete -i 1
• Status of operation on partition 1:
racadm vflashpartition status -i 1
• Status of all existing partitions:
racadm vflashpartition status -a
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