Administrator Guide

Updating firmware by using REST

Update Firmware with GET verb

Table 32. Get Update firmware

Drive Update Query Syntax

Single drive with a firmware file

[base_url]/adapters/<(index | wwid)>/enclosures/<(index |

wwid)>/drives/<(index | wwid)>?action=update&File=<Path to

firmware file>

Force an update to a single drive with a

firmware file

[base_url]/adapters/<(index | wwid)>/enclosures/<(index |

wwid)>/drives/<(index | wwid)>?action=update&File=<Path to

firmware file>&force=on

Update all drives within a specified enclosure

with a firmware file

[base_url]/adapters/<(index | wwid)>/enclosures/<(index |

wwid)>/drives?action=update&File=<Path to firmware file>

Force an update to all drives within a

specified enclosure with a firmware file

[base_url]/adapters/<(index | wwid)>/enclosures/<(index |

wwid)>/drives?action=update&File=<Path to firmware

file>&force=on

Update all drives within a specified enclosure

with a firmware file (multi-threaded)

[base_url]/adapters/<(index | wwid)>/enclosures/<(index |

wwid)>/drives?action=update&File=<Path to firmware

file>&multi=on

Single enclosure management module (EMM)

with a firmware file

[base_url]/adapters/<(index | wwid)>/enc/<(index |

wwid)>/emm/<(index|/wwid)>?action=update&File=<Path to

firmware file>

Update Firmware with POST verb

Updating firmware by using an HTTP POST transfers a firmware file from the client server to SHM REST server. The POST request must

be encoded as “multipart/form-data”.

[base_url]/api/SEM/1.0/drives/5000c50055bee096/firmware4

[base_url]/api/SEM/1.0/adapter/0/enclosures/0/emms/5000c50012bce496/firmware

Validate firmware file

The following command provides the user with information about a specified firmware file:

api/SEM/1.0/system/firmware/?file==<path to firmware file>

Dell Storage enclosure REST API