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3. Filter can be used to retrieve information about specific components. Filter option must

be used with the –l option. For example,

racadm getversion –l –m server-1 –m server-2 –f bios

retrieves the BIOS–related information of server 1 and server 2

Similarly, racadm getversion –f idrac retrieves iDRAC–related information of all

the servers.

Updating CMC Firmware and Chassis Infrastructure Firmware

To update the CMC firmware, the fwupdate command can be used:

 The fwupdate command allows you to update the firmware on the active and standby CMC

firmware, chassis infrastructure, iDRAC firmware, and storage components (RAID Controller,

Hard Drive and Expander).

 Can update the firmware from FTP and TFTP server by providing an IP address.

To update from FTP server, run the command.

racadm fwupdate –f <ftp server ipaddress> <username> <password> -d <path>

[-m <module>]

Here, path is the full path to the firmware image file. If it is not provided, then CMC, by default,

searches for in the C:\ftproot folder. Module can be one of cmc-active, cmc-standby, server-n,

(where n=1–4), iominf-1, main-board, perc‐fqdd, expander-fqdd, and hdd-fqdd.

To update from a TFTP server, run the command.

racadm fwupdate –g –u –a <tftp server ip address> -d <path> [-m <module>]

For example, racadm fwupdate –g –u –a 10.94.149.100 –d fw_folder –m server-1

Here, path is the full path to the firmware image and module can be one of cmc-active, cmc-standby,

server-n (where n=1 to 4), iominf-1, main-board, perc-fqdd, expander-fqdd, and hdd-fqdd.

To see the current status of the firmware update, run the command.

racadm fwupdate –s

To cancel the update which is being performed,

racadm fwupdate –c