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ManualsBrandsDell ManualsActive System ManagerChassis Management Controller Version 3.21 For Dell PowerEdge VRTX

To use this subcommand, you must have the Server Administrator privilege.

NOTE: You can also use setniccfg to configure static IP address, subnet mask,

gateway, DHCP, speed, and duplex properties.

Synopsis

• racadm deploy -m <module> -u root -p <password> -s <ipaddress>

• racadm deploy -m <module> -u root -p <password> -s -6

where <prefixlen> is a number between 0 and 128.

• racadm deploy -m <module> -u root -p <password> -d [-6]

• racadm deploy -a -u root -p <password>

• racadm deploy —q —e 1

• racadm deploy —q --qd

Input

• -b <device> — Specifies the first boot device; must be used with -o.

• Use with -m <module> to specify for an individual server, or with -a for all servers.

Legal values: device=None, PXE, hard disk drive (HDD), CD-DVD, vFDD, vCD-DVD, iSCSI, SD,

FDD, RFS

• -o <no|yes> — Indicates if the server should boot from the device once; must be used with -

Use with -m <module> to specify for an individual server, or with -a for all servers.

• -a — Creates and enables an iDRAC root user if it does not exist, and is executed on all the

existing servers in the chassis.

• -u root — Indicates that the <password> is supplied for the root user on the server. root is a

constant parameter, the only value that is valid with the ‑u option.

• -m <module> — Specifies the server you want to configure.

Legal value must be one of the following values:

• server-<n> where n=1 to 4

• switch-<n> where n=1

• -p <password> — Specifies the password for the root user on the server.

• -s <ipaddress subnet gateway> — Sets the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway for the

specified server, separated by single spaces.

• ipaddress — A string representing a valid IP address. For example, 192.168.0.20.

• subnet — A string representing a valid subnet mask. For example, 255.255.255.0.

• gateway — A string representing a valid gateway address. For example, 192.168.0.1.

• -d — Enables DHCP for the specified server.

The -s and -d options cannot be used together in the same command.

• -6 — Enables IPv6 auto configuration (when used with -d.) Sets static IPv6 addresses (when

used with -s).

• -q — Displays or modifies the quick deploy parameters.

• -n<numofblades> — Specifies the number of reserved IP addresses for quick deploy. The

valid values are 2 and 4.

• -e — Uses the CMC DNS settings for quick deploy. The legal values are:

• 1 — Enable

• 0 — Disable

• --qd — Updates the quick deploy parameters to the servers. This option works only with the

-q option.

Output

None

Example

• racadm deploy -m server-8 -s 192.168.0.20 255.255.255.0

192.168.0.1

The server was deployed successfully.

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