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Table 5. fwupdate — Details (continued)
● -p — The -p option is used to upload the firmware image from the client.
NOTE: This option is only supported on the remote interface(s) and Windows operating systems.
● -m <module> — Specifies the module or device to be updated. <module> is one of the following
values:
○ cmc-active — default state if –m is not specified.
○ cmc-standby
○ kvm
○ server-<n> — where n=1–16
○ server-<nx> — where n=1–8; x = a, b, c, d (lowercase)
○ server-<g> <generation> — where generation = iDRAC or iDRAC6 only.
○ iominf-<n> — where n = 1–6
NOTE: Multiple modules can be specified except iominf-<n>, for example, –m <module 1> –m
<module 2> and so on.
● -f — Specifies the FTP server IP address or FQDN, username, and password used for firmware image.
Applies FTP download process for firmware update.
● -c — Cancels an ongoing firmware update. The cancel operation is supports the following values:
○ cmc-active — This is the default option if -m is not specified.
○ cmc-standby
○ server-<n> — where n = 1 to 16
○ server-<nx> — where n = 1 to 8; x = a to d (lowercase)
○ server-<g> — where g = generation (iDRAC, iDRAC6)
○ iominf-<n> — where n = 1 to 6
○ kvm
NOTE: Omit -m to cancel an active CMC update.
CMC version 3.00 accepts IPv4, IPv6 or fully qualified domain names (FQDN) for both FTP
and TFTP servers.
NOTE:
You can specify the cmc-active and cmc-standby modules at the same time along with one
or more server-n modules. This option enables the devices to be updated together.
NOTE: Verify that the update applied to servers for a particular generation has been validated for all
impacted server models.
Output
Displays a message indicating the operation that is being performed.
Example
● Upload the firmware image from the TFTP server and start the firmware update.
racadm fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0.2 -d firmimg.cmc -m cmc-active
TFTP firmware update has been initiated. This update process may take several minutes to complete.
● Upload the firmware image from the FTP server and start the firmware update.
racadm fwupdate -f 192.168.0.100 fred xxx -d firmimg.cmc -m cmc-active
● Upload a firmware image from the client and start firmware update.
racadm fwupdate -p -u -d firmimg.cmc
●
Start IOM infrastructure firmware update.
racadm fwupdate -u -m iominf-1
● Update firmware on both the CMCs.
racadm fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0.2 -d firmimg.cmc -m cmc-active -m cmc-
standby
● Update firmware on multiple servers.
racadm fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0.2 -d firmimg.imc -m server-1 -m
server-2 -m server-3
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