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Input
• Initialize— performs initialize operation on SD card.
• Status — indicates to view the progress or status report of the initialize operation.
Output
If initialization is in progress, the message Initialization of the vFlash SD Card is now in
progress is displayed. If unsuccessful, appropriate error message is displayed.
If the status of the last operation performed is successful, the message LastAction Progress
Status=============Initialize SD Card 100 % Complete is displayed. If unsuccessful, appropriate
error message is displayed.
vflashpartition
Table 113. Details of vflashpartition subcommand
Description Manages the partitions on the vFlash SD card.
NOTE:
• To run this subcommand, you must have the iDRAC Enterprise license.
• After iDRAC restart, the status of the previous operation performed on the partition(s) is erased.
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 of 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.
• floppy — emulates a floppy disk
•
cddvd — emulates a CD or DVD
• hdd — emulates a hard disk
• -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 — Creates an empty partition
• image — Creates a partition using an image relative to iDRAC.
NOTE: Creating an empty partition with emulation type as floppy with ext2 format type by using
the Telnet session might result in a state where the partition creation status is shown as zero. If
this happens then it is recommended to remove the SD card and format it in order to reuse.
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 memory 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 the existing partitions.
• list — Lists the existing partitions and its properties.
Example
• Create a 20MB empty partition.
racadm vflashpartition create -i 1 -o Drive1 -e hdd -t empty -f fat16 -s 20
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