Web Services Interface Guide

Dell™ Lifecycle Controller 2 Web Services Interface Guide for Linux Version: 2.1.0

</a:ReferenceParameters>

</p:Target>

</p:InstallFromURI_INPUT>

In the above sample, the [URI-IP-ADDRESS] must be replaced with the actual value of the IP address of

the server that stores update content, [PATH-TO-EXE] must be replaced with the applicable path to the

executable, [FILE.exe] must be replaced with the executable name, and [INSTANCEID] should be

replaced with the actual InstanceID of the device to be updated.

OUTPUT:

When this method is executed, a jobid or an error message is returned. This jobid can then be used

for subsequent processing with job control provider in Section 10.

InstallFromURI_OUTPUT

Job

Address = http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws

/2004/08/addressing/role/anonymous

ReferenceParameters

ResourceURI =

http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema

/2/DCIM_SoftUpdateConcreteJob

SelectorSet

Selector: InstanceID = JID_001265810325,

__cimnamespace = root/dcim

ReturnValue = null

Missing XML parameters may yield the following error message:

<n1:InstallFromURI_OUTPUT>

<n1:Message>Insufficient Method Parameters </n1:Message>

<n1:MessageID>SUP001</n1:MessageID>

<n1:ReturnValue>2</n1:ReturnValue>

</n1:InstallFromURI_OUTPUT>

7.7 Update BIOS from HTTP, CIFS Share, TFTP, or FTP

The InstallFromURI() method takes the following input and downloads the Dell Update Package to the

Lifecycle Controller in the target system. The method returns a jobid for an instance of

DCIM_SoftwareUpdateJob that can be scheduled to execute or queried for status at a later time. The

following is the example of the method for updating a BIOS firmware.

Invoke InstallFromURI() with the following parameters and syntax: