CLI Guide
For devices that perform update process without rebooting the host, the update status changes from
Downloading to Completed. For devices that require host reboot to perform update process, the update status
changes from Downloading to Scheduled. When the status is displayed as Scheduled, reboot the host to
start the update process.
The following devices require host reboot to perform the update process:
• Backplanes
• BIOS
• Complex programmable logic device (CPLD)
• Hard disk drives
• Solid state drives (SSD)
• Network interface cards (NIC) or Fibre Channel (FC) cards
• PCIe SSD devices
• Power supply unit (PSU)
• Storage controllers
Example
• Upload the update file from a remote CIFS share.
racadm update -f <updatefile> -u admin -p mypass -l //1.2.3.4/share
• Upload the update file from a remote CIFS share and under a user domain "dom"
racadm update -f <updatefile> -u dom/admin -p mypass -l //1.2.3.4/share
• Upload the update file from a remote NFS share:
racadm update -f <updatefile> -l 1.2.3.4:/share
• Configure a RAC from an XML configuration file located on a remote HTTP share:
racadm set -f myfile.xml -t xml -u httpuser -p httppwd -l http://test.com/
myshare
• Configure a RAC from an XML configuration file located on a remote HTTPS share.
racadm set -f myfile.xml -t xml -u httpsuser -p httpspwd -l https://
test.com/myshare
• Upload the update file from the local file system using local racadm
racadm update -f <updatefile>
• Upload the update file from the local file system using local racadm and to perform a graceful system reboot
after update
racadm update -f <updatefile> --reboot
• Upload the update file from a remote CIFS share and to perform a graceful system reboot after update
racadm update -f <updatefile> -u admin -p mypass -l //1.2.3.4/share --
reboot
• Upload the update file from a remote NFS share and to perform a graceful system reboot after update:
racadm update -f <updatefile> -l 1.2.3.4:/share --reboot
• Upload the update file from the local file system using local racadm and perform a graceful system reboot after
the firmware update:
racadm update -f <updatefile> --reboot
• Perform update from a CIFS repository and reboot the server to apply the updates.
racadm update -f Catalog.xml -l //192.168.11.10/Repo -u admin -p mypass -a
TRUE -t CIFS
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