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
For single file or DUP updates:
• Upload the update file from a remote FTP share
racadm update -f <updatefile> -u admin -p mypass -l ftp://1.2.3.4/share
• Upload the update file from a remote FTP share and to perform a graceful system reboot after update:
racadm update -f <updatefile> -u admin -p mypass -l ftp://1.2.3.4/share --
reboot
• 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
• Upload the update file from a remote HTTP share:
racadm update -f <updatefile> -u admin -p mypass -l http://1.2.3.4/share
• Upload the update file from a remote HTTPS share:
racadm update -f <updatefile> -u admin -p mypass -l https://1.2.3.4/share
• Upload the update file from the local file system using Local RACADM.
racadm update -f <updatefile>
• 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 a remote HTTP share and to perform a graceful system reboot after update:
racadm update -f <updatefile> -u admin -p mypass -l http://1.2.3.4/share --
reboot
RACADM Subcommand Details
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