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remoteimage

Description

Connects, disconnects, or deploys a media file on a remote server.

To run this subcommand, you must log in with virtual media privilege for iDRAC.

Synopsis

racadm remoteimage -d
racadm remoteimage -s
racadm remoteimage -c [-u <username> -p <password> -l <image_path>]

Input

  • -c — Connect the image.
  • -d — Disconnect image.
  • -u — User name to access shared folder.
  • -p — Password to access shared folder.
  • -l — Image location on the network share; use single quotation marks around the location.
  • -s — Display current status.

NOTE: Use a forward slash (/) when providing the image location. If backward slash () is used, override the backward slash for the command to run successfully.

For example:

racadm remoteimage -c -u user -p xxx -l /\/\192.168.0.2/\CommonShare/ \diskette

NOTE: The following options only apply to connect and deploy actions

  • -u — Username. User name to access the network share. For domain users, you can use the following formats:
  • domain/user
  • domain\user
  • user@domain
  • -p — Password to access the network share.

Output/Example

Disable Remote File Sharing.

racadm remoteimage -d

Disable Remote File Started. Please check status using -s option to
know Remote File Share is ENABLED or DISABLED.

Check Remote File Share status.

racadm remoteimage -s

Remote File Share is Enabled
UserName
Password
ShareName //192.168.0/xxxx/dtk_3.3_73_Linux.iso

Deploy a remote image on iDRAC CIFS Share.

racadm remoteimage -c -u admin -p xxx -l //192.168.0.32/dev/OM840.iso

Deploy a remote image on iDRAC NFS Share.

racadm remoteimage -c -u root -p password -l '192.168.1.113:/opt/nfs/ OM840.iso

Deploy a remote image on iDRAC HTTP Share.

racadm remoteimage -c -u "user" -p "xxx" -l http://shrloc/foo.iso

Deploy a remote image on iDRAC HTTPS Share.

racadm remoteimage -c -u "user" -p "xxx" -l https://shrloc/foo.iso

NOTE: -p and -u options are not mandatory in case of HTTP/HTTPS based remoteimage commands.