update

Description

Allows you to update the firmware of devices on the server. The supported firmware image file types are:

.exe — Windows-based Dell Update Package (DUP)
.d9
.pm
.sc

The supported catalog files are:

.xml
xml.gzip

Synopsis

For single file or DUP update:

racadm update -f <updatefile>
racadm update -f <updatefile> -l <location> -u <username for CIFS share> -p <password for CIFS share>
racadm update -f <updatefile> -l <location>

For Repository updates:

racadm update -f <catalog file> -t <Repository type> -l <location> -u <username for CIFS share> -p <password for CIFS share> [-a <restart>] [--verifycatalog]
racadm update -f <catalog file> -t <Repository type> -e <FTP server with the path to the catalog file> [-a <restart>] [--verifycatalog]
racadm update -f <catalog file> -t <Repository type> -e <FTP server with the path to the catalog file> [-a <restart>] -ph <proxy ip> -pu <proxy user> -pp <proxy pass> -po <proxy port> -pt <proxy type>
racadm update viewreport

Input

For single file or DUP update:

-f: <updatefile> — Update filename (Windows DUP, .d9,.pm, .sc) only.
-u: <username for CIFS share> — Specifies username of the remote share that stores the update file. Specify username in a domain as domain/username.
-p: <password for CIFS share> — Specifies password of the remote share that stores the update file.
-l: <location> — Specifies network share location that stores the update file.
--reboot — Performs a graceful system reboot after the firmware update.

For Repository update:

-f: <updatefile> — Update filename.
-u: <username for CIFS share> — Username of the remote share that stores the update file. Specify username in a domain as domain/username.
-p: <password for CIFS share> — Specifies password of the remote share that stores the update file.
-l: <location> — Specifies network share location (CIFS/NFS/HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/TFTP), that stores the update file.
-a: <restart> — This option indicates if the server should be restarted after the update from repository operation completes. Must be one of the below:
- TRUE: restart after update completes
- FALSE: do not restart after update completes
-t: <Repository type> — Specifies the type of repository being used for the update. Must be one of the below:
- FTP: Repository is FTP
- TFTP: Repository is TFTP
- HTTP: Repository is HTTP
- HTTPS: Repository is HTTPS
- CIFS: Repository is CIFS
- NFS: Repository is NFS
-e: <FTP server with the path to the catalog file> — Specifies the Server path for the FTP, TFTP, HTTP, and HTTPS.
-ph: <proxy ip> — Specifies the IP address of the proxy server.
-pu: <proxy user> — Specifies the user name for proxy credentials.
-pp: <proxy pass> — Specifies the password for proxy credentials.
-po: <proxy port> — Specifies the port for proxy server.
-pt: <proxy type> — Specifies the proxy type. Must be one of the below:
- HTTP: Proxy is HTTP
- SOCKS4: Proxy is SOCKS4

Output/Example

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 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 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 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 perform a graceful system reboot after update.

racadm update -f <updatefile> -u admin -p mypass -l http://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 update.

racadm update -f <updatefile> --reboot

Perform update from an FTP repository and apply the updates, reboot the server.

racadm update -f Catalog.xml -l //192.168.11.10/Repo -u test -p passwd -a TRUE -t CIFS

Generate a comparison report using about the available updates in the repository.

racadm update -f Catalog.xml -l 192.168.11.10:/Repo -t NFS -a FALSE --verifycatalog

Perform update from an FTP repository and reboot the server to apply the updates.

racadm update -f Catalog.xml -e 192.168.11.10/Repo/MyCatalog -a TRUE -t FTP

Perform update from an FTP repository with authentication and reboot the server to apply the updates.

racadm update -f Catalog.xml -e 192.168.11.10/Repo/MyCatalog -u user -p mypass -a TRUE -t FTP

Perform update from a HTTP repository and restart the server to apply the updates.

racadm update -f Catalog.xml -e 192.168.11.10/Repo/MyCatalog -a TRUE -t HTTP

Perform update from a TFTP repository and restart the server to apply the updates.

racadm update -f Catalog.xml -e 192.168.11.10/Repo/MyCatalog -a TRUE -t TFTP

Perform update from an FTP repository through a proxy server.

racadm update -f Catalog.xml -e 192.168.11.10/Repo/MyCatalog -a TRUE -ph 145.140.12.56 -pu prxyuser -pp prxypass -po 80 -pt http -t FTP

Perform update from downloads.dell.com.

racadm update -f Catalog.xml.gz -e ftp.dell.com/Catalog -a TRUE -t FTP

View the comparison report generated when --verifycatalog is used.

racadm update viewreport