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vflashsd

Description

Manages the vFlash SD card.

NOTE:

  • To run this subcommand, you must have the iDRAC Enterprise license.
  • After iDRAC restart, the status of the previous operation performed on the SD card is erased.

Synopsis

racadm vflashsd <initialize | status | export | import> -l<path> -u<user> -p<password> -f<format type> -s<size> -o<label> -e<emulation type> -t<partition type>

Input

  • -l — Specifies the remote path relative to iDRAC.
  • -u — User name for accessing the remote image.
  • -p — Password for accessing the remote image.
  • -f — Format type for the partition based on the type of the file system. Valid options are raw, ext2, ext3, fat16, and fat32.
  • -s — Partition size in MB.
  • -o — Label that is displayed when the partition is mounted on the operating system. This option must be a string of up to six alphanumeric characters. VFLASH is the only accepted volume label for non-Dell SD card.
  • -e — Emulation type must be either floppy, cddvd, or hdd.
  • floppy — emulates a floppy disk
  • cddvd — emulates a CD or DVD
  • hdd — emulates a hard disk
  • -t — Create a partition of the following type:
  • empty — Creates an empty partition
  • image — Creates a partition using an image relative to iDRAC. Creation of a partition may be unsuccessful if:
    • The network share is not reachable.
    • The user name or password provided is not correct.
    • The file provided does not exist.
    • The memory available on the SD card is lesser than size of the image file.
  • initialize — Initializes the vFlash SD card. This command formats the SD card and creates a single partition with the specified parameters.
  • status — Displays the status of the operation performed on the SD card.
  • export — Exports the vFlash SD card image to a remote share.
  • import — Imports the vFlash SD card image from a remote share.

Output/Example

Initialize the vFlash SD card.

racadm vflashsd initialize -f fat16 -s 100 -o Drive1 -e hdd -t empty

Status of operation on the SD card.

racadm vflashsd status

Export the vFlash SD card image to a remote share.

racadm vflashsd export -l //ipaddress/sharefolder/vflash.img -u username -p xxx

Import the vFlash SD card image from a remote share.

racadm vflashsd import -l //ipaddress/sharefolder/vflash.img -u username -p xxx

NOTE:

  • This feature is not supported in Local RACADM.
  • Creating vFlash partition from an image file on the CFS or NFS IPv6 enabled network share is not supported.