Synopsis; Description; Input; Table A- - Dell Remote Access Controller 4 Firmware Version 1.30 User Manual

Table A-9. fwupdate
Subcommand

fwupdate

Synopsis

racadm fwupdate -u [-w] [-D]
racadm fwupdate -s
racadm fwupdate -g [-u ] [-w][-D] [-a < IP address >]
[-f < path/file >]
racadm fwupdate -c
racadm fwupdate -p -f < update filename > [-u] [-w] [-D]

Description

The fwupdate subcommand allows the caller to update the firmware on the DRAC 4. The user may:
• Start updating a firmware update file that has previously been loaded into the RAMdisk
update area.
• Check the status of the firmware update process.
• Instruct the DRAC 4 firmware to get the firmware update file from a TFTP server and load it
into the RAMdisk area.
The user may specify the IP address and path/filename or IP address and directory, or use the
default values found in the database. The user may also specify that the update be started
after loading, or to terminate and make a separate call to start the update process.
• Load the update file into the DRAC 4 RAMdisk area.

Input

Table A-10 describes the fwupdate subcommand options.
NOTE:
156
racadm Subcommand Man Pages
Definition
Updates the firmware on the DRAC 4.
The -p and -u options are not supported for the serial/telnet console.