Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) Version 2.00.00.00 RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide

racadm vflashpartition <create | delete | status | list> -i<index> -o<label> -e<emulation type> -s<size> -f<format type> -t<partition
                                                type> -l<path> -u<user> -p<password> -a
                                             

• -o — Label that is displayed when the partition is mounted on the operating system. This option must be a string of upto six alphanumeric characters. VFLASH is the only accepted volume label for non-Dell SD card.
• -e — Emulation type must be either floppy, CD, DVD, or HDD.
• -s — Partition size in MB.
• -f — Format type for the partition based on the type of the file system. Valid options are raw, ext2, ext3, fat16, and fat32.
• -t — Create a partition of the following type:
  • empty — Creates an empty partition
  • image — Creates a partition using an image relative to iDRAC.
  • NOTE: Creating an empty partition with emulation type as floppy with ext2 format type by using the Telnet session might result in a state where the partition creation status is shown as zero. If this happens then it is recommended to remove the SD card and format it in order to reuse.
  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.
• -l — Specifies the remote path relative to iDRAC.
• -u — User name for accessing the remote image.
• -p — Password for accessing the remote image.
• -a — Display the status of operations on all the existing partitions.
• list — Lists the existing partitions and its properties.

• Create a 20MB empty partition.

  racadm vflashpartition create -i 1 -o Drive1 -e hdd -t empty -f fat16 -s 20

• Create a partition from a remote image.

  racadm vflashpartition create -i 1 -o Drive1 -e cddvd -t image -l
                                                        //ipaddress/sharefolder/isoimge.iso -u username -p password
                                                        
                                                     

  A new partition is created. By default, the created partition is read-only. This command is case-sensitive for the image filename extension. If the filename extension is in uppercase, for example FOO.ISO instead of FOO.iso, then the command returns a syntax error.

  • 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.
• Delete a partition.

  racadm vflashpartition delete -i 1

• Status of operation on partition 1.

  racadm vflashpartition status -i 1

• Status of all the existing partitions.

  racadm vflashpartition status -a

• List all the existing partitions and its properties.

  racadm vflashpartition list