Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 1.3 for PowerEdge FX2/FX2s RACADM Command Line Reference Guide

To use this subcommand, you must have the Chassis Configuration Administrator privilege.

The CMC firmware performs a signature verification step to ensure the authenticity of the uploaded firmware. The firmware update process is successful only if the firmware image is authenticated by CMC to be a valid image from the service provider and has not been altered. The firmware update process is stopped if CMC cannot verify the signature of the uploaded firmware image. A warning event is then logged and an appropriate error message is displayed.

• Using Remote RACADM:

  racadm fwupdate -p -u -d <
                                                        firmware image>
                                                     

  • NOTE: iDRAC7 targets are not supported from CMC. Use the CMC GUI to update iDRAC7 targets from CMC.
  When using FTP, if you provide the full path to the image file on the CLI, then the CMC uses that path to locate that file on the host. If you do not provide a full path, then the CMC searches the home directory of the specified user for the file if the host system is running Linux or another variant of UNIX. If the host system is running Windows, then a default folder, such as C:\ftproot is searched.

  • NOTE: While performing firmware update using the racadm fwupdate command, if the number of characters in the firmware image path is greater than 256 characters, Remote RACADM session logs off with the error message ERROR: Specified path is too long.

  • NOTE: While performing firmware CMC firmware upgrade if the uploaded firmware image file does not contain a verification signature or it contains a verification signature, which is not valid or corrupted, the following message is displayed:

    Invalid firmware: The firmware image validation was unsuccessful

  • NOTE: While performing CMC firmware downgrade if the computed signature of that earlier version is not recognized by the current CMC firmware, the following message is displayed:

    Firmware downgrade is unsuccessful: a downgrade to this firmware version is not supported

• racadm fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0.100 -d firmimg.cmc -m 

• -p — The -p option is used to update the firmware file from the client. The -u option must be used with the -p option.
• -f — The FTP is used to download the firmware.
• -g — For CMC, the firmware is downloaded using the TFTP server.
• -u — The firmware update operation is performed.
• -a — Specifies the TFTP server IP address or FQDN used for the firmware image (used with -g).
  • NOTE: CMC accepts IPv4, IPv6, or fully qualified domain names (FQDN) for both FTP and TFTP servers.
• -d — Specifies the source path where the firmware image is stored.
  • NOTE: The default source path is local Default: Designated TFTP default directory on that host for the file if -g option is absent. If -g is used, it defaults to a directory configured on the TFTP server.
• -o — Turns off the servers to perform an update.
• -m < module >—
  Specifies the module or device to be updated. < module > is one of the following values:

  • NOTE: You can also specify multiple modules: –m <module 1> –m <module 2> , and so on.

  • cmc
  • iominf-n, where n = 1
  • main-board
  • hdd-fqdd, where fqdd is FQDD of the HDD
• -s — Displays the current status of the firmware update.
  • NOTE: Use -m to display the status of the module update. Omit -m to display the status of the CMC update.
  • NOTE: Use all to get the status of all the targets that must be updated.
• -c — Cancels the current firmware update of a module.

Displays a message indicating the operation that is being performed.

• Upload a firmware image from the client and start firmware update:

   racadm fwupdate -p -u -d fx2_cmc.bin

• Upload the firmware image from the TFTP server and start the firmware update:

   racadm fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0.100 -d fx2_cmc.bin -m cmc-active

  TFTP firmwareate has been initiated. This update process may take several minutes to complete.

• Upload the firmware image from the FTP server and start the firmware update.

  racadm fwupdate -f 192.168.0.100 root <default root password> -d fx2_cmc.bin -m 

• Start IOM infrastructure firmware update.

  racadm fwupdate -u -m iominf-1

• View the current firmware update status:

  racadm fwupdate –s –m 

• Signed CMC Firmware Image:

  racadm fwupdate –g –u –a <TFTP IP> -d <Firmware Path> -m 

  Firmware update has been initiated. This update process may take Several minutes to complete.

  racadm fwupdate –s –m cmc-active

  Invalid firmware: The uploaded firmware image does not contain A verification signature.

Local RACADM

Local RACADM - TFTP

Local RACADM - FTP

Remote RACADM

Remote RACADM-TFTP

Remote RACADM-FTP

Firmware RACADM-TFTP

Firmware RACADM-FTP