Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 RACADM CLI Guide

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remoteimage

Table 1. Details of remoteimageThe following table provides details about the remoteimage subcommand:
remoteimage
Description Connects, disconnects, or deploys either media file or directory on a remote server.
NOTE:Attach directory feature is only supported on 15th generation and newer PowerEdge servers. To run this subcommand, you must log in with virtual media privilege for iDRAC.
Synopsis
  • racadm remoteimage -d 
  • racadm remoteimage -s 
  • racadm remoteimage -c [-u <username> -p <password> -l <image_path>]
Input
  • -c—Connect the image.
  • -d—Disconnect image.
  • -u—User name to access shared folder.
  • -p—Password to access shared folder.
  • -l —Image location on the network share; use single quotation marks around the location.
  • -s —Display current status.
NOTE: Use a forward slash (/) when providing the image location. If backward slash (\) is used, override the backward slash for the command to run successfully. For example:
racadm remoteimage -c -u user -p xxx -l /\/\192.168.0.2/\CommonShare/\diskette
NOTE:The following options only apply to connect and deploy actions
  • -u —Username. User name to access the network share. For domain users, you can use the following formats:
    • domain/user
    • domain\user
    • user@domain
  • -p —Password to access the network share.
Example
  • Disable Remote File Sharing.
  • racadm remoteimage -d Disable Remote File Started. Please check status using -s option to know Remote File Share is ENABLED or DISABLED.
  • Check Remote File Share status.
  • racadm remoteimage -s Remote File Share is Enabled UserName Password ShareName //192.168.0/xxxx/dtk_3.3_73_Linux.iso
  • Deploy a remote image on iDRAC CIFS Share.
  • racadm remoteimage -c -u admin -p xxx -l //192.168.0.32/dev/OM840.iso
  • Deploy a remote image on iDRAC NFS Share.
  • racadm remoteimage -c -u root -p password -l '192.168.1.113:/opt/nfs/Test
NOTE:In the above example, Test is a folder name .
  • Deploy a remote image on iDRAC HTTP Share.
  • racadm remoteimage -c -u "user" -p "xxx" -l http://shrloc/foo.iso
  • Deploy a remote image on iDRAC HTTPS Share.
  • racadm remoteimage -c -u "user" -p "xxx" -l https://shrloc/foo.iso
NOTE: -p and -u options are not mandatory in case of HTTP/HTTPS based remoteimage commands.

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