Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) and iDRAC7 Version 2.10.10.10 RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide

To run this subcommand, you must have the Configure Chassis Administrator privilege.

• racadm remoteimage [-m <module> | -a]

• racadm remoteimage -d [-m <module> | -a]

• racadm remoteimage -s [-m <module> | -a]

• racadm remoteimage -c [-m <module> | -a] [-u <username> -p <password> -1 <image_path>]

• racadm remoteimage -e [-m <module> | -a] [-u <username> -p <password> -1 <image_path>]

• -c — Connect the image.
• -d — Disconnect image.
• -u — User name to access the network share.
• -p — Password to access the network share.
• -l — Image location on the network share; use single quotation marks around the location.

• The image path can be on a Windows SMB mounted drive or a Linux or Unix NFS mounted drive.

  SMB mounted path:

  //<ipaddress_or_domain_name>/<share_name>/<path_to_image>

  NFS mounted path:

  <ipaddress>:/<path_to_image>.

  The extension of <path_to_image> must be either .iso or .img.

• -s — Display current status.

• -e — Deploys a remote image. The first boot device is set to the shared image and the server is set to reboot.
• -m <module> — Specifies the server to deploy the image to one of the following:
  • sever–<n>, where n=1–16
  • server–<nx> where n=1–8; x=a, b, c, d (lower case)
• -a — Applies options for slots for all present servers.

• -u — Username
• -p — Password

• Configure a Remote image.

  racadm remoteimage -c -u "user" -p "xxx" -l //shrloc/foo.iso 
                                                        Remote Image is now Configured
                                                     

• 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/dev/floppy.img

• Deploy a remote image on iDRAC NFS Share.

  racadm remoteimage -c -u admin -p xxx -l '//192.168.0/dev/floppy.img'

• Deploy a remote image on iDRAC CIFS share for all the servers.

  racadm remoteimage -c -a -l '//192.168.0/dev/floppy.img' -u admin -p xxx

• Deploy a remote image on iDRAC NFS share for all the servers.

   racadm remoteimage -c -a -l '192.168.0:/dev/floppy.img' -u admin -p xxx