Dell PowerEdge M1000e Reference Manual

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• The feature card inserted is valid and contains the following feature(s)FlexAddress: The feature card is not bound to any chassisAction: The feature card can be moved to another chassis, or can be reactivated on the current chassis. Toreactivate on the current chassis, enter racadm racreset until the CMC module with the feature cardinstalled becomes active.Example $ racadm featurecard -sThe feature card inserted is valid, serial number TEST0123456789012345678The feature card contains the following feature(s):FlexAddress: The feature is bound to this chassisFlexAddressPlus: The feature is bound to this chassisExtendedStorage: The feature is bound to this chassisfwupdateDescription Allows you to update the firmware on the KVM, active CMC, standby CMC, iDRAC or an IOM infrastructuredevice. You can:• Check the firmware update process status.• Update CMC from FTP or TFTP server by providing an IP address and optional path.• Update CMC from the local file system using Remote RACADM.• There can only be a single update operation in progress at any time. In addition, the fwupdate subcommandmay only update one or more devices of a single kind at a time.NOTE: CMC firmware update is supported only for the firmware versions 3.10, 3.20, 3.21, 4.0, 4.10,4.11, 4.30, 4.31, 4.45, and 4.5. For any version other than these, first update to any of these versions,and then update to the required version.To use this subcommand, you must have the Chassis Configuration Administrator privilege.NOTE: The fwupdate command is not supported for iDRAC7 or later. Use the CMC GUI to performthe operation.NOTE:• Running the fwupdate subcommand to update the firmware on the active CMC resets itself and allthe network connections are dropped. During update of all other modules, including the standby CMC,the active CMC continues to run normally without resetting.• In a chassis supported by DC PSUs, an error message is displayed if you attempt to update thefirmware with a version without DC PSU support.• The fwupdate subcommand generates an error when used on the extension slot of a multi-slot server.• While Lifecycle Controller is running for racadam commands, you cannot perform other operationswhich needs Lifecycle Controller Partition. If the Lifecycle Controller Partition is unreleased (becauseof improper closure of racadm command in the partition), then you must wait 20-35 minutes to clearthe Lifecycle Controller PartitionSigned CMC Firmware Image• For 13th generation and later, CMC firmware includes a signature which is verified by CMC before updateto ensure the authenticity of the uploaded firmware. The firmware update process is successful only if thefirmware image is authenticated by CMC to be a valid image from the service provider and has not beenaltered. The firmware update process is stopped if CMC cannot verify the signature of the uploadedfirmware image.24