multiflash command

Use the multiflash command to remotely upgrade the firmware of multiple BMC/SMM, update the firmware and driver for multiple Linux servers. It also specifies the information and the configuration parameters of the BMC/SMM and the Linux servers by using a JSON configuration file.

multiflash command syntax

OneCli.exe update multiflash <--configfile <arg>> [--dir <arg>] [--quiet|-q] [--forceid|-F <arg>] [--uselocalimg] 
[--check-trust|-C] [--never-check-trust|-N] [--output|-o <arg>] [--nolog] [--config <arg>] [--help|-h]

Options

--configfile: Specify the JSON configuration file. The template file is available in Sample/multi_task_config.json or Sample/ multi_remote_task_config.json in OneCLI binary.

Table 1. multiflash command specific parameters
Parameter	Required/Optional	Notes
--applytime	Optional	Specify the firmware apply time for bundle update. Valid values include: OnStartUpdateRequest OnReset: Default value for IB update. Immediate: Default value for Remote update.
--bundle	Optional	Update the firmware with bundled packages.
--configfile	Required	Specify the JSON configuration file for multi-task commands. The template file is available in Sample/multi_task_config.json in OneCLI binary.
--config	Optional	Specify the file path for the OneCLI config commands.
--dir	Optional	Specify the directory of the firmware package. If no directory is specified, use the current directory.
--forceid, -F	Optional	It supports to add the force tag for the update ID to enforce the downgrade. It also supports <all>, which means it can add force tag for all the suggested flash packages.
--includeid, -I	Optional	This parameter should be used with the --nocompare parameter.
--output, -o	Optional	Specify the output directory. By default, the output directory is saved in ./logs/.
--quiet, -q	Optional	This parameter answers yes for all questions, and decreases the outputs displayed on screen.
--scope, -s	Optional	Specify the scope of update operations. Different scopes mean different operation strategies. Valid choices are: uxsp: operation strategy is to focus on UXSP and make bundle update. latest: operation strategy is to help users to find and use latest updates. Even a particular package name is given by using "--includeid", OneCLI will still search whether there are later versions of the package and use the newest one if there are. individual: operation strategy is to find and use the packages specified by the --includeid parameter.
--uselocalimg	Optional	If the --uselocalimg parameter is specified, the flash command forces to copy the payload file from the local folder to the SFTP server.
--platform	Optional	Update firmware with OOB method and Bare Metal Update (BMU) method.
--check-trust, -C --help,-h --never-check-trust, -N --nolog	Optional	Refer to Table 2.

Example of the multiflash command

OneCLI update multiflash --configfile xxxconfig.json --sftp user:pass@ip/xx

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