Oracle^® Rack Universal Power Distribution Unit User's Guide

Using DHCP/TFTP for Bulk Configuration Upgrade

1. Create configuration files specific to your HPDU models and firmware versions.

   To prepare some or all of the following files, contact Oracle Support at https://support.oracle.com.

   • fwupdate.cfg (always required)

   • config.txt

   • devices.csv

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   Note -  Supported syntax of fwupdate.cfg and config.txt might vary, based on different firmware versions. If you have existing configuration files, verify with Oracle Technical Support for the correctness of these files before using this feature.

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2. Configure your TFTP server properly.
3. Copy all required configuration files (and firmware binary file, if a firmware upgrade is needed) into the TFTP root directory.
4. Configure your DHCP server so that it refers to the file fwupdate.cfg on the TFTP server for your HPDU.
5. Configure DHCP, based on the operating system and IP address type.
6. Ensure that the HPDU devices use DHCP as the IP configuration method and are connected to the network.
7. Re‑boot the HPDU devices.

   The DHCP server executes the commands in the fwupdate.cfg file on the TFTP server to configure or upgrade those HPDU devices supporting DHCP in the same network.

   DHCP executes the fwupdate.cfg commands once for IPv4 and once for IPv6 respectively if both IPv4 and IPv6 settings are configured properly in DHCP.