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Dell™ Lifecycle Controller 2 Web Services Interface Guide for Windows Version: 2.1.0

Invoke InstallFromSoftwareIdentity with the following parameters and syntax:

[InstanceID]: This is the instanceID of the SoftwareIdentify that is to be used to rollback the

firmware to a previous version. The InstanceID can have value such as:

DCIM:PREVIOUS:PCI:14E4:1639:0237:1028

 It refers to a previous firmware on a PCI device.

 VID (Vendor ID)= 14E4

 DID (Device ID) = 1639

 SSID (Subsystem ID) = 0237

 SVID (Subvendor ID) = 1028

 This refers to a Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 network adaptor

EXAMPLE:

winrm i InstallFromSoftwareIdentity cimv2/root/dcim/

DCIM_SoftwareInstallationService

?CreationClassName=DCIM_SoftwareInstallationService

+SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem

+SystemName=IDRAC:ID

+Name=SoftwareUpdate -file:RollInputNIC.xml

-u:[USER] -p:[PASSWORD]

-r:https://[IPADDRESS]/wsman:443 -auth:basic -encoding:utf-8

The rollback input file, RollInputNIC.xml, is shown below:

<p:InstallFromSoftwareIdentity_INPUT xmlns:p="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_SoftwareInstallationService">

<p:Target xmlns:a="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing"

xmlns:w="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wsman/1/wsman.xsd">

<a:Address>http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing/role/anonymous</a:Address>

<a:ReferenceParameters>

<w:ResourceURI>http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/DCIM_SoftwareIdentity</w:ResourceURI>

<w:SelectorSet>

<w:Selector Name="InstanceID">[InstanceID]</w:Selector>

</w:SelectorSet>

</a:ReferenceParameters>

</p:Target>

</p:InstallFromSoftwareIdentity_INPUT>

OUTPUT:

When this method is executed, a jobid or an error message is returned.

InstallFromSoftwareIdentity_OUTPUT

Job