iDRAC Settings Utility | Use the iDRAC Settings utility
to perform pre-OS operations. It has a subset of the features that
are available in iDRAC web interface along with other features. To access iDRAC Settings utility, press <F2> during boot and then click iDRAC Settings on the System Setup Main Menu page. |
iDRAC web Interface | Use the iDRAC web interface to
manage iDRAC and monitor the managed system. The browser connects
to the web server through the HTTPS port. Data streams are encrypted
using 128-bit SSL to provide privacy and integrity. Any connection
to the HTTP port is redirected to HTTPS. Administrators can upload
their own SSL certificate through an SSL CSR generation process to
secure the web server. The default HTTP and HTTPS ports can be changed.
The user access is based on user privileges. |
RACADM | Use this command-line utility
to perform iDRAC and server management. You can use RACADM locally
and remotely.- Local RACADM command-line interface runs on the managed
systems that have Server Administrator installed. Local RACADM communicates
with iDRAC through its in-band IPMI host interface. Since it is installed
on the local managed system, users are required to log in to the operating
system to run this utility. A user must have a full administrator
privilege or be a root user to use this utility.
- Remote RACADM is a client utility that runs on a
management station. It uses the out-of-band network interface to run
RACADM commands on the managed system and uses the HTTPs channel.
The –r option runs the RACADM command over
a network.
- Firmware RACADM is accessible by logging in to iDRAC
using SSH or telnet. You can run the firmware RACADM commands without
specifying the iDRAC IP, user name, or password.
- You do not have to specify the iDRAC IP, user name,
or password to run the firmware RACADM commands. After you enter the
RACADM prompt, you can directly run the commands without the racadm
prefix.
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Server LCD Panel/Chassis LCD
Panel | Use the LCD on the server front
panel to:- View alerts, iDRAC IP or MAC address, user programmable
strings.
- Set DHCP
- Configure iDRAC static IP settings.
For blade servers, the LCD is on the chassis
front panel and is shared between all the blades. To reset iDRAC without rebooting the server, press and hold the System
Identification button for 16 seconds. |
CMC web Interface | In addition to monitoring and
managing the chassis, use the CMC web interface to: - View the status of a managed system
- Update iDRAC firmware
- Configure iDRAC network settings
- Log in to iDRAC web interface
- Start, stop, or reset the managed system
- Update BIOS, PERC, and supported network adapters
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Lifecycle Controller | Use Lifecycle Controller to perform
iDRAC configurations. To access Lifecycle Controller, press <F10>
during boot and go to . For more information, see Lifecycle
Controller User’s Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals. |
Telnet | Use Telnet to access iDRAC where
you can run RACADM and SMCLP commands. For details about RACADM, see iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available
at dell.com/idracmanuals. For details about SMCLP, see Using
SMCLP. NOTE:Telnet is not a secure protocol and is disabled by default. Telnet
transmits all data, including passwords in plain text. When transmitting
sensitive information, use the SSH interface. |
SSH | Use SSH to run RACADM and SMCLP
commands. It provides the same capabilities as the Telnet console
using an encrypted transport layer for higher security. The SSH service
is enabled by default on iDRAC. The SSH service can be disabled in
iDRAC. iDRAC only supports SSH version 2 with the RSA host key algorithm.
A unique 1024-bit RSA host key is generated when you power-up iDRAC
for the first time. |
IPMITool | Use the IPMITool to access the
remote system’s basic management features through iDRAC. The interface
includes local IPMI, IPMI over LAN, IPMI over Serial, and Serial over
LAN. For more information on IPMITool, see the Dell OpenManage
Baseboard Management Controller Utilities User’s Guide at dell.com/idracmanuals. NOTE: IPMI version
1.5 is not supported. |
VMCLI | Use the Virtual Media Command
Line Interface (VMCLI) to access a remote media through the management
station and deploy operating systems on multiple managed systems. |
SMCLP | Use Server Management Workgroup
Server Management-Command Line Protocol (SMCLP) to perform systems
management tasks. This is available through SSH or Telnet. For more
information about SMCLP, see Using SMCLP. |
WSMAN | The LC-Remote Service is based
on the WS-Management protocol to do one-to-many systems management
tasks. You must use WSMAN client such as WinRM client (Windows) or
the OpenWSMAN client (Linux) to use the LC-Remote Services functionality.
You can also use Power Shell and Python to script to the WSMAN interface. Web Services for Management (WSMAN) are a
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)–based protocol used for systems
management. iDRAC uses WSMAN to convey Distributed Management
Task Force (DMTF) Common Information Model (CIM)–based management
information. The CIM information defines the semantics and information
types that can be modified in a managed system. The data available
through WSMAN is provided by iDRAC instrumentation interface
mapped to the DMTF profiles and extension profiles. For more information, see the following: - Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services User’s Guide
available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
- Lifecycle Controller Integration Best Practices Guide
available at dell.com/support/manuals.
- Lifecycle Controller page on Dell TechCenter — delltechcenter.com/page/Lifecycle+Controller
- Lifecycle Controller WSMAN Script Center
— delltechcenter.com/page/Scripting+the+Dell+Lifecycle+Controller
- MOFs and Profiles — delltechcenter.com/page/DCIM.Library
- DMTF website — dmtf.org/standards/profiles/
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