iDRAC Settings Utility | Use the iDRAC Settings utility to perform pre-OS operations.
It has a subset of the features that are available in iDRAC7 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.
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iDRAC7 Web Interface | Use the iDRAC7 Web interface to manage iDRAC7 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.
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RACADM | Use this command line utility to perform iDRAC7 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 iDRAC7 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 iDRAC7 using SSH
or telnet. You can run the firmware RACADM commands without specifying
the iDRAC7 IP, user name, or password.
- You do not have to specify the iDRAC7 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, iDRAC7 IP or MAC address, user programmable strings.
- Set DHCP
- Configure iDRAC7 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.
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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 iDRAC7 firmware
- Configure iDRAC7 network settings
- Log in to iDRAC7 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 iDRAC7 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/support/manuals.
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Telnet | Use Telnet to access iDRAC7 where you can run RACADM and
SMCLP commands. For details about RACADM, see
RACADM Command Line
Reference Guide for iDRAC7 and CMC
available at
dell.com/support/manuals. 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.
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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
iDRAC7. The SSH service can be disabled in iDRAC7. iDRAC7 only supports
SSH version 2 with DSA and the RSA host key algorithm. A unique 1024-bit
DSA and 1024-bit RSA host key is generated when you power-up iDRAC7
for the first time.
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IPMITool | Use the IPMITool to access the remote system’s basic management
features through iDRAC7. 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/support/manuals.
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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.
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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.
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WS-MAN | The LC-Remote Services is based on the WS-Management protocol
to do one-to-many systems management tasks. You must use WS-MAN 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 WS-MAN interface.
Web Services
for Management (WS-Management) is a Simple Object Access Protocol
(SOAP)–based protocol used for systems management. iDRAC7 uses WS–Management
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 WS-Management is provided by iDRAC7
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/support/manuals.
- 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 WS-Management Script Center —
delltechcenter.com/page/Scripting+the+Dell+Lifecycle+Controller
- MOFs and Profiles —
delltechcenter.com/page/DCIM.Library
- DTMF Web site —
dmtf.org/standards/profiles/
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