While working on new client's environment, I had limited information about Dell iDRAC ips and password. I found iDRAC IPs list with earlier articles Find Dell iDrac, HPE ilo IPMI ip address on VMware ESXi. The next task was to find out iDRAC password. In this task I tried with standard passwords provided by clients but they were not working. So I decided to reset the password with standard password set by client's policy. For HPE follow article Reset HP ILO password from Esxi server.
To start configuration I downloaded Dell EMC iDRAC tool for ESXi from below url.
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-in/product-support/product/poweredge-r830/drivers
As I am installing VIB zip depot file on ESXi I will need SSH enabled on ESXi server, for the same you can find article VMWARE SECURITY BEST PRACTICES: POWERCLI ENABLE OR DISABLE ESXI SSH. Next upload downloaded VIB zip file using article Upload files to vmware ESXi datastore: Different methods (I uploaded zip file on /tmp folder on VMware esxi server). Login onto ESXi server and execute below esxcli command to install iDRAC tools.
esxcli software vib install - /tmp/DellEMC-iDRACTools-Web-ESX70i.VIB-10.1.0.0-4568_A00.zip Installation Result Message: Operation finished successfully. Reboot Required: false VIBs Installed: DEL_bootbank_racadm_10.1.0.0.4568-DEL.700.0.0.15843807 VIBs Removed: VIBs Skipped:
Once Dell iDRAC racadm tools are installed use below command to reset password (Password is standard suggested by client). I am resetting root user password whos id is 2.
racadm set iDRAC.Users.2.Password P@ssw0rd
[Key=iDRAC.Embedded.1#Users.2]
Object value modified successfully
After root user password is reset, I tested it on Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) web portal and created a extra user for future use.
racadm command is not only limited to resetting iDRAC user password, but there are other use cases and subcommands you can use to configure iDRAC from ESXi Server.
[root@starlord:~] racadm help help -- Display list of RACADM sub commands with help string help [subcommand] -- display usage summary for a subcommand arp -- display the networking ARP table autoupdatescheduler -- Automatic Platform Update of the devices on the server. clearasrscreen -- clear the last ASR (crash) screen clearpending -- clear pending attribute(s) value of a Device Class closessn -- close a session clrsel -- clear the System Event Log (SEL) config -- Deprecated: modify RAC configuration properties coredump -- display the last RAC coredump coredumpdelete -- delete the last RAC coredump debug -- Field Service Debug Authorization facility commands eventfilters -- Alerts configuration commands fwupdate -- update the RAC firmware get -- display RAC configuration properties getconfig -- Deprecated: display RAC configuration properties gethostnetworkinterfaces -- Display host network interface details getled -- Get the state of the LED on a module. getniccfg -- display current network settings getraclog -- display the RAC log getractime -- display the current RAC time getremoteservicesstatus -- Get remote services status getsel -- display records from the System Event Log (SEL) getsensorinfo -- display system sensors getssninfo -- display session information getsvctag -- display service tag information getsysinfo -- display general RAC and system information gettracelog -- display the RAC diagnostic trace log getuscversion -- Deprecated: display the current USC version details getversion -- display the current version details ifconfig -- display network interface information inlettemphistory -- inlet temperature history operations krbkeytabupload -- upload kerberose keytab file to the RAC license -- License Manager commands lclog -- LCLog operations localConRedirDisable -- Deprecated: disable the Virtual Console from a local Console frontpanelerror -- hide LCD errors - color amber to blue netstat -- display routing table and network statistics ping -- send ICMP echo packets on the network ping6 -- send ICMP echo packets on the network racdump -- display RAC diagnostic information racreset -- perform a RAC reset operation racresetcfg -- restore the RAC configuration to factory defaults remoteimage -- make a remote ISO image available to the server rollback -- Rollback firmware to its previous version. serveraction -- perform system power management operations set -- modify RAC configuration properties setled -- Set the state of the LED on a module. setniccfg -- modify network configuration properties sshpkauth -- manage SSH PK authentication keys on the RAC sslcertupload -- upload an SSL certificate to the RAC sslcertdelete -- delete an SSL certificate on the iDRAC sslcertdownload -- download an SSL certificate from the RAC sslcertview -- view SSL certificate information sslcsrgen -- generate a certificate CSR from the RAC sslencryptionstrength -- Deprecated: Display or modify the SSL Encryption strength. sslkeyupload -- upload an SSL key to the RAC sslresetcfg -- Reset iDRAC to apply new certificate. Until iDRAC is reset old certificate will be active. swinventory -- Display the list of S/W Installed on the server. systemconfig -- Backup &/or Restore of iDRAC Config and Firmware systemerase -- Performs system erase on a selected component. testemail -- test RAC e-mail notifications testtrap -- test RAC SNMP trap notifications testalert -- test RAC SNMP - FQDN trap notifications traceroute -- print the route packets trace to network host traceroute6 -- print the route packets trace to network host techsupreport -- Tech Support Report operations. usercertupload -- upload an user certificate to the DRAC vflashpartition -- manage partitions on the vFlash SD card vflashsd -- perform vFlash SD Card initialization vmdisconnect -- disconnect Virtual Media connections raid -- Monitoring and Inventory of H/W RAID connected to the server. storage -- Monitoring and Inventory of H/W RAID connected to the server. hwinventory -- Monitoring and Inventory of H/W NICs connected to the server. nicstatistics -- Statistics for NICs connected to the server. fcstatistics -- Statistics for FCs connected to the server. update -- Platform Update of the devices on the server jobqueue -- Jobqueue of of the jobs currently scheduled sensorsettings -- Set the sensor threshold levels. diagnostics -- Remote Diagnostic commands systemperfstatistics -- Display or Modify System Performance Statistics Groups BIOS -- Configuration of BIOS attributes iDRAC -- Configuration of iDRAC attributes LifecycleController -- Configuration of LifecycleController attributes Nic -- Configuration of NIC attributes Storage -- Configuration of Storage attributes System -- Configuration of System attributes FC -- Configuration of Fiber Channel attributes For Help on configuring the properties of a group - racadm help set ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [root@starlord:~] racadm get System.Backplane System.LCD System.Location System.Power System.Power.Supply System.QuickSync System.ServerOS System.ThermalConfig System.ThermalSettings LifeCycleController.LCAttributes iDRAC.ActiveDirectory iDRAC.ADGroup iDRAC.ASRConfig iDRAC.AutoOSLock iDRAC.EmailAlert iDRAC.IMC iDRAC.Info iDRAC.IOIDOpt iDRAC.IPBlocking iDRAC.IPMILan iDRAC.IPMISerial iDRAC.IPMISOL iDRAC.IPv6URL iDRAC.LDAP iDRAC.LDAPRoleGroup iDRAC.LocalSecurity iDRAC.Logging iDRAC.NTPConfigGroup iDRAC.OS-BMC iDRAC.Racadm iDRAC.Redfish iDRAC.RedfishEventing iDRAC.RemoteHosts iDRAC.RFS iDRAC.SecureDefaultPassword iDRAC.Security iDRAC.Serial iDRAC.SerialRedirection iDRAC.ServerBoot iDRAC.ServiceModule iDRAC.SmartCard iDRAC.SNMP iDRAC.SNMP.Alert iDRAC.SSH iDRAC.SupportAssist iDRAC.SysLog iDRAC.Telnet iDRAC.Time iDRAC.Tuning iDRAC.Update iDRAC.USB iDRAC.UserDomain iDRAC.Users iDRAC.vFlashPartition iDRAC.vFlashSD iDRAC.VirtualConsole iDRAC.VirtualMedia iDRAC.VNCServer iDRAC.WebServer iDRAC.IPv4 iDRAC.IPv4Static iDRAC.IPv6 iDRAC.IPv6Static iDRAC.NIC iDRAC.NICStatic
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