Dell Lifecycle Controller 2 Version 1.0.8- Manuals

l   racadm getconfig -f myrac.cfg – Reads all of the configuration objects, from all of the DRAC 4 group configuration parameters and displays them on the screen. l   racadm config -f myrac.cfg – Configures or reconfigures the DRAC 4. The myrac.cfg file may be created from the command specified in t...

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l   racadm fwupdate -g - a 143.166.154.143 -f firmimg.dm1 In this example, the -g option tells the firmware to download the firmware update file from a location (specified by the -f option) on the TFTP server at a specific IP address (specified by the -a option). The update file is then loaded into ...

  Input Table A -1 1 describes the getssinfo subcommand options.   Table A- 11. getssinfo Subcommand Options   Examples l   racadm getssninfo Session table summary status: 1 VALID 3 AVAILABLE Table A -1 2 provides an example of output from the racadm getssninfo command.   Table A- 12. getssninfo Sub...

  getractime Table A -1 6 describes the getractime subcommand.   Table A- 16. getractime   Synopsis racadm getractime [-u] [-d]   Description The getractime subcommand displays the time in one of the following two formats: l   u – The UTC hexidecimal value followed by the offset in signed decimal (d...

l   The -o option disables the Ethernet management port completely. < ipAddress > , < netmask > , and < gateway > must be typed as dot-separated strings.   Description for getniccfg The getniccfg subcommand displays the current Ethernet management port settings   Output The setnicc...

racadm racdump   Description The racdump subcommand provides a single command to get dump, status, and general DRAC 4 board information. The following commands are executed as a result of the single racdump subcommand: l   getsysinfo l   coredump l   memmap l   netstat l   getssninfo   Output The ou...

l   racadcm racreset soft 1 Start the DRAC 4 soft reset sequence in 1 second. l   racadm racreset soft 20 Start the DRAC 4 soft reset sequence after 20 seconds.   racresetcfg Table A -2 2 describes the racresetcfg subcommand.   Table A- 22. racresetcfg   Synopsis racadm racresetcfg   Description The...

  Output The serveraction command returns without output if successful.   getraclog Table A -2 5 describes the getraclog command. .   Table A- 25. getraclog   Synopsis racadm getraclog -i racadm getraclog [-A] [-c count ] [-d delay-seconds ]\[-s start-record ] [-v] [-V] [-m]   Description The getrac...

  Synopsis racadm clrraclog   Description The clrraclog command completely clears the DRAC 4 log. A single entry is made to indicate the user and time that the log was cleared.   getsel Table A -2 6 describes the getsel command.   Table A- 26. getsel   Synopsis racadm getsel -i racadm getsel [-E] [-...

  clrsel   Synopsis racadm clrsel   Description The clrsel command completely clears the System Event Log entries.   gettracelog Table A -2 7 describes the gettracelog subcommand.   Table A- 27. gettracelog   Synopsis racadm gettracelog -i racadm gettracelog [-m]   Description The gettracelog -i com...

The setrac command sets the managed system name, operating system name, or operating system type from the managed system to the DRAC 4. If options are not typed, all four parameters are set. The -d option allows the user to display the parameters only without actually writing them to the DRAC 4 firm...

  Table A- 31. sslcsrgen Subcommand Options If options are not specified, the default is -g -u . The -g -u options (together) cannot be used with the -s option. The -f option must be used with the -u option. The sslcsrgen -s subcommand returns one of the following status codes: 0x00000000 – CSR was ...

The sslcertupload command returns 0 when successful and returns a nonzero number when unsuccessful.   Restrictions The sslcertupload command can only run on a system that has the managed system software installed.   Example racadm sslcertupload -t 0x1 -f c:\cert\cert.txt   sslcertdownload Table A -3...

  sslcertview Table A -3 6 describes the sslcertview subcommand.   Table A- 36. sslcertview   Synopsis racadm sslcertview -t < type > [-A]   Options Table A -3 7 describes the sslcertview subcommand options.   Table A- 37. sslcertview Subcommand Options   Output Examples For the racadm sslcert...

Texas [email protected]   testemail Table A -3 8 describes the testemail subcommand.   Table A- 38. testemail   Synopsis racadm testemail -i < index > | -u < username >   Description The testemail subcommand forces the DRAC 4 to send an email over the DRAC 4 network adapter.   Options Ta...

Back to Contents Page   DRAC 4 Property Database Group and Object Definitions Dell™ Remote Access Controller 4 User's Guide    idRacInfo    LanNetworking    cfgCurrentLanNetworking    cfgRemoteHosts    cfgUserAdmin    cfgTraps    cfgSessionManagement    cfgSerial    cfgNetTuning    cfgOobSnmp    cfg...

idRacType (Read)   Default 5   Description Identifies the remote access controller type as the DRAC 4.   LanNetworking This group contains parameters to configure the DRAC 4 NIC. One instance of the group is allowed. All objects in this group will require the DRAC 4 NIC to be reset, which may cause ...

  Legal Values Boolean, either 1 or 0 (TRUE or FALSE).   Default 0   Description Retrieves DNS server addresses from the DHCP server.   cfgDNSServer1 (Read/Write)   Legal Values Any legal IP address, including 0.0.0.0.   Default 192.168.0.5   Description Manual IP address for DNS server 1.   cfgDNSS...

0 = IP address is static 1 = IP address was obtained from a DHCP server.   cfgDNSCurrentDhcpWasUsed (Read Only)   Legal Values Boolean, either 1 or 0 (TRUE or FALSE).   Default N o n e   Description Indicates source of current DNS server IP addresses.   cfgDNSCurrentServer1 (Read Only)   Description...

String of up to 255 ASCII characters that designate a valid path name.   Default " "   Description The path name pointing to the firmware update binary file. If this is a file name only, then the path needs to be specified in the TFTP server. Otherwise, the entire path can be specified here....

  Description Index of user entry.   cfgTraps This group contains parameters to configure the delivery of SNMP traps. Sixteen instances of this group are allowed, which represent sixteen unique trap destinations. The following subsections describe the objects in this group.   cfgTrapsDestIpAddr (Rea...

  cfgSerialTelnetEnable (Read/Write)   Description Enables/disables telnet console   Default 0=telnet disabled   Legal Values 0=disabled, 1=enabled   cfgSerialCom2RedirEnable (Read/Write)   Description Enables/disables the console through the COM 2 port   Default 1=COM 2 (console enabled)   Legal Va...

The maximum number of TCP retransmission time in ½ second units. (Type hexadecimal values.)   cfgNetTuningTcpMsl (Read/Write)\   Legal Values Integer from 60 to 240.   Default 0x3c (60)   Description The maximum TCP segment lifetime in ½ second units. (Type hexadecimal values.)   cfgNetTuningIpSubne...

Following the modification of the network tuning, the DRAC 4 must be reset for the new tuning values to take effect. After the DRAC 4 has been reset, it should be available for use in a normal or satellite network configuration.   cfgOobSnmp The group contains parameters to configure the SNMP agent ...

  Legal Values Boolean either 1 or 0 (TRUE or FALSE).   Default 0   Description 0 =Disable, 1=Enable the DRAC 4 SNMP agent.   cfgRacTuning The group contains various tuning configuration parameters. One instance of the group is allowed. The following subsections describe the objects in this group.  ...

Default 1   Description 0=Disable, 1=Enable   cfgRacTuneHostCom2BaudRate (Read/Write)   Legal Values 115200, 57600, 19200, and 9600   Default 57600   cfgRacTuneConRedirPort (Read/Write)   Legal Values 0-65535   Default 5900 (0x170c)   Description Determines the port used during vKVM sessions with th...

" "   Description The host name of the managed system.   ifcRacMnOsOsName (Read/Write)   Legal Values A string of any ASCII characters.   Default " "   Description The operating system name of the managed system.   ifcRacMnOsOsType (Read Only)   Legal Values Not user-writable.   Defa...

  Description Time in seconds to wait for Active Directory queries to complete. (Type hexadecimal values.)   cfgRootDomain (Read/Write)   Legal Values   Any printable text string with no white space. Length is limited to 254 characters.   Default   (blank)   Description Root domain of the Domain For...

l   Bit-2: Reserved. l   Bit-3: Reserved. Examples l   If you want to define alerts for the following: ¡   Critical voltage or temperature sensors ¡   Lost communication with the BMC then the event mask property value to use is 0x02244444 . The following command sets this property value: racadm -g c...

  Alert Test Commands You can test alerts using test commands. The racadm command has subcommands that test the different types of alert interfaces. These object ID sets cause the firmware to execute the subcommand with the option that indicates the test alert type to test. The test message is prese...

Back to Contents Page   DRAC 4 Overview Dell™ Remote Access Controller 4 User's Guide    DRAC Hardware Features    Hardware Specifications    Supported Remote Access Connections    DRAC 4 Security Features    Supported Platforms    Supported Operating Systems    Supported Web Browsers    Features   ...

Power Requirements Table 1 -1 lists the power requirements for the DRAC 4.   Table 1- 1. DRAC 4 Power Requirements   Connectors The DRAC 4 provides a dedicated 10/100 Mbps RJ-45 NIC and a connector for mounting the card to the system board. The DRAC 4/P also provides a video connector, and a 30-pin ...

l   Configuring Microsoft Active Directory service software to give you access to the DRAC 4, allows you to add and control DRAC 4 user privileges to your existing users in your Active Directory software. l   Console redirection feature that allows you to remotely use the managed system keyboard, vi...

Back to Contents Page   Installing and Setting Up the DRAC 4 Dell™ Remote Access Controller 4 User's Guide    What You Need to Get Started    Installing the DRAC 4 Hardware    Software Installation and Configuration Overview    Installing the Software on the Managed System    Installing the Software...

  1. Configure the DRAC 4 network settings. See " Configuring the DRAC 4 Network Settings ."   2. Add and configure DRAC 4 users. See " Adding and Configuring DRAC 4 Users ."   3. Configure the Web browser to connect to the Web-based interface. See " Configuring a Supported Web B...

1. Click the Start button and select Settings ® Control Panel ® System ® System Properties .   2. Click the Advanced tab.   3. Click the Startup and Recovery... button.   4. Deselect the Automatically Reboot check box.   Installing the Software on the Management Station Install the software on the m...

  1. Open the Windows Control Panel and double-click the Regional Options icon.   2. Select the desired locale from the Your locale (location) drop-down menu.   Installing the Sun Java Plug-In All browsers must have the supported Sun Java plug-in 1.4.2 or later installed to use the DRAC 4 Console Re...

ln s j2re1.4< version number >/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so libjavaplugin_oji.so   5. Start Mozilla and go to Tools ® Web Development ® Java Console . The version of JRE is displayed at the top of the Java Console window. If the version that is shown is not the same as the one you do...

  3. After you have made the changes you want, you can press <r> to save the changes and reboot the DRAC 4, or you can press <Esc> to cancel all changes and exit the setup menu. If you decide to save your changes, the following message appears: IMPORTANT: In order for your changes to tak...

  Updating the DRAC 4 Firmware Use one of the following methods to update your DRAC 4 firmware. l   W e b-based Interface — See " Updating the DRAC 4 Firmware ." l   racadm CLI — See " f w u p d a t e ." l   Repair utility (diskette-based update): This update restores all DRAC 4 conf...

You can access the DRAC 4 Web-based interface through the DRAC 4 NIC by using a supported Web browser, or through Server Administrator or IT Assistant. To access the DRAC 4 using a supported Web browser, type the IP address of the DRAC 4. Log in with your DRAC 4 user name and password (the default u...

Back to Contents Page   Configuring a DRAC 4 to Use a Serial or Telnet Text Console Dell™ Remote Access Controller 4 User's Guide    Serial and Telnet Console Features    Enabling and Configuring the Managed System to Use a Serial or Telnet Console    Connecting to the Managed System Through the Loc...

Redirection After Boot – Enabled   5. Set the baud rate to 57600.   6. Scroll down and select Integrated Devices by pressing <Enter>.   7. In the submenu, scroll down to Serial Port 1 and set to RAC .   8. Press <Esc> to exit the System Setup program to complete the System Setup program ...

For example, to display a list of all of the settings for the cfgSerial group, type the following: racadm getconfig -g cfgSerial To display the current settings for a particular group remotely, type the following from a remote command prompt: racadm -u < user > -p < password > -r < DR...

l   Microsoft ®  Telnet Perform the steps in the following subsections to configure your type of terminal software. Configuration is not required when using Microsoft Telnet.   Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux Minicom for Serial Console Emulation Minicom is the serial port access utility for Red...

Required Minicom Settings for Serial Console Emulation Use Table 3 -2 to configure any version of Minicom.   Table 3- 2. Minicom Settings for Serial Console Emulation   Configuring HyperTerminal for Serial Console Redirection HyperTerminal is the Windows serial port access utility. To set the size o...

  2. Drag the lower right-hand corner of the window to resize it to 80 x 25 prior to using telnet. This can be done by dragging the lower-right-corner with the mouse. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Xterm is now ready to connect by telnet to the managed system DRAC 4. To connect to the DRAC 4, at the Xterm...

Back to Contents Page   Managing and Recovering a Remote System Dell™ Remote Access Controller 4 User's Guide    Accessing the Web-Based Interface    Adding and Configuring DRAC 4 Users and Alerts    Managing a Remote System    Recovering and Troubleshooting the Managed System    Frequently Asked Qu...

1. Click the Configuration tab and select Users .   2. In the User Name column, click [Available] .   3. Use the Add/Configure DRAC 4 User page to configure the user name, password, access permissions, and email alert settings for a new or existing DRAC 4 user.   Configuring a New User Name and Pass...

sent. Select the severity of the temperature, voltage, fan, or miscellaneous sensor for which you want an email alert generated. You can specify three severities: Informational (lowest severity), Warning (medium severity), and Severe (highest severity). Alerts will be sent to the email address you t...

  Table 4- 6. Network Settings Page Buttons (Top Right)   Adding and Configuring SNMP Alerts   1. Click the Configuration tab and select Alerts .   2. Use the Add/Configure SNMP Alerts page to add, delete, configure, and test SNMP alerts.   Adding an Alert   1. Locate an available Destination IP Add...

  Viewing Information About Existing Alerts Click an alert in the SNMP Alert List to display the following properties for existing SNMP alerts. See Table 4 -9 for descriptions.   Table 4- 9. SNMP Alert Properties   Testing an Alert You can force an alert to be sent to the specified destination IP ad...

l   Ensuring DRAC 4 Network Security l   Viewing System Information l   First Steps to Troubleshoot a Remote System   Updating the DRAC 4 Firmware Use the Firmware Update page to update the DRAC 4 firmware to the latest revision. The following data is included in the DRAC 4 firmware package: l   Com...

The buttons in Table 4 -1 2 are available on the Viewing a Server Certificate page.   Table 4- 12. View Server Certificate Page Buttons   Generating, Uploading, and Viewing a Server Certificate   1. Click the Configuration tab and click Security .   2. Use the Certificate Management page options (se...

The buttons in Table 4 -1 5 are available on the Certificate Signing Request Generation page.   Table 4- 15. Certificate Signing Request Generation Page Buttons   Uploading a Certificate To upload your server certificate to the DRAC 4 firmware, type the file path of the certificate or browse to the ...

  System Information To receive OS Type , Host Name , and OS Name information, you must have DRAC 4 services installed on the managed system.   Table 4- 19. System Information Fields   Watchdog Information   Table 4- 20. Watchdog Information Fields   Session Information This section provides informa...

  Recovering and Troubleshooting the Managed System This section explains how to perform tasks related to recovering and troubleshooting a crashed remote system using the DRAC 4 Web-based interface. For information about troubleshooting your DRAC 4, see " Troubleshooting ." l   First Steps t...

  Table 4- 22. Server Control Page Buttons (Top Right)   Using the SEL The System Event Log (SEL) page displays system-critical events that occur on the managed system. The SEL is generated by the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) on the managed system and by the DRAC 4 if you have configured it...

  Using the DRAC 4 Log Page Buttons The DRAC 4 Log page provides the following buttons (see Table 4 -2 6 ).   Table 4- 26. DRAC 4 Log Buttons   Viewing the Last System Crash Screen Use the Last Crash Screen page to view the most recent crash screen, which allows you to obtain information about event...

Troubleshooting Alerting Problems You can use logged SNMP trap information to troubleshoot a particular type of DRAC 4 alert. SNMP trap deliveries are logged in the Trace Log by default. However, since SNMP does not confirm delivery of traps, it is best to trace the packets on the managed system usi...

  Frequently Asked Questions Table 4 -3 2 lists frequently asked questions and answers.   Table 4- 32. Managing and Recovering a Remote System: Frequently Asked Questions Back to Contents Page     Question   Answer When accessing the DRAC 4  W e b-based interface, I get a security warning stating th...

Back to Contents Page   Using the DRAC 4 With Microsoft Active Directory Dell™ Remote Access Controller 4 User's Guide    Active Directory Schema Extensions    Overview of the RAC Schema Extensions    Active Directory Object Overview    Configuring Active Directory to Access Your DRAC 4    Extending...

Setting Up Active Directory Objects in Multiple Domains To set up the objects for the multiple domain scenario, perform the following tasks:   1. Ensure that the domain forest function is in Native or Windows 2003 mode.   2. Create two Association Objects, AO1 (of Universal scope) and AO2, in any do...

To use the LDIF files, see the instructions in the readme that is in the LDIF files directory. To use the Dell Schema Extender to extend the Active Directory Schema, perform the steps in " Using the Dell Schema Extender ." You can copy and run the Schema Extender or LDIF files from any locat...

  Installing the Dell Extension to the Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-In When you extend the schema in Active Directory, you must also extend the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in so that the administrator can manage RAC (DRAC 4) devices, Users and User Groups, RAC Associations...

Creating a Privilege Object Privilege Objects must be created in the same domain as the Association Object to which it is associated.   1. In the Console Root (MMC) window, right-click a container.   2. Select New ® Dell RAC Object . This opens the New Object window.   3. Type in a name for the new ...

  14. Click Next and save the certificate to a location of your choice. You will need to upload this certificate to the DRAC 4. To do this, go to the DRAC 4 Web- based interface ® Configuration tab ® Active Directory page . Alternately, you may use the racadm CLI commands(see " Configuring the D...

Configuring the DRAC 4 Active Directory Settings Using the racadm CLI Using the following commands to configure the DRAC 4 Active Directory Feature using the racadm CLI instead of the Web-based interface.   1. Open a command prompt and type the following racadm commands: racadm config -g cfgActiveDi...

Back to Contents Page   Using Console Redirection Dell™ Remote Access Controller 4 User's Guide    Overview    Using Console Redirection    Frequently Asked Questions   Overview The DRAC 4 console redirection feature allows you to access the local server console remotely in either graphic or text mo...

Back to Contents Page   Configuring and Using Virtual Media Dell™ Remote Access Controller 4 User's Guide    Overview    Operating System Requirements on the Managed System    Installing the Virtual Media Plug – In    Using the Virtual Media Feature    Frequently Asked Questions   Overview The Virtu...

  Installing the Virtual Media Plug – In To use the virtual media feature, you must successfully install the browser plug – in. After you have launched the virtual media page from within the DRAC 4 user interface, the browser automatically attempts to download the plug – in if it was not previously ...

  1. Ensure that your operating system installation CD is inserted in the management station's CD drive.   2. Ensure that you have selected your local CD drive and that you have connected to the virtual drives.   3. Follow the steps for booting from the virtual media in the preceding section to ensu...

Back to Contents Page   Using the serial and racadm Commands Dell™ Remote Access Controller 4 User's Guide    Using a Serial or Telnet Console    Using the racadm CLI    Configuring Multiple DRAC 4s    Using the racadm Utility to Configure the DRAC 4    Frequently Asked Questions The DRAC 4 provides...

  Table 8- 1. Serial/Telnet Commands    Using the racadm CLI The racadm CLI commands can be run locally or remotely from the serial or telnet console command prompt or through a normal DOS or Linux command prompt. Use the racadm command to configure DRAC 4 properties, perform remote management tasks...

racadm < options > -r < racIpAddr > < subcommand >   racadm Options Table 8 -3 lists the options for the racadm command.   Table 8- 3. racadm Command Options If you use the -r option, you must also use the -u and -p options to configure the DRAC 4 to accept racadm commands. Using t...

For a detailed listing of every racadm subcommand including syntax and valid entries, see the " racadm Subcommand Man Pages ."   Table 8- 5. racadm Subcommands   racadm Error Messages For information about racadm CLI error messages, see " Frequently Asked Questions " in this chapter....

l   Displaying all configuration properties in a group (specified by group name and index) l   Displaying all configuration properties for a user by user name l   Including password (other than user password) information in the generated .cfg file The config subcommand loads the information into oth...

The following example displays a group name, object, and the object's property value. Example : [cfgLanNetworking] cfgNicIpAddress=143.154.133.121 l   All parameters are specified as "object=value" pairs without any white space between the object, =, or value. White spaces after the value ar...

# [cfgLanNetworking] cfgNicIpAddress=10.35.9.143 # comment, the rest of this line is ignored cfgNicGateway=10.35.9.1 The command racadm config – f myfile.cfg parses this file and identifies any errors by line number. A correct file will update the proper entries. You may use the same getconfig comma...

racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminPassword -i 2 123456 A user name "john" with the password of "123456" is created. This user name and password can now be used to log into the Web-based remote access interface. You can verify this using either of the following two commands...

  Adding a DRAC 4 User With Permissions To add a user with specific admininstrative permissions (role-based authority), first locate an available user index by performing the steps in " Before Adding a DRAC 4 User ." Next, type the following command lines with the new user name and password....

Back to Contents Page   Troubleshooting Dell™ Remote Access Controller 4 User's Guide    Troubleshooting the DRAC 4   Troubleshooting the DRAC 4 See the following tables for help with troubleshooting the DRAC 4 and the racadm CLI: Table 4-32, " Managing and Recovering a Remote System: Frequently...

Back to Contents Page   Abbreviations and Acronyms Dell™ Remote Access Controller 4 User's Guide   AGP   Abbreviation for accelerated graphics port, which is a bus specification that allows graphics cards faster access to main system memory.   ARP   Acronym for Address Resolution Protocol, which is ...