RacAdmin Quick and dirty cheatsheet

iDRAC racadm quick and dirty cheatsheet. racadm command can be issues via iDRAC/CMC/OS if svradmin-racadm is installed. Also you can specify -h option to access remote servers RAC as long as you have network access. Also if you are having problems with racadm “Failed to initialize transport” install openssl-devel. full documentation for iDRAC7 can be found here.

% Get all iDRAC settings in a file

racadm get -f config.txt

If you like you can change the contents of config.txt and apply it back to iDRAC

racadm set -f config.txt

% Set password for root user

racadm set iDRAC.Users.2.Password PASSWORD"

% List all ssh keys for root user

racadm sshpkauth -i 2 -v -k all

% Add ssh key to root user

racadm sshpkauth -i 2 -k 1 "CONTENTS OF PUBLIC KEY"

% Delete ssh key for root user

racadm sshpkauth -i 2 -d -k 1

% Get iDRAC IP config

racadm getniccfg
racadm get iDRAC.NIC

% set iDRAC IP

Using config command:

racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgNicEnable 1
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgNicIpAddress x.x.x.x
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgNicNetmask 255.255.255.0
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgNicGateway x.x.x.x
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgNicUseDHCP 0
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgDNSServersFromDHCP 0
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgDNSServer1 y.y.y.y
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgDNSServer2 y.y.y.y

• Using set command:

racadm set iDRAC.Nic.Enable 1
racadm set iDRAC.IPv4.Address x.x.x.x
racadm set iDRAC.IPv4.Netmask 255.255.255.0
racadm set iDRAC.IPv4.Gateway x.x.x.x
racadm set iDRAC.IPv4.DHCPEnable 0
racadm set iDRAC.IPv4.DNSFromDHCP 0
racadm set iDRAC.IPv4.DNS1 y.y.y.y
racadm set iDRAC.IPv4.DNS2 y.y.y.y

% Set iDRAC DNS Name

racadm set iDRAC.NIC.DNSRacName iDRACNAME

% Set iDRAC domain name

racadm set iDRAC.NIC.DNSDomainName DOMAIN.NAME

% Set iDRAC DNS Server

racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgDNSServer1 x.x.x.x
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgDNSServer2 y.y.y.y

% Set Front LCD to hostname

racadm set System.LCD.Configuration 16

% Reset iDRAC to factory defaults

racadm racresetcfg

% Reset/Reboot iDRAC

racadm racreset OPTIONS

Options : soft, hard, cold
or

racadm serveraction powercycle

% Get Serial number (service tag)

racadm getsvctag

% Get current system information

racadm getsysinfo

% Configure one-time-boot to PXE

racadm set BIOS.OneTimeBoot.OneTimeBootMode OneTimeBootSeq
racadm set BIOS.OneTimeBoot.OneTimeBootSeqDev NIC.Integrated.1-1-1

% Configure persistent Boot Device

racadm config -g cfgServerInfo -o cfgServerBootOnce 0
racadm config -g cfgServerInfo -i cfgServerFirstBootDevice HDD

% Check boot order list

racadm get BIOS.BiosBootSettings.bootseq

% Disable HyperThreading

racadm set BIOS.ProcSettings.LogicalProc Disabled

% Disable OS to iDRAC pass-thru for iDRAC service module (automatically create a pseudo NIC in OS)

racadm set iDRAC.OS-BMC.AdminState Disabled

% Change SNMP public community string

racadm set iDRAC.SNMP.AgentCommunity NEW STRING

% Disable ASR

racadm config -g cfgRacTuning -o cfgRacTuneAsrEnable 0

% Configure Serial redirection

racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialConsoleEnable 1
racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialBaudRate 115200
racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialCom2RedirEnable 1
racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialTelnetEnable 0
racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialSshEnable 1

to access console via ssh console com2

% Disable Serial On Lan
racadm config -g cfgImpiSol -o cfgIpmiSolEnable 0

% Change Power Profile

racadm set BIOS.SysProfileSettings PerfPerWattOptimizedOs

% Set AC Power Recovery

racadm set BIOS.SysSecurity.AcPwdRcvry Last
racadm set BIOS.SysSecurity.AcPwdRcvryDelay Immediate

% Get RAID physical Disk information

racadm raid get pdisks
racadm raid get pdisks -o (all information)
racadm raid get pdisks -o -p state,size (specific information)

% Get RAID Virtual Disk Information

Racadm raid get vdisks

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