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Dell Remote Access Controller

The Dell Remote Access Controller (or "DRAC") is a management component for Dell servers. It stays on even when the server is shut down. One can log in to the web interface and manage these things:

  • installing an OS from an ISO on the local computer
  • Powering off/on
  • KVM over IP like behavior

The DRAC also functions as a BMC for IPMI communication.

Older DRACs (through version 5) were add-on cards that plugged into a dedicated slot on the server. Starting with version 6, DRACs have been integrated into server motherboards, although a dedicated NIC must still be purchased separately in order to enable completely out-of-band management. Concurrent with the move to integrated hardware, Dell rebranded their DRACs under the "iDRAC" name.

Starting with the iDRAC7, Dell has moved to a license-based capability system; the same hardware will function with only basic IPMI support, a limited set of additional features ("Express"), or the full range of remote management features ("Enterprise") depending on the license purchased from Dell.

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dell idrac6 allow access to one IP address

I have a dell R410 with dell idrac6 (Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 - Enterprise) which is in a data center in another country. I configured my idrac with public ip address but I have to allow one IP address to have access. Please note…
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DELL DRAC & Ubuntu VPN Connection

I am trying to connect to a DELL DRAC card without success by Ubuntu VPN Connection Manager. I have these data: Protocol: PPTP SERVER IP PPTP: 1233.123.123.123 DRAC IP: 192.168.10.25 Subnet: 255.255.0.0 User: myuser Pass: mypass where have I to…
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OMSA killed DRAC

I used to be able to use both OMSA and DRAC at the same time on my PE1950. I've updated the OMSA recently and DRAC is not accessible right after starting "Systems Management Data Engine". Shutting down OMSA doesn't seem to start DRAC again.…
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Is it Possible to Configure a Dell DRAC from Windows (without Rebooting)?

One of our Dell R610 servers running Windows Server 2008 R2 doesn't have it's Enterprise DRAC configured. Is there a utility (or perhaps a way from OpenManage) to configure the DRAC without rebooting and doing it via the BIOS?
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iDRAC 6 Express unable to authenticate

I recently tried to use a Dell iDRAC 6 Express for the first time on a PowerEdge T310. I logged in using the default username and password and clicked around a few of the screens. Suddely the login prompt came back and now it will not accept the…
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Dell iDRAC express and Broadcom Team

I have a few Dell servers that I'm trying to configure Broadcom NIC teams and use the iDRAC 6. It seems that when I setup a broadcom Smart Load Balancing(TM) and Failover (SLB) team, I loose connection to the iDRAC, the Dell rep said that it was…
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Dying Dell PowerEdge 1800 graphics card - any solution?

I'm having a bit of problem... at the children's hospital where I work (Beit Cure Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi), we're using a 4 year old Dell PowerEdge 1800 tower server. About two years ago, we started getting scrambled lines down the screen.…
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iDRAC 6 Express setup secured SMTP alert

I have iDRAC 6 Express but I can't seem find any documentations outlining how to setup Email Alert to send through an secure SMTP server (ie Gmail's SMTP server).
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Dell PE R710 Lifecycle Controller

How would one use the dell lifecycle controller on the new R710 Servers ? I have seen demos on youtube and it can install linux, windows from there without inserting the installation discs ? I am on the same LAN as the server and have setup iDrac…
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Dell r710 idrac6 is not visible/reachable on network

I got a (new) r710 server, and tried setting up idrac6, i reset to default and changed the ipv4 settings to an ip in my network, i also tried dhcp, i set up a root password, and still there will be no idrac on my network, no web interface, and even…
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Reset DRAC/MC password on Dell BladeCentre 1855

I have a Dell Blade Centre 1855, and nobody knows what the root password for the DRAC/MC card in the blade chassis is (I tried root/calvin). I do not have IP access to the DRAC/MC, nor do I have physical access to the back of the blade centre to…
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Dell iDrac SNMP information

Trying to get basic server information out of iDrac's SNMP protocol, I've run a full SNMP walk, then tried filtering. In neither of the two does it give me anymore information other than the iDrac NIC, I am looking for information from it for the…
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kernel messages are complained about memory.inspite all DIMM cards was replaced

we have few DELL machines ( with RHEL 7.6) , and as we replaced the DIMM cards on machines because the Erros that we seen from kernel messages after some time we checked again the kernel messages and we found the following and we can see the errors…
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Virtual Media it's not ejected on the Dell iDRAC9 after the installation using Ansible it's completed

I have this code but unfortunately it's not ejecting the ISO after installing the CentOS and I don't know what to do, can someone please give me a hint on how I can treat this? I can't use Ansible modules, I'm forced to use only the Redfish…
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How can I boot using Ansible on an Dell iDRAC9 server from an iso that's located on a remote server?

I have this playbook that what I'm trying to do it's to install CentOS using Ansible and Redfish, I don't want to use any modules, I'll install the CentOS on multiple Dell iDRAC9 servers and I'm having one issue: 2)After the ISO it's mounted, the…
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