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You will find here probably a lot of messy and partial information about administration of DRAC (Dell Remote Control Card) version 5. I hope this will be improved over time.
Terminal SSH access
In case your DRAC5 web interface does not allow you mount *.iso or Virtual Flash, the best solution is to reset DRAC5 controller using following command:
racadm racreset
Long way of achieving the above
login as: root root@192.168.1.253's password: Dell Remote Access Controller 5 (DRAC 5) Firmware Version 1.65 (Build 12.08.16) Type "racadm help" to get racadm subcommands. Type "smclp" to invoke SMCLP interface. $ racadm help help [subcommand] -- display usage summary for a subcommand arp -- display the networking ARP table clearasrscreen -- clear the last ASR (crash) screen clrraclog -- clear the RAC log clrsel -- clear the System Event Log (SEL) config -- modify RAC configuration properties coredump -- display the last RAC coredump coredumpdelete -- delete the last RAC coredump fwupdate -- update the RAC firmware getconfig -- display RAC configuration properties getniccfg -- display current network settings getraclog -- display the RAC log getractime -- display the current RAC time getsel -- display records from the System Event Log (SEL) getssninfo -- display session information getsvctag -- display service tag information getsysinfo -- display general RAC and system information gettracelog -- display the RAC diagnostic trace log ifconfig -- display network interface information netstat -- display routing table and network statistics ping -- 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 serveraction -- perform system power management operations setniccfg -- modify network configuration properties sslcertview -- view SSL certificate information sslcsrgen -- generate a certificate CSR from the RAC sslresetcfg -- generate a new self-signed certificate testemail -- test RAC e-mail notifications testtrap -- test RAC SNMP trap notifications version -- display the version info of RACADM vmdisconnect -- disconnect virtual media connections vmkey -- perform virtual media key operations usercertview -- view user certificate information $ racadm racreset RAC reset operation initiated successfully. It may take up to a minute for the RAC to come back online again.
- Power action
$ racadm serveraction powerup
$ racadm help serveraction serveraction -- perform system power management operations Usage: racadm serveraction <action> action server power management operation to peform Valid actions: powerdown - power server off powerup - power server on powercycle - perform server power cycle hardreset - force hard server power reset powerstatus - display current power status of server
References
- Using and Configuring Virtual Media 1.4 DRAC Firmware
- Advanced Configuration of the DRAC 5 1.4 DRAC Firmware
- Using GUI Console Redirection