Configuring/resetting iDRAC

Introduction

All Fluke Networks, Visual Networks, Netscout and COMCERT DELL bases appliances come with a RAC Management Interface with dedicated NIC (iDRAC Enterprise). Its is highly recommended to configure this management interface appropriately. It will allow remote access to the appliance and system alerts to be send to a network manegement station of your choice via SNMP or SMTP.

 

Solution

Configuration via System Setup

Connect keyboard, video and mouse to the appliance front or back.

On recent models (12th generation and after), iDRAC configuration is part of System Setup.  Press <F2> at server startup to enter setup.

On older models (11th generation and before), you may have to press <Ctrl-E> during the boot process to enter iDRAC configuration.

 

Configuration and reset via server's operating system

RACADM will try to launch a graphic shell which isn't installed. Omit all warnings in regard to Xlib.

The tool RACADM is installed on all Fluke Networks, Visual Networks, Netscout and COMCERT DELL bases appliances. To use RACADM you must be root.

Login to the CLI and if not already rioot, asume root:

$ sudo su -

To reset RAC

This is just a reset; it does not clear the current configuration.

# racadm racreset

Should output:

RAC reset operation initiated successfully. It may take up to a minute
for the RAC to come back online again.

To view RAC IP configuration

# racadm getniccfg

Should output:

IPv4 settings:
NIC Enabled     = 1
IPv4 Enabled    = 1
DHCP Enabled    = 0
IP Address      = 192.168.0.120
Subnet Mask     = 255.255.255.0
Gateway         = 192.168.0.1

To set a static IP address to RAC

This example will enable the following IPv4 configuration:

• IP address = 192.168.0.120
• IP mask = 255.255.255.0
• Default route = 192.168.0.1

# racadm setniccfg -s 192.168.0.120 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1

To enable DHCP on RAC

# racadm setniccfg -d