Dell/PowerEdge R410 & R610

Latest revision as of 10:12, 28 November 2012

[edit] Models

[edit] Dell PowerEdge R610 & Dell PowerEdge R410

• 1U rackserver
• 2 3.5" disks or 4 2.5" mini-SAS disks.

[edit] Lights Out Management

The DRAC6/e card has a dedicated enterprise addon RJ45 socket which can be used independently from the main NICs.

The drac prompt will either be

 /admin1->

or

 $

depending on the version.

[edit] Common actions

[edit] Connecting to serial console

Log in with SSH on the DRAC5/i card as root, and use the command

$ console com2

During system boot, Dell servers show this help screen with key mappings:

        Press the spacebar to pause...

        KEY MAPPING FOR CONSOLE REDIRECTION:

        Use the <ESC><0> key sequence for <F10>
        Use the <ESC><!> key sequence for <F11>
        Use the <ESC><@> key sequence for <F12>

        Use the <ESC><Ctrl><M> key sequence for <Ctrl><M>
        Use the <ESC><Ctrl><H> key sequence for <Ctrl><H>
        Use the <ESC><Ctrl><I> key sequence for <Ctrl><I>
        Use the <ESC><Ctrl><J> key sequence for <Ctrl><J>

        Use the <ESC><X><X> key sequence for <Alt><x>, where x is any letter
        key, and X is the upper case of that key

        Use the <ESC><R><ESC><r><ESC><R> key sequence for <Ctrl><Alt><Del>

Disconnect from the console with Control \

[edit] Changing DRAC User Password

Console in to DRAC.

Changing the password:

racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminPassword -i 2 <newpassword>

[edit] Changing the DRAC IP Configuration

Console in to DRAC.

racadm setniccfg -s <ipaddres> <subnetmask> <gateway>

[edit] If DRAC fails to connect

when booting go into DRAC settings under Lan settings change from shared to dedicated. Factory direct Dell Motherboard settings are for shared

Also check to make sure DRAC is turned on in the DRAC menu

[edit] Power cycling

Log in with SSH on the DRAC5/i card, and use the command:

$ racadm serveraction action

where action is one of the following:

• 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

Alternatively, use the SM CLP shell, after logging in:

$ smclp

Then, use on of the following commands, as suited:

reset /system1

stop /system1

start /system1

[edit] PXE booting

racadm config -g cfgServerInfo -o cfgServerBootOnce 1
racadm config -g cfgServerInfo -o cfgServerFirstBootDevice PXE
racadm serveraction powercycle
console com2

[edit] Help screens

$ racadm help

and

$ racadm help command

[edit] BIOS settings

The following settings should normally be changed from the defaults & MUST BE CHANGED VIA PHYSICAL CONSOLE:

• Serial communication: On with console redirection via COM2 & set to highest setting (115200)
• Front-panel LCD set to the system hostname
• If system fails pxe boot check the SATA settings in the BIOS if it is set to Auto Disable this setting "only for SAS systems"

You can also find the host's MAC address via the BIOS (for setting up DHCP)

[edit] External Links

• iDrac6
• DMTF Server Management Command Line Protocol Specification