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Dell Chassis Management Controller Firmware Version 3.
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Contents 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other Documents You May Need 2 RACADM Subcommands . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Guidelines to Quote Strings Containing Special Characters When Using RACADM Commands . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 "?" and "? " arp 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 closessn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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fwupdate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . getassettag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . getchassisname 40 getconfig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 getdcinfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 getioinfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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getsvctag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 getsysinfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 gettracelog . getversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 help and help ifconfig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 ping . . . . . . . . .
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setslotname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 setsysinfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 sshpkauth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 sslcsrgen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 sslresetcfg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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cfgLanNetworking . cfgNicEnable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 cfgNicIPv4Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 cfgNicIpAddress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 cfgNicNetmask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 cfgNicGateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 cfgNicUseDhcp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 # cfgNicMacAddress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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# cfgDNSCurrentServer1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 # cfgDNSCurrentServer2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 # cfgDNSCurrentDomainName . # cfgNicCurrentIPv4Enabled . . . . . . . . . 128 . . . . . . . . . . . 128 . . . . . . 128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 cfgCurrentIPv6LanNetworking (read only) # cfgCurrentIPv6Enabled # cfgCurrentIPv6AutoConfigWasUsed . . . . . . 129 . . . . . . . . . . 129 # cfgCurrentIPv6Address1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 # cfgCurrentIPv6Gateway. . . . . . . . .
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cfgUserAdminUserName . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 # cfgUserAdminPassword . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 cfgUserAdminPrivilege . cfgEmailAlert # cfgEmailAlertIndex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 cfgEmailAlertEnable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 cfgEmailAlertAddress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cfgEmailAlertEmailName . cfgSessionManagement . 137 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 . . . . . . . . . .
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cfgOobSnmpAgentEnable . . . . . . . . . . . . cfgOobSnmpAgentCommunity cfgTraps 144 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 # cfgTrapsIndex . cfgTrapsEnable cfgTrapsAlertDestIpAddr . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 cfgTrapsCommunityName . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 cfgRacTuning . . . . . . . . 146 . . . . . . . . . . 146 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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cfgRacSecCsrEmailAddr . cfgLDAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 cfgLDAPEnable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 cfgLDAPServer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 cfgLDAPPort cfgLDAPBaseDN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 cmfgLDAPUserAttribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 cfgLDAPGroupAttribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 cfgLDAPGroupAttributeIsDN .
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cfgADDomainController. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 cfgADGlobalCatalog cfgStandardSchema . . . . . . . . . . . 160 . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 # cfgSSADRoleGroupIndex . cfgSSADRoleGroupName. cfgSSADRoleGroupDomain . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 cfgSSADRoleGroupPrivilege . . . . . . . . . . . 160 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 cfgChassisPower # cfgChassisInPower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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# cfgChassisPowerClear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . # cfgChassisPowerClearTimestamp cfgChassisPowerButtonEnable 165 . . . . . . . . . . 165 # cfgSystemEnergyConsumptionClear cfgServerInfo. 165 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 # cfgServerInfoIndex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . # cfgServerSlotNumber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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cfgAlertingFilterMask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cfgAlertingSourceEmailName 4 Diagnostics 172 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Using the LCD Panel Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 LCD Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 LCD Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language Setup Screen Default Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 175 . . . . . . . . .
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1 Overview The Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) is a hot-pluggable systems management hardware and software solution designed to provide remote management capabilities and power control functions for Dell M1000e chassis systems.
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• The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator’s User’s Guide provides information about installing and using Dell OpenManage Server Administrator. • The Dell Update Packages User's Guide provides information about obtaining and using Dell Update Packages as part of your system update strategy. The following system documents are also available to provide more information about the system in which CMC is installed: WARNING: See the Safety and Regulatory information that is shipped with your system.
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RACADM Subcommands 2 This chapter provides reference to the RACADM commands that allow you to configure and manage the CMC through a text-based interface.
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There are different escaping rules for single quoting versus double quoting. For double quoting: The following characters must be escaped by prepending a backslash: • $ (dollar sign) • " (double quote) • ' (single quote) • ` (back quote) • \ (backslash) For example, use the following for a string that contains the special characters, $, ",',`and \ For single quoting: • No character escaping is necessary. • A single quote cannot be used even with a backslash escaped.
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Example for racadm ? NOTE: The following output example shows only part of the actual output for the racadm ? command. Descriptions shown in this example may vary slightly from the descriptions in your racadm session.
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arp NOTE: To use this subcommand you must have Administrator privilege. Description Displays the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) table. This table stores the mapping of IP numbers to MAC addresses of the NICs in the chassis. Example • racadm arp Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface 143.166.152.3 ether 00:07:84:A7:CE:BC C eth0 143.166.152.2 ether 00:07:84:7B:9F:FC C eth0 143.166.152.1 ether 00:00:0C:07:AC:0A C eth0 143.166.152.
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Options Table 2-1. chassisaction Subcommand Options Option Description -m Specifies the module on which you want the action carried out. may be one of the following: • chassis - this is the default value if -m is not specified. • switch-n where n=1–6 • kvm Specifies the action you want to execute on the specified module. may be one of the following: • powerdown — (Chassis only) Powers down the chassis. • powerup — (Chassis only) Powers up the chassis.
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racadm closessn -t racadm closessn -u Options Table 2-2. closessn Subcommand Options Option Description -a All sessions are closed. -i ID of the session to close. -t Type of session(s) to close. Must be one of the following: • serial • telnet • ssh • gui • remoteracadm • kvm -u User name of the session(s) to close.
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clrraclog NOTE: To use this subcommand, you must have Clear Logs Administrator privilege. Description Removes all existing records from the CMC log. A new log entry is added to record the date and time when the log was cleared, and the user who cleared the log. NOTE: To view the CMC log, use getraclog. For information about the CMC log, see the "Viewing the CMC Log" section of the Dell Chassis Management Controller User Guide. Usage racadm clrraclog Output The CMC log was cleared successfully.
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Options Table 2-3. clrsel Subcommand Options Option Description -m The value of can be server-n where n can be from 1–16. Output The SEL was cleared successfully. Example • Clear the CMC SEL log racadm clrsel • Clear the SEL log on server 1 racadm clrsel -m server-1 cmcchangeover NOTE: To use this subcommand, you must have Administrator privilege. Description Changes the state of the CMC from active to standby, or vice versa, in a redundant CMC configuration.
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config NOTE: To use this subcommand, you must have Chassis Configuration Administrator privilege. Description Sets the CMC configuration parameters individually or in a batch as part of a configuration file. If the data is different, that CMC object is written with the new value. Sets the iDRAC configuration parameters with the -m option.
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Table 2-4. config Subcommand Options (continued) Option Description Displays the value that you want to set for the specified object. While specifying , see "Guidelines to Quote Strings Containing Special Characters When Using RACADM Commands" on page 17. -f Specifies the file name to use as a configuration source. Valid only through remote RACADM. -c Specifies to perform validation but do not configure. Valid only through remote RACADM.
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Table 2-5.
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Through remote RACADM only, the config subcommand returns an indication of the number of configuration objects that were written out of the total number of objects in the .cfg file. Examples • Set the cfgNicIpAddress configuration property (object) to the value 10.35.10.110. This IP address object is contained in the group cfgLanNetworking (see "cfgLanNetworking" on page 119). racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgNicIpAddress 10.35.10.100 • Configure or reconfigure the CMC. You can create the myrac.
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connect Description Connects to the switch or server serial console. NOTE: You cannot use this subcommand with remote RACADM. Usage • racadm connect [-b] • racadm connect [-b] Options Table 2-6. connect Subcommand Options Option Description -b Connects to the switch or console using the binary mode. This is an optional argument; a server or a switch must be present. server-n or switch-n Server or switch to connect to.
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Usage • racadm deploy -m -u root -p -s -b -o • racadm deploy -m -u root -p -s -6 -b -o NOTE: must be a number between 0 and 128. • racadm deploy -m -u root -p -d [6] • racadm deploy -a -u root -p Options Table 2-7.
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Table 2-7. deploy Subcommand Options Option Description -p Specifies the password for the root user on the server. -s Sets the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway for the specified server, separated by single spaces. • ipaddress — A string representing a valid IP address. For example, 192.168.0.20. • subnet — A string representing a valid subnet mask. For example, 255.255.255.0. • gateway — A string representing a valid gateway address. For example, 192.168.0.1.
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feature NOTE: To use this subcommand to deactivate FlexAddress, you must have Chassis Configuration Administrator privilege. A user with login privileges can view status only. Description Displays all active chassis features. The information displayed includes feature name, date activated, and the serial number of the SD card used to activate the feature. Dell Feature Cards may contain more than one feature.
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Example • racadm feature -d -c flexaddress The feature FlexAddress is deactivated on the chassis successfully • racadm feature -s Feature Name = FlexAddress Date/time Activated = 26 Apr 2010 - 10:16:48 Feature installed from SD-card serial number = TEST0123456789012345678 Feature Name = FlexAddressPlus Date/time Activated = 26 Apr 2010 - 10:16:48 Feature installed from SD-card serial number = TEST0123456789012345678 featurecard NOTE: To use this subcommand, you must have Chassis Configuration Administr
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. Table 2-9. Status Messages Returned by featurecard -s Command Status Message Actions No feature card inserted. Check the CMC to verify that the SD card was properly inserted. In a redundant CMC configuration, make sure the CMC with the SD feature card installed is the active CMC and not the standby CMC. The feature card inserted is valid and No action required.
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Feature Name = FlexAddress Date/time Activated = 23 Jul 2009 - 21:01:10 Feature installed from SD-card SN = TEST0123456789012345678 fwupdate NOTE: To use this subcommand, you must have Chassis Configuration Administrator privilege. Description Updates the firmware on the iKVM, active CMC, standby CMC, server iDRACs, or an IOM infrastructure device. This subcommand also performs updates to the iDRAC firmware (if the CMC firmware version is 2.0 or later and the iDRAC firmware version is 1.
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Options Table 2-11. fwupdate Subcommand Options Option Description -d Specifies the source path where the firmware image resides. Default: designated TFTP default directory on that host for the file if -g option is absent. If -g is used, defaults to directory configured on the TFTP server -g Downloads the firmware update using the TFTP server. -u Performs the firmware update operation.
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Table 2-11. fwupdate Subcommand Options (continued) Option Description -m Specifies the module or device to be updated. is one of the following values: • cmc-active (default) • cmc-standby • kvm • server-n where n = 1–16 • server-generation where generation = iDRAC or iDRAC6 • iominf-n where n = 1–6 NOTE: CMC version 3.00 accepts IPv4, IPv6, or fully qualified domain names (FQDN) for both FTP and TFTP servers.
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NOTE: When using FTP, if you provide the full path to the image file on the CLI, then the CMC uses that path to locate that file on the host. If you do not provide a full path, then the CMC searches the home directory of the specified user for the file if the host system is running Linux or another variant of UNIX. If the host system is running Windows, then a default folder, such as C:\ftproot is searched.
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• Query the current status of all targets that can be updated in the chassis. racadm fwupdate -s -m all • Query the current status of the firmware update process for servers 1 and 3. racadm fwupdate -s -m server-1 -m server-3 • Cancel a firmware update of the active CMC in progress. racadm fwupdate -c -m cmc-active • Upload a firmware image from the client and start the firmware update. racadm fwupdate -p -u -d firmimg.
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Example • racadm getassettag -m chassis or racadm getassettag chassis 78373839–33 getchassisname NOTE: To use this subcommand, you must have CMC Login User privilege. Description Displays the name of the chassis. Usage racadm getchassisname Example • racadm getchassisname PowerEdge 2955 getconfig NOTE: To use this subcommand, you must have Chassis Configuration Administrator privilege. Description Displays CMC configuration parameters and allows you to save CMC configuration groups to a .cfg file.
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racadm getconfig -g -i -o