Users Guide

NOTE: Remote RACADM is included on the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation

DVD and is installed on a management station.

• Remote RACADM — Allows you to run RACADM commands on a management station with the -r

option and the DNS name or IP address of the CMC.

• Firmware RACADM — Allows you to log in to the CMC using Telnet, SSH, a serial connection, or the

iKVM. With Firmware RACADM, you run the RACADM implementation that is part of the CMC

firmware.

You can use remote RACADM commands in scripts to configure multiple CMCs. CMC does not have

support for scripting. Therefore, you cannot run the scripts directly on the CMC.

For more information about RACADM, see the Chassis Management Controller for Dell PowerEdge

M1000e RACADM Command Line Reference Guide.

For more information about configuring multiple CMCs, see Configuring Multiple CMCs Using RACADM.

Logging in to CMC Using Public Key Authentication

You can log in to the CMC over SSH without entering a password. You can also send a single RACADM

command as a command line argument to the SSH application. The command line options behave

similar to remote RACADM because the session ends after the command is completed.

Before logging in to CMC over SSH, make sure that the public keys are uploaded.

For example:

• Logging in: ssh service@<domain> or ssh service@<IP_address> where IP_address is the

CMC IP address.

• Sending RACADM commands: ssh service@<domain> racadm getversion and ssh

service@<domain> racadm getsel

When you log in using the service account, if a passphrase was set up when creating the public or private

key pair, you may be prompted to enter that passphrase again. If a passphrase is used with the keys, both

Windows and Linux clients provide methods to automate that as well. For Windows clients, you can use

the Pageant application. It runs in the background and makes entering the passphrase transparent. For

Linux clients, you can use the sshagent. For setting up and using either of these applications, see the

documentation provided from that application.

Related Concepts

Configure Public Key Authentication over SSH

Multiple CMC Sessions

The following table provides the list of multiple CMC sessions that are possible using the various

interfaces.

Table 8. Multiple CMC Sessions

Interface Maximum Sessions per Interface

CMC Web Interface 4

RACADM 4