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The maximum characters for the password are 20. The characters are masked. The following characters are supported:
0-9
A-Z
a-z
Special characters: +, &, ?, >, -, }, |, ., !, (, ', ,, _,[, ", @, #, ), *, ;, $, ], /, §, %, =, <, :, {, I, \
3. In the Confirm Password field, type the password again.
4. Click Continue. The new password is configured and you are logged in to CMC.
NOTE: Continue is enabled only if the passwords provided in the New Password and Confirm Password fields
match.
For information about the other fields, see the CMC Online Help.
Changing Default Login Password Using RACADM
To change the password, run the following RACADM command:
racadm config g cfgUserAdmin o cfgUserAdminPassword i <index> <newpassword>
where, <index> is a value from 1 to 16 (indicates the user account) and <newpassword> is the new userdefined password.
For more information, see the Chassis Management Controller for Dell PowerEdge M1000e RACADM Command Line Reference
Guide.
Enabling or Disabling Default Password Warning
Message
You can enable or disable the display of the default password warning message. To do this, you must have Configure Users
privilege.
Enabling or Disabling Default Password Warning Message Using
Web Interface
To enable or disable the display of the default password warning message after logging in to iDRAC:
1. Go to Chassis Controller > User Authentication > Local Users.
The Users page is displayed.
2. In the Default Password Warning section, select Enable, and then click Apply to enable the display of the Default
Password Warning page when you log in to CMC. if not, select Disable.
Alternatively, if this feature is enabled and you do not want to display the warning message for subsequent login operations,
on the Default Password Warning page, select the Do not show this warning again option, and then click Apply.
Enabling or Disabling Warning Message to Change Default Login
Password Using RACADM
To enable the display of the warning message to change the default login password using RACADM, use racadm config -g
cfgRacTuning -o cfgRacTuneDefCredentialWarningEnable<0> or <1> object. For more information, see the
Chassis Management Controller for Dell PowerEdge M1000e RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/
support/manuals.
Logging In to CMC
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