Users Guide

Managing and Recovering a Remote System 67

Managing and Recovering a

Remote System

The DRAC 4 provides a Web-based interface and the racadm CLI

(command-line interface), which allows you to perform the following tasks:

• Configure the DRAC 4 properties and users

• Perform remote management tasks

• Troubleshoot a remote (managed) system for problems

For routine systems management, use the DRAC 4 Web-based interface.

This section provides information about how to perform common systems

management tasks with the DRAC 4 Web-based interface and provides links

to the information you may need.

All Web-based interface configuration tasks can also be performed with the

racadm CLI. For a list of all racadm CLI and serial/telnet console commands

that can be used to perform the text-based equivalents of each task,

see "Using the Serial and racadm Commands."

NOTE: When using the Web-based interface, see the DRAC 4 online help for

context sensitive information about each Web-based interface page.

Accessing the Web-Based Interface

To access the DRAC 4 Web-based interface, perform the following steps:

Open a supported Web browser window.

For a list of supported Web browsers, see the

Dell Systems Software

Support Matrix

on the Dell Support website at

support.dell.com

In the

Address

field, type the following and press <Enter>:

https://<

IP address>

port number

where <

IP address>

is the IP address for the DRAC 4 and <

port

number>

is the HTTPS port number (if it has been changed).

The DRAC 4

window appears.