Users Guide

ManualsBrandsDell ManualsActive System ManageriDRAC6 for Blade Servers Version 2.1

14 Contents

Configuring Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Running Virtual Media

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Disconnecting Virtual Media

. . . . . . . . . . . 235

Booting From Virtual Media

. . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Installing Operating Systems

Using Virtual Media

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Using Virtual Media When the

Server’s Operating System Is Running

. . . . . . 236

Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

15 Using the RACADM

Command Line Interface

. . . . . . . . . . . . 241

RACADM Subcommands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Supported RACADM Interfaces

. . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Using local RACADM Commands

. . . . . . . . . . . 246

Using the RACADM Utility to

Configure iDRAC6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Displaying Current iDRAC6 Settings

. . . . . . . 247

Managing iDRAC6 Users with RACADM

. . . . . 248

Adding an iDRAC6 User

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Enabling an iDRAC6 User

With Permissions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Removing an iDRAC6 User

. . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Testing E-mail Alerting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Testing iDRAC6 SNMP Trap Alert Feature

. . . . 251

Configuring iDRAC6 Network Properties

. . . . . 251

Configuring IPMI Over LAN

. . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Configuring PEF

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Configuring PET

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Configuring IP Filtering (IP Range)

. . . . . . . . 257