Users Guide

Validating CA certicate to use remote RACADM on Linux

Before running remote RACADM commands, validate the CA certicate that is used for secure communications.

To validate the certicate for using remote RACADM:

1 Convert the certicate in DER format to PEM format (using openssl command-line tool):

openssl x509 -inform pem -in [yourdownloadedderformatcert.crt] –outform pem -out

[outcertfileinpemformat.pem] –text

2 Find the location of the default CA certicate bundle on the management station. For example, for RHEL5 64 bit, it is /etc/pki/tls/

cert.pem.

3 Append the PEM formatted CA certicate to the management station CA certicate.

For example, use the cat command: cat testcacert.pem >> cert.pem

4 Generate and upload the server certicate to iDRAC.

Accessing iDRAC using local RACADM

For information to access iDRAC using local RACADM, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at

dell.com/idracmanuals.

Accessing iDRAC using rmware RACADM

You can use SSH or Telnet interfaces to access iDRAC and run rmware RACADM commands. For more information, see the iDRAC

RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.

Accessing iDRAC using SMCLP

SMCLP is the default command line prompt when you log in to iDRAC using Telnet or SSH. For more information, see Using SMCLP.

Logging in to iDRAC using public key authentication

You can log into the iDRAC 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 since the session ends after the command

is completed.

For example:

Logging in:

ssh username@<domain>

ssh username@<IP_address>

where IP_address is the IP address of the iDRAC.

Sending RACADM commands:

ssh username@<domain> racadm getversion

ssh username@<domain> racadm getsel