Reference Guide

Introduction

This document provides information about the RACADM subcommands, supported RACADM interfaces, and property

database groups and object definitions for the following:

• iDRAC Enterprise or Express for Blade Servers

• iDRAC Enterprise or Express on Rack and Tower Servers

• Dell Chassis System (CMC)

NOTE: In this version of RACADM, the Linux shell features such as ctrl+d, home, del, and end shortcut keys are not

supported.

New in This Release

For iDRAC version 1.55.55, a new option is included in lclog subcommand that helps to view configuration results.

Supported RACADM Interfaces

The RACADM command-line utility provides a scriptable interface that allows you to locally configure or remotely

configure your Remote Access Controller (RAC). The utility runs on the management station and the managed system. It

is available on the

Dell OpenManage Systems Management and Documentation

DVD or at support.dell.com.

The RACADM utility supports the following interfaces:

• Local — Supports running RACADM commands from the managed server’s operating system. To run local RACADM

commands, install the OpenManage software on the managed server. Only one instance of Local RACADM can be

executed on a system at a time. If you try to open another instance, an error message is displayed and the second

instance of Local RACADM closes immediately. To download the local RACADM tool from support.dell.com, select

Drivers and Downloads, select a server, and then select Systems Management → Dell Toolkit.

• SSH or Telnet — Also known as Firmware RACADM. Firmware RACADM is accessible by logging in to iDRAC7 using

SSH or Telnet. You do not have to specify the iDRAC7 IP, user name or password to run Firmware RACADM

commands. Similar to Local RACADM, at the RACADM prompt, directly run the commands without the RACADM

prefix.

• Remote — Supports running RACADM commands from a remote management station such as a laptop or desktop.

To run Remote RACADM commands, install the DRAC Tools utility from the OpenManage software on the remote

computer. To run Remote RACADM commands:

– Formulate the command as a Local or SSH/Telnet RACADM command.

– In addition, specify –r –i options or the –r –u –p options.

For more information about the options, see RACADM Subcommand Details. To download the local RACADM tool

from support.dell.com, select Drivers and Downloads, select a server, and then select Systems Management →

DRAC Tools.

RACADM Syntax Usage

The following section describes the syntax usage for Local, SSH/Telnet, and Remote RACADM.