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 for Blade Servers

• iDRAC on Rack and Tower Servers

Most of the commands mentioned in this document are applicable for multi-generation servers. That is,

the commands are applicable for iDRAC6, iDRAC7, and iDRAC8. For more information on the commands

applicable for a particular iDRAC version, see the iDRAC RACADM Support Matrix available at dell.com/

esmmanuals.

NOTE:

• From iDRAC version 2.00.00.00, the guide provides information specific to iDRAC. For

information specific to Chassis Management Controller (CMC) M1000e, refer to Chassis

Management Controller M1000e Version 5.0 RACADM Command Line Reference Guide

available at dell.com/support/manuals.

• The appendix section in the guide provides:

– List of deprecated subcommands.

– List of legacy groups and objects with the equivalent new groups and objects.

What’s New in This Release

• Added support for firmware update of SAS hard disk drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD).

• Added support to display RDMA statistics.

• Added support for monitoring and inventorying Half-Height Half-Length (HHHL) PCIe SSD cards.

• Added NoReboot option to the set command for configuring XML files.

• Added System.ThermalSettings.ThirdPartyPCIFanResponse attribute to enable or disable the

automatic fan speed feature when a third-party PCI card is inserted in the system.

Supported RACADM Interfaces

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

remotely configure your iDRAC. 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.