Reference Guide

● SSH or Telnet — Also known as Firmware RACADM. Firmware RACADM is accessible by logging in to iDRAC using SSH or
Telnet. Similar to Remote 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 SSH or Telnet RACADM command.
For more information about the options, see RACADM Subcommand Details. To download the local RACADM tool from
dell.com/support, click Servers, Storage & Networking in the General Support section. Click PowerEdge, click the
required PowerEdge system, and then click Drivers & downloads.
RACADM Syntax Usage
The following section describes the syntax usage for SSH or Telnet, and Remote RACADM.
SSH, Telnet, or Remote RACADM
racadm -r <racIPAddr> -u username -p password <subcommand>
racadm -r <racIPAddr> -u username -p password getconfig -g <group name> -o <object name>
racadm <subcommand>
Example
racadm getsysinfo
racadm -r 192.168.0.2 -u username -p xxx getsysinfo
racadm -r 192.168.0.2 -u username -p xxx getconfig -g cfgchassispower
Remote RACADM
racadm -r <racIPAddr> -u <username> -p <password> <subcommand>
Example
racadm -r 192.168.0.2 -u root -p xxxx getsysinfo
Security Alert: Certificate is invalid - Certificate is not signed by Trusted Third
Party Continuing execution.
NOTE: The following command does not display a security error:
racadm -r 192.168.0.2 -u noble -p xxx getsysinfo --nocertwarn
Accessing Indexed-Based Device Groups and Objects
● To access any object, run the following syntax:
device.<group name>.[<index>].<object name>
● To display the supported indexes for a specified group, run:
racadm get device.<group name>
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