Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- iDRAC 8/7 v2.40.40.40 User’s Guide
- Overview
- Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
- Key features
- New in this release
- How to use this user's guide
- Supported web browsers
- Managing licenses
- Licensed features in iDRAC7 and iDRAC8
- Interfaces and protocols to access iDRAC
- iDRAC port information
- Other documents you may need
- Social media reference
- Contacting Dell
- Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site
- Logging in to iDRAC
- Logging in to iDRAC as local user, Active Directory user, or LDAP user
- Logging in to iDRAC using a smart card
- Logging in to iDRAC using Single Sign-On
- Accessing iDRAC using remote RACADM
- Accessing iDRAC using local RACADM
- Accessing iDRAC using firmware RACADM
- Accessing iDRAC using SMCLP
- Logging in to iDRAC using public key authentication
- Multiple iDRAC sessions
- Changing default login password
- Enabling or disabling default password warning message
- Invalid password credentials
- Setting up managed system and management station
- Setting up iDRAC IP address
- Setting up management station
- Setting up managed system
- Configuring supported web browsers
- Configuring Internet Explorer
- Configuring Mozilla Firefox
- Configuring web browsers to use virtual console
- Viewing localized versions of web interface
- Updating device firmware
- Updating firmware using iDRAC web interface
- Updating device firmware using RACADM
- Scheduling automatic firmware updates
- Updating firmware using CMC web interface
- Updating firmware using DUP
- Updating firmware using remote RACADM
- Updating firmware using Lifecycle Controller Remote Services
- Updating CMC firmware from iDRAC
- Viewing and managing staged updates
- Rolling back device firmware
- Backing up server profile
- Importing server profile
- Monitoring iDRAC using other Systems Management tools
- Configuring iDRAC
- Viewing iDRAC information
- Modifying network settings
- FIPS mode
- Configuring services
- Using VNC client to manage remote server
- Configuring front panel display
- Configuring time zone and NTP
- Setting first boot device
- Enabling or disabling OS to iDRAC Pass-through
- Obtaining certificates
- Configuring multiple iDRACs using RACADM
- Disabling access to modify iDRAC configuration settings on host system
- Viewing iDRAC and managed system information
- Viewing managed system health and properties
- Viewing system inventory
- Viewing sensor information
- Monitoring performance index of CPU, memory, and I/O modules
- Checking the system for fresh air compliance
- Viewing historical temperature data
- Viewing network interfaces available on host OS
- Viewing FlexAddress mezzanine card fabric connections
- Viewing or terminating iDRAC sessions
- Setting up iDRAC communication
- Communicating with iDRAC through serial connection using DB9 cable
- Configuring BIOS for serial connection
- Enabling RAC serial connection
- Enabling IPMI serial connection basic and terminal modes
- Switching between RAC serial and serial console while using DB9 cable
- Communicating with iDRAC using IPMI SOL
- Communicating with iDRAC using IPMI over LAN
- Enabling or disabling remote RACADM
- Disabling local RACADM
- Enabling IPMI on managed system
- Configuring Linux for serial console during boot
- Supported SSH cryptography schemes
- Communicating with iDRAC through serial connection using DB9 cable
- Configuring user accounts and privileges
- Recommended characters in user names and passwords
- Configuring local users
- Configuring Active Directory users
- Prerequisites for using Active Directory authentication for iDRAC
- Supported Active Directory authentication mechanisms
- Standard schema Active Directory overview
- Configuring Standard schema Active Directory
- Extended schema Active Directory overview
- Configuring Extended schema Active Directory
- Extending Active Directory schema
- Installing Dell extension to the Active Directory users and computers snap-in
- Adding iDRAC users and privileges to Active Directory
- Configuring Active Directory with Extended schema using iDRAC web interface
- Configuring Active Directory with Extended schema using RACADM
- Testing Active Directory settings
- Configuring generic LDAP users
- Configuring iDRAC for Single Sign-On or smart card login
- Prerequisites for Active Directory Single Sign-On or smart card login
- Configuring iDRAC SSO login for Active Directory users
- Configuring iDRAC smart card login for local users
- Configuring iDRAC smart card login for Active Directory users
- Enabling or disabling smart card login
- Configuring iDRAC to send alerts
- Enabling or disabling alerts
- Filtering alerts
- Setting event alerts
- Setting alert recurrence event
- Setting event actions
- Configuring email alert, SNMP trap, or IPMI trap settings
- Configuring WS Eventing
- Configuring Redfish Eventing
- Monitoring chassis events
- Alerts message IDs
- Managing logs
- Monitoring and managing power
- Inventorying, monitoring, and configuring network devices
- Inventorying and monitoring network devices
- Inventorying and monitoring FC HBA devices
- Dynamic configuration of virtual addresses, initiator, and storage target settings
- Supported cards for I/O Identity Optimization
- Supported NIC firmware versions for I/O Identity Optimization
- Virtual/Flex Address and Persistence Policy behavior when iDRAC is set to Flex Address mode or Console mode
- System behavior for FlexAddress and I/O Identity
- Enabling or disabling I/O Identity Optimization
- Configuring persistence policy settings
- Managing storage devices
- Understanding RAID concepts
- Supported controllers
- Supported enclosures
- Summary of supported features for storage devices
- Inventorying and monitoring storage devices
- Viewing storage device topology
- Managing physical disks
- Managing virtual disks
- Managing controllers
- Configuring controller properties
- Importing or auto importing foreign configuration
- Clearing foreign configuration
- Resetting controller configuration
- Switching the controller mode
- 12 Gbps SAS HBA adapter operations
- Monitoring predictive failure analysis on drives
- Controller operations in non-RAID (HBA) mode
- Running RAID configuration jobs on multiple storage controllers
- Managing PCIe SSDs
- Managing enclosures or backplanes
- Choosing operation mode to apply settings
- Viewing and applying pending operations
- Storage devices — apply operation scenarios
- Blinking or unblinking component LEDs
- Configuring and using virtual console
- Supported screen resolutions and refresh rates
- Configuring virtual console
- Previewing virtual console
- Launching virtual console
- Using virtual console viewer
- HTML5 based virtual console
- Synchronizing mouse pointers
- Passing all keystrokes through virtual console for Java or ActiveX plug-in
- Managing virtual media
- Installing and using VMCLI utility
- Managing vFlash SD card
- Configuring vFlash SD card
- Managing vFlash partitions
- Using SMCLP
- Using iDRAC Service Module
- Using USB port for server management
- Using iDRAC Quick Sync
- Deploying operating systems
- Troubleshooting managed system using iDRAC
- Using diagnostic console
- Viewing post codes
- Viewing boot and crash capture videos
- Viewing logs
- Viewing last system crash screen
- Viewing front panel status
- Hardware trouble indicators
- Viewing system health
- Generating SupportAssist Collection
- Checking server status screen for error messages
- Restarting iDRAC
- Erasing system and user data
- Resetting iDRAC to factory default settings
- Frequently asked questions
- Use case scenarios
- Troubleshooting an inaccessible managed system
- Obtaining system information and assess system health
- Setting up alerts and configuring email alerts
- Viewing and exporting Lifecycle log and System Event Log
- Interfaces to update iDRAC firmware
- Performing graceful shutdown
- Creating new administrator user account
- Launching server's remote console and mounting a USB drive
- Installing bare metal OS using attached virtual media and remote file share
- Managing rack density
- Installing new electronic license
- Applying I/O Identity configuration settings for multiple network cards in single host system reboot
Viewing and managing staged updates
You can view and delete the scheduled jobs including configuration and update jobs. This is a licensed feature. All jobs queued to
run during the next reboot can be deleted.
Related tasks
Updating device firmware on page 62
Viewing and managing staged updates using iDRAC web interface
To view the list of scheduled jobs using iDRAC web interface, go to Overview > Server > Job Queue. The Job Queue page
displays the status of jobs in the Lifecycle Controller job queue. For information about the displayed fields, see the iDRAC Online
Help.
To delete job(s), select the job(s) and click Delete. The page is refreshed and the selected job is removed from the Lifecycle
Controller job queue. You can delete all the jobs queued to run during the next reboot. You cannot delete active jobs, that is,
jobs with the status Running or Downloading.
You must have Server Control privilege to delete jobs.
Viewing and managing staged updates using RACADM
To view the staged updates using RACADM, use jobqueue sub-command. For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM
Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
Rolling back device firmware
You can roll back the firmware for iDRAC or any device that Lifecycle Controller supports, even if the upgrade was previously
performed using another interface. For example, if the firmware was upgraded using the Lifecycle Controller GUI, you can roll
back the firmware using the iDRAC web interface. You can perform firmware rollback for multiple devices with one system
reboot.
On Dell’s 13
th
generation PowerEdge servers that have a single iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller firmware, rolling back the iDRAC
firmware also rolls back the Lifecycle Controller firmware. However, on a 12
th
generation PowerEdge server with firmware
version 2.xx.xx.xx, rolling back iDRAC to a previous version such as 1.xx.xx does not roll back the Lifecycle Controller firmware
version. It is recommended that you roll back Lifecycle Controller to a previous version after rolling back iDRAC.
NOTE:
On a 12th generation of PowerEdge server with firmware version 2.10.10.10, you cannot roll back Lifecycle
Controller to 1.xx.xx without rolling back iDRAC. Roll back iDRAC first to 1.xx.xx version and only then can you roll back
Lifecycle Controller.
It is recommended to keep the firmware updated to ensure you have the latest features and security updates. You may need
to rollback an update or install an earlier version if you encounter any issues after an update. To install an earlier version, use
Lifecycle Controller to check for updates and select the version you want to install.
You can perform firmware rollback for the following components:
● iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
● BIOS
● Network Interface Card (NIC)
● Power Supply Unit (PSU)
● RAID Controller
● Backplane
NOTE: You cannot perform firmware rollback for Diagnostics, Driver Packs, and CPLD.
Before rolling back the firmware, make sure that:
● You have Configure privilege to roll back iDRAC firmware.
● You have Server Control privilege and have enabled Lifecycle Controller to roll back firmware for any other device other than
the iDRAC.
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Setting up managed system and management station