Users Guide
• You log in to iDRAC with Configure User privilege.
• Default password warning feature is enabled.
• Credentials for any currently enabled account are root/calvin.
A warning message is also displayed when you log in to iDRAC using SSH, Telnet, remote RACADM, or the Web interface. For Web
interface, SSH, and Telnet, a single warning message is displayed for each session. For remote RACADM, the warning message is
displayed for each command.
Related tasks
Enabling or Disabling Default Password Warning Message
Changing Default Login Password Using Web Interface
When you log in to iDRAC Web interface, if the Default Password Warning page is displayed, you can change the password. To do this:
1. Select the Change Default Password option.
2. In the New Password field, enter the new password.
The maximum characters for the password are 20. The characters are masked. The following characters are supported:
• 0-9
• A-Z
• a-z
• Special characters: +, &, ?, >, -, }, |, ., !, (, ', ,, _,[, ", @, #, ), *, ;, $, ], /, §, %, =, <, :, {, I, \
3. In the Confirm Password field, enter the password again.
4. Click Continue. The new password is configured and you are logged in to iDRAC.
NOTE:
Continue is enabled only if the passwords entered in the New Password and Confirm Password fields match.
For information about the other fields, see the iDRAC Online Help.
Changing Default Login Password Using RACADM
To change the password, run the following RACADM command:
racadm set iDRAC.Users.<index>.Password <Password>
where, <index> is a value from 1 to 16 (indicates the user account) and <password> is the new user—defined password.
For more information, see the iDRAC8 RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide.
Changing Default Login Password Using iDRAC Settings
Utility
To change the default login password using iDRAC Settings Utility:
1. In the iDRAC Settings utility, go to User Configuration.
The iDRAC Settings.User Configuration page is displayed.
2. In the Change Password field, enter the new password.
3. Click Back, click Finish, and then click Yes.
The details are saved.
Enabling or Disabling Default Password Warning
Message
You can enable or disable the display of the default password warning message. To do this, you must have Configure Users privilege.
Logging into iDRAC
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