Users Guide

Table 45. Examples (continued)
CIM Interface WinRM WMIC PowerShell
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Remote iDRAC Hard Reset
By using iDRAC, you can monitor the supported servers for critical system hardware, firmware, or software issues. Sometimes, iDRAC
may become unresponsive due to various reasons. During such scenarios, you must turn off the server and reset iDRAC. To reset the
iDRAC CPU, you must either power off and power on the server or perform an AC power cycle.
By using the remote iDRAC hard reset feature, whenever iDRAC becomes unresponsive, you can perform a remote iDRAC reset operation
without an AC power cycle.. To reset the iDRAC remotely, make sure that you have administrative privileges on the host OS. By default,
the remote iDRAC hard reset feature is enabled. You can perform a remote iDRAC hard reset using iDRAC Web interface, RACADM, and
WSMAN.
NOTE: This feature is not supported on Dell PowerEdge R930 server and is supported only on Dell’s 13th generation of
PowerEdge servers and later.
Command usage
This section provides the command usages for Windows, Linux, and ESXi operating systems to perform iDRAC hard reset.
• Windows
○ Using the local Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI):
winrm i iDRACHardReset wmi/root/cimv2/dcim/DCIM_iSMService?
InstanceID=”iSMExportedFunctions”
○ Using the remote WMI interface:
winrm i iDRACHardReset wmi/root/cimv2/dcim/dcim_ismservice -u:<admin-username> -p:<admin-
passwd> -r: http://<remote-hostname OR IP>/wsman -a:Basic -encoding:utf-8 -skipCACheck –
skipCNCheck
○ Using the Windows PowerShell script with force and without force:
Invoke-iDRACHardReset –force
Invoke-iDRACHardReset
○ Using the Program Menu shortcut:
For simplicity, iSM provides a shortcut in the Program Menu of the Windows operating system. When you select the Remote
iDRAC Hard Reset option, you are prompted for a confirmation to reset the iDRAC. After you confirm, the iDRAC is reset and the
result of the operation is displayed.
NOTE:
The following warning message appears in the Event Viewer under the Application Logs category. This
warning does not require any further action.
A provider, ismserviceprovider, has been registered in the Windows Management
Instrumentation namespace Root\CIMV2\DCIM to use the LocalSystem account. This account
is privileged and the provider may cause a security violation if it does not correctly
impersonate user requests.
• Linux
iSM provides an executable command on all iSM supported Linux operating system. You can run this command by logging into the
operating system by using SSH or equivalent.
Invoke-iDRACHardReset
Invoke-iDRACHardReset –f
• ESXi
Using iDRAC Service Module
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