Users Guide

Accessing iDRAC using remote RACADM

You can use remote RACADM to access iDRAC using RACADM utility.

For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM CLI Guide available at www.dell.com/idracmanuals.

If the management station has not stored the iDRAC’s SSL certificate in its default certificate storage, a warning message is displayed

when you run the RACADM command. However, the command is executed successfully.

NOTE: The iDRAC certificate is the certificate iDRAC sends to the RACADM client to establish the secure session. This

certificate is either issued by a CA or self-signed. In either case, if the management station does not recognize the CA

or signing authority, a warning is displayed.

Validating CA certificate to use remote RACADM on Linux

Before running remote RACADM commands, validate the CA certificate that is used for secure communications.

To validate the certificate for using remote RACADM:

1. Convert the certificate in DER format to PEM format (using openssl command-line tool):

openssl x509 -inform pem -in [yourdownloadedderformatcert.crt] –outform pem -out

[outcertfileinpemformat.pem] –text

2. Find the location of the default CA certificate bundle on the management station. For example, for RHEL5 64 bit, it is /etc/pki/tls/

cert.pem.

3. Append the PEM formatted CA certificate to the management station CA certificate.

For example, use the cat command: cat testcacert.pem >> cert.pem

4. Generate and upload the server certificate to iDRAC.

Accessing iDRAC using local RACADM

For information to access iDRAC using local RACADM, see the iDRAC RACADM CLI Guide available at www.dell.com/idracmanuals.

Accessing iDRAC using firmware RACADM

You can use SSH or Telnet interfaces to access iDRAC and run firmware RACADM commands. For more information, see the iDRAC

RACADM CLI Guide available at www.dell.com/idracmanuals.

Viewing system health

Before you perform a task or trigger an event, you can use RACADM to check if the system is in a suitable state. To view the remote

service status from RACADM, use the getremoteservicesstatus command.

Logging in to iDRAC