Users Guide

Performing a remote iDRAC hard reset
This section explains the steps to perform a remote iDRAC hard reset for a device discovered thorugh iSM using WMI.
To reset the iDRAC remotely, you must first ensure that you have administrative privileges on the host OS.
To reset the iDRAC remotely, perform the following steps:
1. Launch the OpsMgr console and click Monitoring.
2. Click Dell → State Views → Servers (iSM).
The state details are displayed and the servers discovered though iSM using WMI are listed in the right pane.
3. Select a server for which you want to reset the iDRAC remotely.
4. From the list of Dell Server Tasks displayed in the right pane, click iDRAC Hard Reset.
The Run Task - iDRAC Hard Reset window is displayed.
5. Click Run to confirm.
The Task Status - iDRAC Hard Reset window is displayed with the status of the reset.
6. Click Close.
The iDRAC has been remotely reset successfully.
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