Reset DELL idrac using SSH
How to reboot an DELL idrac when web page refuse access:
Connect to idrac IP using ssh with the password refused by web page
$ ssh root@192.168.0.120 root@192.168.0.120's password:
The magic DELL tool is here : radadm
/admin1-> racadm =============================================================================== RACADM version 1.80 (Build 17) Copyright (c) 2003-2010 Dell, Inc. All Rights Reserved =============================================================================== RACADM usage syntax: racadm <subcommand> <options> Examples: racadm getsysinfo racadm getsysinfo -d racadm getniccfg racadm setniccfg -d racadm setniccfg -s 192.168.0.120 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 racadm getconfig -g cfgLanNetworking Display a list of available subcommands for the RAC: racadm help Display more detailed help for a specific subcommand: racadm help <subcommand> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
So to reboot :
/admin1-> racadm racreset soft RAC reset operation initiated successfully. It may take up to a minute for the RAC to come back online again. /admin1-> Connection to 192.168.0.120 closed by remote host. Connection to 192.168.0.120 closed.