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Reset DELL idrac using SSH

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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>
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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.