Dell Drac 5 User Guide

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• value bit 3 – 1 = power cycle; 0 = no power cycle
•
 value bit 4 – 1 = power reduction; 0 = no power reduction
For example, to enable PEF to reboot the system, type the following 
command:
racadm config -g cfgIpmiPef -o cfgIpmiPefAction -i 
1 2
where 1 is the PEF index and 2 is the PEF action to reboot.
Configuring PET
Configuring PET Using the Web User Interface
1Login to the remote system using a supported Web browser. See 
Accessing the Web-Based Interface on page...

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Configuring PET Using RACADM CLI
1Enable your global alerts.
Open a command prompt, type the following command, and press 
:
racadm config -g cfgIpmiLan -o 
cfgIpmiLanAlertEnable 1
2
Enable PET.
At the command prompt, type the following commands and press 
 after each command:
racadm config -g cfgIpmiPet -o 
cfgIpmiPetAlertEnable -i 1 1
where 1 and 1 are the PET destination index and the enable/disable 
selection, respectively.
The PET destination index can be a value...

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Configuring E-Mail Alerts
Configuring E-mail Alerts Using the Web User Interface
1Login to the remote system using a supported Web browser. 
See Accessing the Web-Based Interface on page 48.
2Ensure that you followed the procedures in Configuring PEF Using the 
Web User Interface on page 259.
3Configure your e-mail alert settings.
aIn the Alert Management tab, click Email Alert Settings.
bUnder SMTP (Email) Server Address settings, configure the SMTP 
(Email) Server IP...

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Configuring E-Mail Alerts Using RACADM CLI
1Enable your global alerts.
Open a command prompt, type the following command, and press 
:
racadm config -g cfgIpmiLan -o 
cfgIpmiLanAlertEnable 1
2
Enable e-mail alerts.
At the command prompt, type the following commands and press 
 after each command:
racadm config -g cfgEmailAlert -o 
cfgEmailAlertEnable -i 1 1
where 1 and 1 are the e-mail destination index and the enable/disable 
selection, respectively.
The e-mail...

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Testing e-mail Alerting
The RAC e-mail alerting feature allows users to receive e-mail alerts when a 
critical event occurs on the managed system. The following example shows 
how to test the e-mail alerting feature to ensure that the RAC can properly 
send out e-mail alerts across the network.
racadm testemail -i 2
 NOTE: Ensure that the SMTP and Email Alert settings are configured before testing 
the e-mail alerting feature. See Configuring E-Mail Alerts on page 263...

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You can change the DRAC 5 community name using RACADM.   
To see the DRAC 5 community name, use the following command:
racadm getconfig -g cfgOobSnmp
To set the DRAC 5 community name, use the following command: 
racadm config -g cfgOobSnmp -o 
cfgOobSnmpAgentCommunity 
To prevent SNMP authentication traps from being generated, you must enter 
community names that will be accepted by the agent. Since the DRAC 5 only 
allows one community name, you must use the same get...

Configuring Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)267
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Configuring Intelligent Platform 
Management Interface (IPMI)
Configuring IPMI
This section provides information about configuring and using the DRAC 5 
IPMI interface. The interface includes the following:
• IPMI over LAN
• IPMI over Serial
•Serial over LAN
The DRAC 5 is fully IPMI 2.0 compliant. You can configure the DRAC 
IPMI using:
•your browser
• an open source utility, such as 
ipmitool
• the Dell OpenManage IPMI shell, ipmish...

268Configuring Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
cIn the Network Configuration page under IPMI LAN Settings, 
select
Enable IPMI Over LAN and click Apply Changes.
dUpdate the IPMI LAN channel privileges, if required. 
 NOTE: This setting determines the IPMI commands that can be executed 
from the IPMI over LAN interface. For more information, see the IPMI 2.0 
specifications.
Under IPMI LAN Settings, click the Channel Privilege Level Limit 
drop-down menu, select 
Administrator, Operator,...

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4Configure IPMI Serial.
aIn the Configuration tab, click Serial.
bIn the Serial Configuration menu, change the IPMI serial connection 
mode to the appropriate setting.
Under 
IPMI Serial, click the Connection Mode Setting drop-down 
menu, select the appropriate mode.
cSet the IPMI Serial baud rate.
Click the
 Baud Rate drop-down menu, select the appropriate baud 
rate, and click 
Apply Changes.
dSet the Channel Privilege Level Limit.
Click...

270Configuring Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
Configuring IPMI Using the RACADM CLI
1Login to the remote system using any of the RACADM interfaces. 
See Using RACADM Remotely on page 78.
2Configure IPMI over LAN.
Open a command prompt, type the following command, and press 
:
racadm config -g cfgIpmiLan -o cfgIpmiLanEnable 1
 NOTE: This setting determines the IPMI commands that can be executed from the 
IPMI over LAN interface. For more information, see the IPMI 2.0 specifications.
a...