Dell Drac 5 User Manual

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Output
Displays a message indicating which operation is being performed.
Examples
racadm fwupdate -g -u - a 143.166.154.143 -d 

In this example, the -g option tells the firmware to download the firmware 
update file from a location (specified by the 
-d option) on the TFTP server 
at a specific IP address (specified by the 
-a option). After the image file is 
downloaded from the TFTP server, the update process begins. When 
completed, the DRAC 5 is reset. 
If the download...

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racadm fwupdate -s
This option reads the current status of the firmware update.
racadm fwupdate -p -u -d c: 
In this example, the firmware image for the update is provided by the 
host’s file system.
racadm -r 192.168.0.120 -u root -p racpassword 
fwupdate -g -u -a 192.168.0.120 -d 
In this example, RACADM is used to remotely update the firmware of a 
specified DRAC using the provided DRAC username and password. The 
image is retrieved from a TFTP server. 
 NOTE: The -p...

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Supported Interfaces

 Remote RACADM
 telnet/ssh/serial RACADM
Input
Table A-12 describes the getssninfo subcommand options.
Examples
racadm getssninfo
Table A-13 provides an example of output from the racadm getssninfo 
command.
racadm getssninfo -A
root 143.166.174.19 Telnet NONE
racadm getssninfo -A -u *
root 143.166.174.19 Telnet NONE
bob 143.166.174.19 GUI NONE
Table A-12. getssninfo Subcommand Options
Option Description
-AThe -A option eliminates the printing of data...

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getsysinfo
 NOTE: To use this command, you must have Log In To DRAC 5 permission.
Table A-14 describes the racadm getsysinfo subcommand.
Synopsis
racadm getsysinfo [-d] [-s] [-w] [-A]
Description
The getsysinfo subcommand displays information related to the RAC, 
managed system, and watchdog configuration.
Supported Interfaces
 Local RACADM
 Remote RACADM
 telnet/ssh/serial RACADM
Input
Table A-15 describes the getsysinfo subcommand options.
If the -w option is not...

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Output
The getsysinfo subcommand displays information related to the RAC, 
managed system, and watchdog configuration.
Sample Output
RAC Information:
RAC Date/Time = Thu Dec  8 20:01:33 2005
Firmware Version = 1.0
Firmware Build = 05.12.08
Last Firmware Update = Thu Dec  8 08:09:36 2005
Hardware Version = A00
Current IP Address = 192.168.0.120
Current IP Gateway = 192.168.0.1
Current IP Netmask = 255.255.255.0
DHCP Enabled = 0
MAC Address = 00:14:22:18:cd:f9
Current DNS...

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Watchdog Information:
Recovery Action = None
Present countdown value = 0 seconds
Initial countdown value = 0 seconds
Examples
racadm getsysinfo -A -s
System Information: PowerEdge 2900 A08 1.0 
EF23VQ-0023 Hostname
Microsoft Windows 2000 version 5.0, Build Number 
2195, Service Pack 2 ON
racadm getsysinfo -w -s
System Information:
System Model = PowerEdge 2900
System BIOS Version = 0.2.3
BMC Firmware Version = 0.17
Service Tag = 48192
Host Name = racdev103
OS Name =...

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getractime
 NOTE: To use this command, you must have Log In DRAC 5 permission. 
Table A-16 describes the getractime subcommand.
Synopsis
racadm getractime [-d]
Description
With no options, the getractime subcommand displays the time in a 
common readable format. 
With the -d option, getractime displays the time in the format, 
yyyymmddhhmmss.mmmmmms, which is the same format returned by the 
UNIX date command.
Output
The getractime subcommand displays the output on one...

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ifconfig
 NOTE: To use this command, you must have Execute Diagnostic Commands or 
Configure DRAC 5 permission.
Table A-17 describes the ifconfig subcommand.
Synopsis
racadm ifconfig
netstat
 NOTE: To use this command, you must have Execute Diagnostic Commands 
permission.
Table A-18 describes the netstat subcommand.
Synopsis
racadm netstat
Supported Interfaces
 Remote RACADM
 telnet/ssh/serial RACADM
Table A-17. ifconfig
Subcommand Definition
ifconfigDisplays the contents...

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ping
 NOTE: To use this command, you must have Execute Diagnostic Commands or 
Configure DRAC 5 permission.
Table A-19 describes the ping subcommand.
Synopsis
racadm ping 
Supported Interfaces
 Remote RACADM
 telnet/ssh/serial RACADM
setniccfg
 NOTE: To use the setniccfg command, you must have Configure DRAC 5 
permission.
Table A-20 describes the setniccfg subcommand.
 NOTE: The terms NIC and Ethernet management port may be used 
interchangeably. Table A-19. ping
Subcommand...

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Synopsis
racadm setniccfg -d 
racadm setniccfg -s [<
ipAddress>  ]
racadm setniccfg -o [<
ipAddress>  ]
Description
The setniccfg subcommand sets the controller IP address.
-d option enables DHCP for the Ethernet management port (default 
is DHCP enabled).

-s option enables static IP settings. The IP address, netmask, and 
gateway can be specified. Otherwise, the existing static settings are used. 
, , and  must be typed as dot-
separated strings.
racadm setniccfg -s...