Dell Drac 5 User Manual

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getniccfg
 NOTE: To use the getniccfg command, you must have Log In To DRAC 5 
permission.
Table A-21 describes the setniccfg and getniccfg subcommands.
Synopsis
racadm getniccfg
Description
The getniccfg subcommand displays the current Ethernet management port 
settings.
Sample Output
The getniccfg subcommand will display an appropriate error message if the 
operation is not successful. Otherwise, on success, the output displayed in the 
following format:
NIC Enabled = 1...

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getsvctag
 NOTE: To use this command, you must have Log In To DRAC 5 permission.
Table A-22 describes the getsvctag subcommand.
Synopsis
racadm getsvctag
Description
The getsvctag subcommand displays the service tag of the host system.
Example
Type getsvctag at the command prompt. The output is displayed as 
follows: 
Y76TP0G
The command returns 0 on success and nonzero on errors.
Supported Interfaces
 Local RACADM
 Remote RACADM
 telnet/ssh/serial RACADM
Table A-22....

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racdump
 NOTE: To use this command, you must have Debug permission. 
Table A-23 describes the racdump subcommand.
Synopsis
racadm racdump
Description
The racdump subcommand provides a single command to get dump, status, 
and general DRAC 5 board information.
The following information is displayed when the racdump subcommand is 
processed:
 General system/RAC information
 Coredump
 Session information
 Process information
 Firmware build information
Supported Interfaces...

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racreset
 NOTE: To use this command, you must have Configure DRAC 5 permission. 
Table A-24 describes the racreset subcommand.
 NOTICE: When you issue a racreset subcommand, the DRAC may require up to 
one minute to return to a usable state. 
Synopsis
racadm racreset [hard | soft]
Description
The racreset subcommand issues a reset to the DRAC 5. The reset event is 
written into the DRAC 5 log.
A hard reset performs a deep reset operation on the RAC. A hard reset should 
only...

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Examples
racadm racreset
Start the DRAC 5 soft reset sequence.
racadm racreset hard
Start the DRAC 5 hard reset sequence.
Supported Interfaces

 Remote RACADM
 telnet/ssh/serial RACADM
racresetcfg
 NOTE: To use this command, you must have Configure DRAC 5 permission. 
Table A-26 describes the racresetcfg subcommand.
Synopsis
racadm racresetcfg
Supported Interfaces

 Remote RACADM
 telnet/ssh/serial RACADM
Table A-26. racresetcfg
Subcommand Definition
racresetcfg  Resets the...

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Description
The racresetcfg command removes all database property entries that have 
been configured by the user. The database has default properties for all 
entries that are used to restore the card back to its original default settings. 
After resetting the database properties, the DRAC 5 resets automatically.
 NOTICE: This command deletes your current RAC configuration and resets the 
RAC and serial configuration to the original default settings. After reset, the default...

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Output
The serveraction subcommand displays an error message if the requested 
operation could not be performed, or a success message if the operation 
completed successfully.
Supported Interfaces

 Remote RACADM
 telnet/ssh/serial RACADM
getraclog
 NOTE: To use this command, you must have Log In DRAC 5 permission. 
Table A-29 describes the racadm getraclog command.
Table A-28. serveraction Subcommand Options
String Definition
Specifies the action. The options for the...

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Synopsis
racadm getraclog -i 
racadm getraclog [-A] [-o] [-c 
count] [-s start-
record
] [-m]
Description
The getraclog -i command displays the number of entries in the DRAC 5 log.
The following options allow the getraclog command to read entries:
-A — Displays the output with no headers or labels.

-c — Provides the maximum count of entries to be returned.

-m — Displays one screen of information at a time and prompts the user 
to continue (similar to the UNIX 
more...

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clrraclog
 NOTE: To use this command, you must have Clear Logs permission.
Synopsis
racadm clrraclog
Description
The clrraclog subcommand removes all existing records from the RAC log. 
A new single record is created to record the date and time when the log was 
cleared.
getsel
 NOTE: To use this command, you must have Log In To DRAC 5 permission.
Table A-30 describes the getsel command.
Synopsis
racadm getsel -i
racadm getsel [-E] [-R] [-A] [-o] [-c 
count] [-s 
count]...

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-s — Specifies the starting record used for the display
-E — Places the 16 bytes of raw SEL at the end of each line of output as a 
sequence of hex values.
-R — Only the raw data is printed.
-m — Displays one screen at a time and prompts the user to continue (similar 
to the UNIX more command).
 NOTE: If no arguments are specified, the entire log is displayed. 
Output
The default output display shows the record number, timestamp, severity, 
and description.
For example:...