Dell Drac 5 User Manual

Basic Installation of the DRAC 541
2Run the following racadm command:
racadm -pud c:\downloads\ 
You can also update the firmware using remote racadm.
For example:
racadm -r  U  -p 
<
password> fwupdate -p -u -d  
where path is the location where you saved firmimg.d5 on the managed 
system.
Updating the DRAC 5 Firmware Using Dell Update Packages for 
Supported Windows and Linux Operating Systems
Download and run the Dell Update Packages for supported Windows and 
Linux operating systems from 
Dell...

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4Under Local Area Network (LAN) settings, click LAN Settings.
5If the Use a proxy server box is selected, select the Bypass proxy server for 
local addresses
 box.
6Click OK twice.
List of Trusted Domains
When you access the DRAC 5 Web-based interface through the Web 
browser, you are prompted to add the DRAC 5 IP address to the list of trusted 
domains if the IP address is missing from the list. When completed, click 
Refresh or relaunch the Web browser to reestablish...

Basic Installation of the DRAC 543
To view a localized version of the DRAC 5 Web-based interface in Internet 
Explorer:
1
Click the To o l s menu and select Internet Options.
2In the Internet Options window, click Languages.
3In the Language Preference window, click Add.
4In the Add Language window, select a supported language.
To select more than one language, press .
5Select your preferred language and click Move Up to move the language to 
the top of the list.
6Click OK.
7In the Language Preference...

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3If the values include “zh_CN.UTF-8”, no changes are required. If the 
values do not include “zh_CN.UTF-8”, go to step 4.
4Navigate to the /etc/sysconfig/i18n file. 
5In the file, apply the following changes: 
Current entry:
LANG=zh_CN.GB18030
SUPPORTED=zh_CN.GB18030:zh_CH.GB2312:zh_CN:zh
Updated entry:
LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8
SUPPORTED=zh_CN.UTF-
8:zh_CN.GB18030:zh_CH.GB2312:zh_CN:zh
6
Log out and then login to the operating system.
7Relaunch the DRAC 5.
When you switch from...

Advanced Configuration of the DRAC 545
Advanced Configuration of the 
DRAC 5
This section provides information about advanced DRAC 5 configuration and 
is recommended for users with advanced knowledge of systems management 
and who want to customize the DRAC environment to suit their specific 
needs.
Before You Begin
You should have completed the basic installation and setup of your DRAC 5 
hardware and software. See Basic Installation of the DRAC 5 for more 
information.
Configuring DRAC 5 Properties...

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Accessing the Web-Based Interface
To access the DRAC 5 Web-based interface:
1
Open a supported Web browser window.
See Supported Web Browsers for more information.
2In the Address field, type the following and press :
https://
If the default HTTPS port number (port 443) has been changed, type:
https://: 
where IP address is the IP address for the DRAC 5 and port number 
is the HTTPS port number.
The DRAC 5 
Log in window appears.
 NOTE: When you use Internet...

Advanced Configuration of the DRAC 547
 Your Active Directory user name.
For example, <
domain>\, /, or 
<
user>@. 
Examples of an Active Directory user name are: 
dell.com\john_doe or 
[email protected]
. 
The Active Directory user name is not case sensitive. 
2In the Pa s s w o r d field, type your DRAC 5 user password or Active Directory 
user password.
This field is case sensitive.
3Click OK or press . 
Logging Out
1In the upper-right corner of the DRAC 5 Web-based interface window, 
click 
Log Out...

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Using the connect com2 Serial Command
When using the connect com2 serial command, ensure that the following are 
configured properly:
Serial Communication→ Serial Port setting in the BIOS Setup 
program.
 The DRAC configuration settings.
When a telnet session is established to the DRAC 5 and these settings are 
incorrect, connect com2 may display a blank screen.
Configuring the BIOS Setup Program for a Serial Connection on the 
Managed System
Perform the following...

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RAC Serial Interface
RAC also supports a serial console interface (or RAC Serial Console) that 
provides a RAC CLI, which is not defined by IPMI. If your system includes a 
RAC card with Serial Console enabled, the RAC card will override the IPMI 
serial settings and display the RAC CLI serial interface.
To enable the RAC serial terminal interface, set the cfgSerialConsoleEnable 
property to 1 (TRUE). 
For example:
racadm config -g cfgSerial -o...

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3If the /etc/grub.conf contains a splashimage directive, comment it out.
Table 4-2 provides a sample /etc/grub.conf file that shows the changes 
described in this procedure.
Table 4-2. Sample File: /etc/grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after 
making changes 
# to this file
# NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This 
means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative 
to /, e.g.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel...