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Dell™ Chassis Management

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Dell™ Chassis Management Controller Firmware Version 2.
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Contents 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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getconfig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 getdcinfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 getflexaddr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 getioinfo getkvminfo getled . getmacaddress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 getversion help and help ifconfig . krbkeytabupload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 ping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 ping6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 racdump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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sslcertdownload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 sslcertupload . sslcertview . sslcsrgen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 sslresetcfg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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cfgNicNetmask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 cfgNicGateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 cfgNicUseDhcp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 # cfgNicMacAddress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 cfgNicVLanEnable cfgNicVLanId . cfgNicVLanPriority . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 cfgDNSServer1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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. . . . . . 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 cfgCurrentIPv6LanNetworking (read only) # cfgCurrentIPv6Enabled . . . . . . 120 . . . . . . . . . . 120 # cfgCurrentIPv6Address1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 # cfgCurrentIPv6Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 # cfgCurrentIPv6AutoConfigWasUsed # cfgCurrentLinkLocalAddress . . . . 120 # cfgCurrentIPv6DNSServer1 . . . . . . . . . . . 120 # cfgCurrentIPv6DNSServer2 . . . . . . . . . . . 121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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# cfgEmailAlertIndex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 cfgEmailAlertEnable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 cfgEmailAlertAddress cfgEmailAlertEmailName . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 cfgSsnMgtWebserverTimeout . . . . . . . . . . . 129 cfgSsnMgtTelnetIdleTimeout . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 cfgSessionManagement . cfgSsnMgtSshIdleTimeout cfgSsnMgtRacadmTimeout . cfgSerial . . . . .
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cfgTrapsEnable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cfgTrapsAlertDestIpAddr . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 cfgTrapsCommunityName . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 cfgRacTuning . cfgRacTuneRemoteRacadmEnable . . . . . . . . 136 . . . . . . . . . . 137 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 cfgRacTuneWebserverEnable cfgRacTuneHttpPort cfgRacTuneHttpsPort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 cfgRacTuneTelnetPort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 . . . . . .
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cfgADSSOEnable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 cfgADRacDomain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 cfgADRootDomain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 cfgADRacName. cfgADAuthTimeout cfgADType cfgADSpecifyServerEnable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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# cfgChassisInPowerServerAllocation . . . . . . # cfgChassisInfrastructureInPowerAllocation . # cfgChassisTotalInPowerAvailable . 149 . . . . . . . 149 # cfgChassisStandbyInPowerCapacity . # cfgChassisPowerClear . . . . . 149 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 . . . . . . . 149 . . . . . . . . . 149 . . . . . . 150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 # cfgChassisPowerClearTimestamp cfgChassisPowerButtonEnable .
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 cfgKVMFrontPanelEnable cfgAlerting . cfgAlertingEnable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 . . . . . . . . . . . 156 cfgAlertingFilterMask cfgAlertingSourceEmailName 4 Using the LCD Panel Interface LCD Navigation Main Menu 157 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contents
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Overview The Dell™ Chassis Management Controller (CMC) is a hot-pluggable systems management hardware and software solution designed to provide remote management capabilities and power control functions for Dell M1000e chassis systems.
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• Documentation specific to your third-party management console application. • The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator’s User’s Guide provides information about installing and using Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator. • The Dell Update Packages User's Guide provides information about obtaining and using Dell Update Packages as part of your system update strategy.
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RACADM Subcommands "?" and "? " NOTE: To use this subcommand, you must have CMC Login User privilege. Description ? lists all of the subcommands you can use with the racadm command and a one-line description of each subcommand. ? displays the syntax for the specified command. NOTE: You can also use the help and help commands to obtain the same information.
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setniccfg setractime setslotname setsysinfo sslcertview sslcsrgen testemail testfeature testtrap traceroute traceroute6 ------------ modify network configuration properties set the time on the CMC sets the name of the slot in the chassis set the chassis name and chassis location display a CA/server certificate in the CMC generate a certificate CSR from the CMC test CMC e-mail notifications test CMC feature x test CMC SNMP trap notifications determine the route of a packet determine the route of a packet
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143.166.152.113 ether 00:15:C5:48:9C:1D C eth0 chassisaction NOTE: To use this subcommand, you must have Chassis Control Administrator privilege. Description Executes a power action on the chassis, iKVM, or a server. Usage racadm chassisaction [-m ] Options Table 2-1 describes chassisaction subcommand options. Table 2-1. Option chassisaction Subcommand Options Description -m Specifies the module on which you want the action carried out.
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Example • Perform a reset of switch-3. racadm chassisaction -m switch-3 reset Module power operation successful. clrraclog NOTE: To use this subcommand, you must have Clear Logs Administrator privilege. Description Removes all existing records from the CMC log. A new log entry is added to record the date and time when the log was cleared, and the user who cleared the log. NOTE: To view the CMC log, use getraclog.
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Usage racadm clrsel [-m ] Options Table 2-2. clrsel Subcommand Options Option Description -m The value of can be server-n where the value of n is from 1–16. Output The SEL was cleared successfully. Example • Clear the CMC SEL log racadm clrsel • Clear the SEL log on server 1 racadm clrsel -m server-1 cmcchangeover NOTE: To use this subcommand, you must have Administrator privilege.
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Output CMC failover initiated successfully. config NOTE: To use this subcommand, you must have Chassis Configuration Administrator privilege. Description Sets the CMC configuration parameters individually or in a batch as part of a configuration file. If the data is different, that CMC object is written with the new value. Sets the iDRAC configuration parameters with the -m option.
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Table 2-3. config Subcommand Options (continued) Option Description -m Specifies the module you want to configure. Legal value is server-n, where n=1–16. Indicates the value that you want to set for the specified object. While specifying , the following rules apply: • The following four characters must be escaped with a \ (backslash) character: $ " ` \ (dollar sign, double quote, back quote, backslash). • A single quote (’) cannot be used.
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Table 2-4.
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The config subcommand returns an indication of whether the object value was modified successfully. Through remote RACADM only, the config subcommand returns an indication of the number of configuration objects that were written out of the total number of objects in the .cfg file. Examples • Set the cfgNicIpAddress configuration property (object) to the value 10.35.10.110. This IP address object is contained in the group cfgLanNetworking (see "cfgLanNetworking" on page 111).
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connect Description Connects to the switch or blade serial console. NOTE: You cannot use this subcommand with remote RACADM. Usage • racadm connect [-b] • racadm connect [-b] Options Table 2-5 describes the connect subcommand options. Table 2-5. connect Subcommand Options Option Description -b Connects to the switch or console using the binary mode. This is an optional argument that requires a server or a switch option. server-n or switch-n Server or switch to connect to.
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NOTE: You can also use setniccfg to configure static IP address, subnet mask, and gateway, as well as DHCP, speed, and duplex properties. For more information, see "setniccfg" on page 90. Usage • racadm deploy -m -u root -p -s -b -o • racadm deploy -m -u root -p -s -6 -b -o NOTE: must be a number between 0 and 128.
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Table 2-6. deploy Subcommand Options Option Description -u root Indicates that the will be supplied for the root user on the server. root is a constant parameter, the only value that is valid with the -u option. -m Specifies the server you want to configure. Legal values: server-n, where n=1–16 -p Specifies the password for the root user on the server.
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ERROR: Server in slot 9 is an extension of the server in slot 1. • racadm deploy -m server-7 -u root -p calvin -s -6 ::/64 :: 10 feature NOTE: To use this subcommand to deactivate FlexAddress™, you must have Chassis Configuration Administrator privilege. A user with login privileges can view status only. Description Displays all active chassis features. The information displayed includes feature name, date activated, and the serial number of the SD card used to activate the feature.
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feature FlexAddress is deactivated on the chassis successfully • racadm feature -s Feature = FlexAddress Date Activated = 8 April 2008 - 10:39:40 Feature installed from SD card SN = 01122334455 featurecard NOTE: To use this subcommand, you must have Chassis Configuration Administrator privilege. Description Verifies proper SD card installation and displays the SD card status. Table 2-8 lists the status messages returned by the command.
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. Table 2-8. Status Messages Returned by featurecard -s Command Status Message Actions No feature card inserted. Check the CMC to verify that the SD card was properly inserted. In a redundant CMC configuration, make sure the CMC with the SD feature card installed is the active CMC and not the standby CMC. The feature card inserted is valid and No action required.
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Example $ feature -s Feature Name = FlexAddress Date/time Activated = 23 Jul 2009 - 21:01:10 Feature installed from SD-card SN = TEST0123456789012345678 fwupdate NOTE: To use this subcommand, you must have Chassis Configuration Administrator privilege. Description Updates the firmware on the iKVM, primary CMC, standby CMC, server iDRACs, or an IOM infrastructure device. This subcommand also performs updates to the iDRAC firmware (if the CMC firmware version is 2.
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racadm fwupdate -p -u -d Options Table 2-10 describes the fwupdate subcommand options. Table 2-10. fwupdate Subcommand Options Option Description -d Specifies the source path where the firmware image resides. Default: designated TFTP default directory on that host for the file if -g option is absent. If -g is used, defaults to directory configured on the TFTP server -g Downloads the firmware update using the TFTP server. -u Performs the firmware update operation.
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Table 2-10. fwupdate Subcommand Options (continued) Option Description -m Specifies the module or device to be updated. can have one of the following values: • cmc-active (default) • cmc-standby • kvm • server-n where n = 1–16 • server-generation where generation = iDRAC or iDRAC6 • iominf-n where n = 1–6 NOTE: You can specify the cmc-active and cmc-standby modules at the same time along with one or more server-n modules. This enables the devices to be updated together.
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NOTE: When using FTP, if you provide the full path to the image file on the CLI, then the CMC uses that path to locate that file on the host. If you do not provide a full path, then the CMC searches the home directory of the specified user for the file if the host system is running Linux or another variant of UNIX. If the host system is running Windows, then a default folder, such as C:\ftproot is searched.
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• Query the current status of all firmware targets to be updated racadm fwupdate -s -m all • Query the current status of the firmware update process for a particular module racadm fwupdate -s -m • Cancel a firmware update in progress racadm fwupdate -c • Upload a firmware image from the client and start the firmware update racadm fwupdate -p -u -d firmimg.cmc NOTE: The fwupdate command generates an error when used on the extension slot of a multi-slot server.
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Example • racadm getassettag -m chassis or racadm getassettag chassis 78373839–33 getchassisname NOTE: To use this subcommand, you must have CMC Login User privilege. Description Displays the name of the chassis. Usage racadm getchassisname Example • racadm getchassisname PowerEdge 2955 getconfig NOTE: To use this subcommand, you must have Chassis Configuration Administrator privilege. Description Displays CMC configuration parameters and allows you to save CMC configuration groups to a .cfg file.
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racadm getconfig -g -i -o