Users Guide

NOTE: Continue is enabled only if the passwords entered in the New Password and Confirm Password fields match.
For information about the other fields, see the iDRAC Online Help.
Changing default login password using RACADM
To change the password, run the following RACADM command:
racadm set iDRAC.Users.<index>.Password <Password>
where, <index> is a value from 1 to 16 (indicates the user account) and <password> is the new user—defined password.
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
NOTE: For information on recommended characters for user names and passwords, see Recommended characters in
user names and passwords.
Changing default login password using iDRAC settings utility
To change the default login password using iDRAC Settings Utility:
1. In the iDRAC Settings utility, go to User Configuration.
The iDRAC Settings.User Configuration page is displayed.
2. In the Change Password field, enter the new password.
NOTE: For information on recommended characters for user names and passwords, see Recommended characters
in user names and passwords.
3. Click Back, click Finish, and then click Yes.
The details are saved.
Enabling or disabling default password warning message
You can enable or disable the display of the default password warning message. To do this, you must have Configure Users privilege.
Enabling or disabling default password warning message using web interface
To enable or disable the display of the default password warning message after logging in to iDRAC:
1. Go to Overview → iDRAC Settings → User Authentication → Local Users.
The Users page is displayed.
2. In the Default Password Warning section, select Enable, and then click Apply to enable the display of the Default Password
Warning page when you log in to iDRAC. Else, select Disable.
Alternatively, if this feature is enabled and you do not want to display the warning message for subsequent log-ins, on the
Default Password Warning page, select the Do not show this warning again option, and then click Apply.
Enabling or disabling warning message to change default login password using RACADM
To enable the display of the warning message to change the default login password using RACADM, use
idrac.tuning.DefaultCredentialWarning object.
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
Invalid password credentials
To provide security against unauthorized users and denial of service (DoS) attack, iDRAC provides the following before blocking the
IP and SNMP traps (if enabled):
• Series of sign-in errors and alerts
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