Users Guide

After you have configured your management station terminal emulator software and managed node BIOS, perform the following

steps to log in to CMC:

1. Connect to the CMC using your management station terminal emulation software.

2. Type your CMC user name and password, and press <Enter>.

You are logged in to the CMC.

Related links

Configuring CMC to Use Command Line Consoles

Enabling Access to iKVM from the Dell CMC Console

Accessing CMC Using RACADM

RACADM provides a set of commands that allow you to configure and manage the CMC through a text-based interface. RACADM

can be accessed using a Telnet/SSH or serial connection, using the Dell CMC console on the iKVM, or remotely using the RACADM

command line interface installed on a management station.

The RACADM interface is classified as follows:

NOTE: Remote RACADM is included on the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD and is installed on

a management station.

• Remote RACADM — Allows you to run RACADM commands on a management station with the -r option and the DNS name or

IP address of the CMC.

• Firmware RACADM — Allows you to log in to the CMC using Telnet, SSH, a serial connection, or the iKVM. With Firmware

RACADM, you run the RACADM implementation that is part of the CMC firmware.

You can use remote RACADM commands in scripts to configure multiple CMCs. CMC does not have support for scripting.

Therefore, you cannot run the scripts directly on the CMC.

For more information about RACADM, see the Chassis Management Controller for Dell PowerEdge M1000e RACADM Command

Line Reference Guide.

For more information about configuring multiple CMCs, see Configuring Multiple CMCs Using RACADM.

Logging in to CMC Using Public Key Authentication

You can log in to the CMC over SSH without entering a password. You can also send a single RACADM command as a command

line argument to the SSH application. The command line options behave similar to remote RACADM because the session ends after

the command is completed.

Before logging in to CMC over SSH, make sure that the public keys are uploaded.

For example:

• Logging in: ssh service@<domain> or ssh service@<IP_address> where IP_address is the CMC IP address.

• Sending RACADM commands: ssh service@<domain> racadm getversion and ssh service@<domain>

racadm getsel

When you log in using the service account, if a passphrase was set up when creating the public or private key pair, you may be

prompted to enter that passphrase again. If a passphrase is used with the keys, both Windows and Linux clients provide methods to

automate that as well. For Windows clients, you can use the Pageant application. It runs in the background and makes entering the

passphrase transparent. For Linux clients, you can use the sshagent. For setting up and using either of these applications, see the

documentation provided from that application.