Users Guide

168 Using the RACADM Command Line Interface

Using the RACADM Utility to Configure the DRAC 5

NOTE: You must be logged in as user root to execute RACADM commands on a remote Linux system.

The DRAC 5 Web-based interface is the quickest way to configure a DRAC 5. If you prefer command-

line or script configuration or need to configure multiple DRAC 5s, use RACADM, which is installed

with the DRAC 5 agents on the managed system.

To configure multiple DRAC 5s with identical configuration settings, perform one of the following

procedures:

• Use the RACADM examples in this section as a guide to create a batch file of

racadm

commands and

then execute the batch file on each managed system.

• Create the DRAC 5 configuration file as described in "RACADM Subcommand Overview" and execute

the

racadm config

subcommand on each managed system using the same configuration file.

Before You Begin

You can configure up to 16 users in the DRAC 5 property database. Before you manually enable a

DRAC 5 user, verify if any current users exist. If you are configuring a new DRAC 5 or you ran the racadm

racresetcfg command, the only current user is root with the password calvin. The racresetcfg

subcommand resets the DRAC 5 back to the original defaults.

NOTICE: Use caution when using the racresetcfg command, as all configuration parameters are reset to the

original defaults. Any previous changes are lost.

NOTE: Users can be enabled and disabled over time. As a result, a user may have a different index number on each

DRAC 5.

To verify if a user exists, type the following command at the command prompt:

racadm getconfig -u <username>

type the following command once for each index of 1–16:

racadm getconfig -g cfgUserAdmin -i <index>

NOTE: You can also type racadm getconfig -f <myfile.cfg> and view or edit the myfile.cfg file, which

includes all DRAC 5 configuration parameters.

Several parameters and object IDs are displayed with their current values. Two objects of interest are:

# cfgUserAdminIndex=XX

cfgUserAdminUserName=

If the cfgUserAdminUserName object has no value, that index number, which is indicated by the

cfgUserAdminIndex object, is available for use. If a name appears after the "=", that index is taken by

that user name.