Reference Guide

Introduction

This document provides information about the RACADM subcommands, supported RACADM interfaces, and property database groups

and object definitions for iDRAC for the Dell EMC servers.

Topics:

• New in this release

• Supported RACADM Interfaces

• RACADM Syntax Usage

• Unsupported RACADM Subcommands

• Other Documents You May Need

• Accessing documents from Dell support site

• Contacting Dell

New in this release

• Added iDRAC.Lockdown to manage the ability to configure the iDRAC system configuration lockdown mode.

• Added switchconnection to provide the switch port details of iDRAC and server network ports.

• Added groupmanager to manage the group related activities.

• Added exposeisminstallertohost which exposes the ISM installer to the host OS.

• Added supportassist to collect the SupportAssist data and export to a local share, remote share, or Dell site.

• Added LifecycleController.LCAttributes to perform various tasks using Lifecycle Controller attributes.

• Added new groups and objects in this release. For the complete list, see New groups and objects

Supported RACADM Interfaces

The RACADM command-line utility provides a scriptable interface that allows you to locally or remotely configure your iDRAC. The utility

runs on the management station and the managed system. The RACADM utility is available on the Dell OpenManage Systems

Management and Documentation DVD or at www.dell.com/support.

The RACADM utility supports the following interfaces:

• Local—Supports running RACADM commands from the managed server’s operating system. To run local RACADM commands, install

the OpenManage software on the managed server. Only one instance of Local RACADM can be executed on a system at a time. If you

try to open another instance, an error message is displayed and the second instance of Local RACADM closes immediately. To

download the local RACADM tool from

www.dell.com/support, select Drivers and Downloads, select a server, and then select

Systems Management > Dell Toolkit.

NOTE:

Local RACADM and local RACADM proxy runs with root user privilege.

• SSH or Telnet—Also known as Firmware RACADM. Firmware RACADM is accessible by logging in to iDRAC using SSH or Telnet.

Similar to Remote RACADM, at the RACADM prompt, directly run the commands without the RACADM prefix.

• Remote—Supports running RACADM commands from a remote management station such as a laptop or desktop. To run Remote

RACADM commands, install the DRAC Tools utility from the OpenManage software on the remote computer. To run Remote

RACADM commands:

• Formulate the command as a SSH or Telnet RACADM command.

For more information about the options, see RACADM Subcommand Details. To download the local RACADM tool from

www.dell.com/support, click Servers, Storage & Networking in the General Support section. Click PowerEdge, click the

required PowerEdge system, and then click Drivers and downloads.

RACADM Syntax Usage

The following section describes the syntax usage for SSH or Telnet, and Remote RACADM.

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