Users Guide

Remote — Non-provisioned system
If there is no operating system installed on the server and if you have a PXE setup available, use PXE and then use RACADM to reset the
password.
Changing the default login password
The warning message that allows you to change the default password is displayed if:
• You log in to iDRAC with Configure User privilege.
• The default password warning feature is enabled.
• The default iDRAC user name and password are provided on the system information tag.
A warning message is also displayed when you log in to iDRAC using SSH, Telnet, remote RACADM, or the Web interface. For Web
interface, SSH, and Telnet, a single warning message is displayed for each session. For remote RACADM, the warning message is
displayed for each command.
NOTE: For information on recommended characters for user names and passwords, see Recommended characters in
user names and passwords.
Changing the default login password using web interface
When you log in to the iDRAC web interface, if the Default Password Warning page is displayed, you can change the password. To do
this:
1. Select the Change Default Password option.
2. In the New 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. In the Confirm Password field, enter the password again.
4. Click Continue.
The new password is configured and you are logged in to iDRAC.
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 the 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.
NOTE: The index for the default account is 2.
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM CLI Guide available at www.dell.com/idracmanuals.
NOTE:
For information on recommended characters for user names and passwords, see Recommended characters in
user names and passwords.
Changing the 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.
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