Users Guide

Resetting default iDRAC password remotely

If you do not have physical access to the system, you can reset the default password remotely.

Remote — Provisioned system

If you have an operating system installed on the system, use a remote desktop client to log in to the server. After you log into

the server, use any of the local interfaces such as RACADM or web interface to change the password.

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, remote RACADM, or the Web interface. For Web

interface and SSH, 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 on page 143.

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 on page 143.

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 https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals.

Logging in to iDRAC