Installation Manual

110 Advanced iDRAC6 Configuration
Using RACADM Remotely
NOTE: Configure the IP address on your iDRAC6 before using the RACADM remote
capability. For more information about setting up your iDRAC6 and a list of related
documents, see "Basic Installation of the iDRAC6" on page 33.
RACADM provides a remote capability option (-r) that allows you to connect
to the managed system and execute RACADM subcommands from a remote
Virtual Console or management station. To use the remote capability, you need
a valid user name (
-u option) and password (-p option), and the iDRAC6
IP address.
NOTE: If the system from where you are accessing the remote system does not
have an iDRAC6 certificate in its default certificate store, a message is displayed
when you type a RACADM command. For more information about iDRAC6
certificates, see "Securing iDRAC6 Communications Using SSL and Digital
Certificates" on page 62.
Security Alert: Certificate is invalid - Name on
Certificate is invalid or does not match site name
Continuing execution. Use -S option for racadm to
stop the execution on certificate-related errors.
RACADM continues to execute the command. However, if you use the –S
option, RACADM stops executing the command and displays the
following message:
Security Alert: Certificate is invalid - Name on
Certificate is invalid or does not match site name
Racadm not continuing execution of the command.
ERROR: Unable to connect to iDRAC6 at specified
IP address
On Linux systems, ensure that you perform the following intermediate steps
for certificate validation to be successful using remote RACADM:
1
Convert certificate in DER format to PEM format (using openssl cmdline
tool):
openssl x509 -inform pem -in
<yourdownloadedderformatcert.crt> –outform pem -
out <outcertfileinpemformat.pem> –text