Virtual console................................................................................................................................................................294
Virtual media.................................................................................................................................................................. 297
vFlash SD card...............................................................................................................................................................299
SNMP authentication.................................................................................................................................................... 299
Storage devices.............................................................................................................................................................300
iDRAC Service Module...................................................................................................................................................300
RACADM....................................................................................................................................................................... 302
Miscellaneous.................................................................................................................................................................303
How to find an iDRAC IP address for a blade server?..............................................................................................303
How to find the CMC IP address related to the blade server?.................................................................................303
How to find iDRAC IP address for rack and tower server?...................................................................................... 304
iDRAC network connection is not working...............................................................................................................304
Inserted the blade server into the chassis and pressed the power switch, but it did not power on..........................304
How to retrieve an iDRAC administrative user name and password?.......................................................................304
How to change the name of the slot for the system in a chassis?...........................................................................304
iDRAC on blade server is not responding during boot.............................................................................................. 304
When attempting to boot the managed server, the power indicator is green, but there is no POST or no video.....304
25 Use case scenarios....................................................................................................306
Troubleshooting an inaccessible managed system......................................................................................................... 306
Obtaining system information and assess system health................................................................................................307
Setting up alerts and configuring email alerts.................................................................................................................307
Viewing and exporting Lifecycle log and System Event Log...........................................................................................307
Interfaces to update iDRAC firmware............................................................................................................................ 307
Performing graceful shutdown.......................................................................................................................................307
Creating new administrator user account...................................................................................................................... 308
Launching server's remote console and mounting a USB drive......................................................................................308
Installing bare metal OS using attached virtual media and remote file share.................................................................. 308
Managing rack density...................................................................................................................................................308
Installing new electronic license..................................................................................................................................... 309
Applying I/O Identity configuration settings for multiple network cards in single host system reboot ...........................309
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