Dell iDRAC 7 - Changing Default Login Password Using Web Interface; Changing Default Login Password Using RACADM; Changing Default Login Password Using Idrac Settings Utility; Enabling or Disabling Default Password Warning Message

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.
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Enabling or disabling default password warning message
Changing default login password using web interface
When you log in to 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 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.
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
NOTE: For information on recommended characters for user names and passwords, see Recommended characters in
user names and passwords.
Changing 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.
NOTE: For information on recommended characters for user names and passwords, see Recommended characters
in user names and passwords.
3. Click Back, click Finish, and then click Yes.
The details are saved.
Enabling or disabling default password warning message
You can enable or disable the display of the default password warning message. To do this, you must have Configure Users privilege.
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