RACADM Command Line Interface for DRAC on Linux
Provides capabilities already provided by ssh interface to DRAC
A very questionable software. It looks like using ssh interface directly is a better deal. Might be another Dell flop.
Adapted from
RACADM
Command Line Interface for DRAC (version from 15 Jul 2013) by
Peter Tsai &
Jim Slaughter
Drac is assessable via several interfaces Local, SSH/Telnet, and Remote RACADM
The Dell RACADM (Remote Access Controller Admin) utility is a command line tool that allows for remote or local management
of Dell Servers via the iDRAC or DRAC. RACADM provides similar functionality to the iDRAC/DRAC Graphical User Interface (GUI) but via
command line. The Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) can also be managed remotely with RACADM.
Local RACADM supports executing RACADM commands from the managed system’s operating system. It is available on the Dell OpenManage
Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD or at support.dell.com.
To download Local RACADM:
- Go to http://support.dell.com
- If prompted, select Start Here under Small Businesses or Enterprise IT.
- Enter the Service Tag of the managed system and Submit, or use one of the Choose options to locate your
managed system model.
- Select Drivers and Downloads > select the Operating System of your Managed System > expand Systems Management.
- Locate the OpenManage Server Administrator Managed Node application and click Download File.
RACADM commands can be run remotely from a management station and/or locally on the managed system.
RACADM commands allow you to view managed system information, perform power operations on the managed system, perform firmware
updates, configure settings and more. Because RACADM is run from a command line interface (CLI), system administrators can create
scripts that control and update Dell systems in a one-to-many fashion. See the links to the RACADM documentation at the end of this
article for a complete listing of features for your product version.
Terminology
- Managed System - The Dell PowerEdge Server containing the iDRAC or DRAC, or the Dell Blade Chassis containing the Chassis
Management Controller (CMC).
- Management Station - A computer used for accessing the iDRAC, DRAC, or CMC remotely.
- iDRAC - Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller. Available on newer and current generations of Dell PowerEdge Servers
(11G and 12G).
- DRAC - Dell Remote Access Controller. Available on older generations of Dell PowerEdge Servers.
There are two types of racadm installation:
RACADM interface is also available via ssh or telnet.
NOTES:
- Local RACADM is not required if you will be managing your server from a management station via Remote RACADM.
- Remote RACADM and Local RACADM cannot be installed at the same time on the same system.
- Remote racadm uses the web server SSL certificate of the iDRAC to authenticate the session. You will receive a warning message
if certificates have not been configured or if the certificate is invalid. However, the command will execute normally following the
message. If you wish to halt the command on certificate errors, use the -S option in the command. For information on configuring
certificates on the iDRAC, see the user's guide for your iDRAC linked at the end of this article.
Remote RACADM supports executing RACADM commands from a remote management station such as a laptop or desktop computer. It is available
on the Dell OpenManage Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD or at
support.dell.com.
To download Remote RACADM:
- Go to http://support.dell.com
- If prompted, select Start Here under Small Businesses or Enterprise IT.
- Enter the Service Tag of the managed system and Submit, or use one of the Choose options to locate
your managed system model.
- Select Drivers and Downloads > select the Operating System of your Management Station from the drop-down
menu. Note: The drop-down menu only contains supported server operating systems. If you are running a supported
Windows management station OS (Windows 7 for example), choose a Windows Server version from the drop-down menu instead.
- Expand Systems Management
- For Windows Operating Systems, locate the DRAC Tools application.
- For Linux operating systems, locate the Linux Remote Access Utilities application.
- Select proper OS version and down load file, for example for RHEL 6 on October 2014 that would be OM-MgmtStat-Dell-Web-LX-7.4.0-866_A00.tar.gz.
Unpack into some directory (say, /tmp/Drac and issue the command
rpm -ivh *.rpm
This will install everything which might not be what you want.
You can also install just racadm:
# rpm -iv srvadmin-racadm5-7.4.0-4.1.157.el6.x86_64.rpm srvadmin-hapi-7.4.0-4.28.2.el6.x86_64.rpm srvadmin-omilcore-7.4.0-4.100.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
libsmbios-2.2.27-4.12.1.el6.x86_64.rpm smbios-utils-bin-2.2.27-4.12.1.el6.x86_64.rpm srvadmin-argtable2-7.4.0-4.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Using racadm requires root privileges. To test run the command
/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/racadm5 -r 10.10.10.10 -u root -p xxxxxxx getsysinfo
NOTE: The racadm executable is located under /opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin. it is actually a wrapper over
/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/racadm5 binary. Here is the content of sbin directory:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 8 17:10 ./
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Oct 8 17:10 ../
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4769 Jan 30 2014 CheckSystemType*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 236138 Jan 24 2014 dchcfg*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Oct 8 17:10 racadm -> racadm-wrapper-rac5*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2650 Jan 30 2014 racadm-wrapper-rac5*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4204 Jan 30 2014 srvadmin-services.sh*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4422 Jan 30 2014 srvadmin-uninstall.sh*
Here is the content of bon directory:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1199871 Jan 30 2014 racadm5*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 390688 Jan 30 2014 racsvm*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 141549 Jan 30 2014 racvmcli5*
Man pages include
./man4
./man3
./man3/argtable2.3
./man3/argtable.3
./man8
./man8/racadm5.8.gz
./man8/racvdev5.8.gz
./man8/racvmcli5.8.gz
You may need to log out and log back in to reset the PATH environment variable to include this location.
Local RACADM supports executing RACADM commands from the managed system’s operating system. It is available on the Dell
OpenManage Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD or at support.dell.com.
To download Local RACADM:
- Go to http://support.dell.com
- If prompted, select Start Here under Small Businesses or Enterprise IT.
- Enter the Service Tag of the managed system and Submit, or use one of the Choose options to locate your
managed system model.
- Select Drivers and Downloads > select the Operating System of your Managed System > expand Systems Management.
- Locate the OpenManage Server Administrator Managed Node application and click Download File.
Note: Gzip archive for RHEL 6 you can also download from
http://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER02019832M/1/OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-LX-7.4.0-866.RHEL6.x86_64_A00.tar.gz
After the file is downloaded, create folder such as /tmp/Racadm and extract all files. Then run
/tmp/Racadm/linux/supportscripts/srvadmin-install.sh
If you use DVD, run:
<path>/SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/supportscripts/srvadmin-install.sh
Accept the license agreement and select option 5 - Remote Access Core Component from the menu.
Open a shell prompt with root privileges, type /opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/racadm and press Enter. If you get
the RACADM help instructions it is installed correctly.
NOTE: The racadm executable is located under /opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin. You may need to log out/log back in to reset
the PATH environment variable so that included this location.
The following shows an example of a simple RACADM subcommand, getsysinfo, used with each RACADM utility.
Using racadm requires root privileges. To test run the command
/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/racadm5 -r 10.10.10.10 -u root -p xxxxxxx getsysinfo
SSH/Telnet/Serial RACADM (Firmware RACADM) is built into the iDRAC, DRAC or CMC firmware and there is no separate download
or installation required. See your user's guide for connecting via these methods.
Once connected via SSH, Telnet or Serial, type racadm help for the online help instructions.
NOTE: On some interfaces if you type racadm and press Enter, you will be taken to a racadm>> prompt. Commands
can then be entered from this prompt without the "racadm" prefix. To exit the prompt, type quit or use Ctrl+C.
Like with local installation, you do not have to specify the ip address, username, or password in Firmware RACADM commands.
racadm <subcommand>
racadm getsysinfo
or
racadm <Enter> - takes you to a racadm>> prompt
racadm>>getsysinfo
Connect to the Dell Remote Access Controller (Drac) IP address via SSH. Then execute:
racadm serveraction <action>
whereas you replace <action> with one of the following:
- powerdown — Powers down the managed system.
- powerup — Powers up the managed system.
- powercycle — Issues a power-cycle operation on the managed system. This action is similar to pressing the
power button on the system’s front panel to power down and then power up the system.
- powerstatus — Displays the current power status of the server (“ON”, or “OFF”)
- hardreset — Performs a reset (reboot) operation on the managed system.
So, to power off and back on your server, you just type racadm serveraction powercycle.
If your Drac crashes for any reason, you may want to reset it:
racadm racreset
If you want to have information about your current server, type:
racadm getsysinfo
cameron, 19 Feb 2014 2:22 PM
Please post a link to the latest RACADM Command Line Reference Guides for iDRAC7 and iDRAC6 versions.
Kermit_G Kermit_G, 25 Feb 2014 3:58 AM
Latest RACADM manual can be found on the Dell FTP site, its quite a slow download but if you wait long enough it will appear
eventually!
RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC7 1.40.40 and CMC 4.40 (June-2013 )
CMC is now 4.45 but there isn't a newer guide as of Feb 2014
ftp.dell.com/.../poweredge-m1000e_Developer%27s%20Guide6_en-us.pdf
nadogmoney, 16 Jul 2014 9:23 AM
"racadm set" should not force a reboot after a configuration (i.e. "racadm set -t XML -f BIOS.xml"). Making racadm reboot a
server does not play nicely with reboot aware system automation. It only works well for ad-hoc configurations. A mass configuration
tool should not just work well for ad-hoc execution.
From "racadm help set":
-b : Specifies the shutdown type for the host after the import operation completes. The parameters are "Graceful" and "Forced"
for graceful and forced shutdown respectively. If this parameter is not specified, graceful shutdown is taken as the default.
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RACADM Documentation
See the RACADM Command Line Reference Guide at the link below for detailed information on supported RACADM commands and features.
This guide is available for iDRAC7, iDRAC6, and the CMC. For DRAC5, this information is combined with the DRAC5 User's Guide.
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Latest RACADM manual can be found on the Dell FTP site, its quite a slow download but if you wait long enough it will appear eventually!
RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC7 1.40.40 and CMC 4.40 (June-2013 )
CMC is now 4.45 but there isn't a newer guide as of Feb 2014
ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_poweredge/poweredge-m1000e_Developer's%20Guide6_en-us.pdf
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