Hardware¶

• IDRAC7 manuals
• Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 Version 1.23.23 ( same version as 1.20.20 ) guide and reference
  • IDRAC7 reference guide
  • IDRAC7 user guide

Preparation¶

• Get information about the serial ports on the machine
  

  # apt-get install setserial
  # setserial -g /dev/ttyS[01234]
  /dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
  /dev/ttyS1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3
  /dev/ttyS2, UART: unknown, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4
  /dev/ttyS3, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3
  

• Setup grub to use the serial line
  

  cat > /etc/default/grub <<EOF
  GRUB_DEFAULT=0
  GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
  GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet" 
  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty1" 
  GRUB_TERMINAL=serial
  GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND="serial --speed=115200 --unit=0 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1" 
  EOF
  update-grub
  

• iDrac control from the hardware on which it is installed
  

  apt-get install ipmitool openipmi
  modprobe ipmi_si
  modprobe ipmi_devintf
  echo ipmi_si >> /etc/modules
  echo ipmi_devintf >> /etc/modules
  ipmitool lan print
  

• Activate SOL via iDRAC web interface
  
• Activate IPMI via iDRAC web interface
  
• On the bare metal, uncomment / add the ttyS0 and ttyS1 and ttyS2 lines in /etc/inittab
  

  T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt102
  

  
  and reload
  

  telinit q
  

Ask the kernel to use ttyS0 as a console:

diff --git a/default/grub b/default/grub
index b3a3467..e5c16f6 100644
--- a/default/grub
+++ b/default/grub
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ GRUB_DEFAULT=0
 GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
 GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet" 
-GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" 
+GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="console=ttyS0,115200n8r console=tty1" 

 # Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
 # This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains

Add the following options to grub

serial --unit=0 --speed=115200 
terminal --timeout=10 serial

Serial On Lan¶

# ipmitool -H 10.10.2.129 -I lanplus -U root -P XXX sol activate
[SOL Session operational.  Use ~? for help]

Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 bm0103.the.re ttyS0

bm0103 login: 

Web interface¶

1. 10.10.2.129 # IP de IDRAC

iceweasel https://10.10.2.129/
user root and password XXX

( how to set the initial password ? )

ssh¶

ssh root@10.10.2.129 # password XXX

Note: la commande help ne montre pas toutes les commandes disponibles ( par exemple cela ne montre pas racadm, voir ci dessous )

RACADM¶

En suivant les instructions au début de IDRAC7 reference guide

"_SSH or Telnet — Also referred as Firmware RACADM. Firmware RACADM is accessible by logging in to iDRAC7
using SSH or Telnet. You do not have to specify the iDRAC7 IP, user name, or password to run Firmware
RACADM commands. Similar to Local RACADM, after you enter the RACADM prompt, directly run the
commands without the RACADM prefix._"