![]() ![]() That’s about it! Now you can start playing around with iDRAC! I’ll be writing more posts on how to use iDRAC to update your server, repair it, and lots more.The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) is a systems management hardware and software solution that provides remote management capabilities, crashed system recovery, and power control functions for Dell PowerEdge R710 systems. Starting in version 7, it gives you a warning after logging in to make sure that you change the default credentials since it’s the same for every Dell server. Open a web browser on another computer connected to the same network as your server and type in You should now see the iDRAC login screen.įor iDRAC 6, 7, 8, and 9, it seems like the initial username and password for logging in are root and calvin. Just make sure you have a cable attached the dedicated port on the back of the server. The boot process will continue and once the server is up and running, you should be able to access the web interface. It’ll ask you whether or not you want to save the changes, so make sure to do that. Once you have all of those in place, go ahead an exit from the iDRAC configuration utility. You’ll then need to change the IPv4 Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway and DNS Server settings. Make sure it is set to Enabled and then scroll down to IPv4 Address Source and change the value to Static. If you are using IPv6 in your environment, then you have to scroll a little lower. You’ll have to arrow down quite a bit until you get to IPv4 settings. Just about all of the Dell PowerEdge servers have a dedicated port for iDRAC, so may as well use it. To set a static IP for iDRAC, arrow down to LAN Parameters and press Enter.Īt the very top, you should see NIC Selection, which I recommend setting to Dedicated. Some of the newer servers now run iDRAC 9. This is an older server, so it’s still on iDRAC 6. You’ll definitely want to make sure iDRACx LAN is set to ON. It should say Press CTRL + E for Remote Access Setup within 5 sec. When you enter the iDRAC setup, there are quite a few options. You’ll need to quickly press CTRL + E as you only have about 5 seconds before the boot process continues. ![]() To get started, boot up your server and wait until you see the iDRAC configuration section pop up during the boot process. ![]()
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