iDRAC Access
SSH Access
You can log into our iDRACs over SSH, via either of the GW servers.
For example:
me@login:~$ sudo ssh -J gw-b32 sown@vms-b32-1-ipmi
You can get a serial console with:
console com2
To exit the serial console, use control + \.
Useful shortcuts over serial:
KEY MAPPING FOR CONSOLE REDIRECTION:
Use the <ESC><1> key sequence for <F1>
Use the <ESC><2> key sequence for <F2>
Use the <ESC><3> key sequence for <F3>
Use the <ESC><0> key sequence for <F10>
Use the <ESC><!> key sequence for <F11>
Use the <ESC><@> key sequence for <F12>
Use the <ESC><Ctrl><M> key sequence for <Ctrl><M>
Use the <ESC><Ctrl><H> key sequence for <Ctrl><H>
Use the <ESC><Ctrl><I> key sequence for <Ctrl><I>
Use the <ESC><Ctrl><J> key sequence for <Ctrl><J>
Use the <ESC><X><X> key sequence for <Alt><x>, where x is any letter
key, and X is the upper case of that key
Use the <ESC><R><ESC><r><ESC><R> key sequence for <Ctrl><Alt><Del>
And powercycle the machine with:
racadm serveraction powercycle
See full options with eg:
> racadm help serveraction
serveraction -- perform system power management operations
Usage:
racadm serveraction <action>
action server power management operation to peform
Valid actions:
powerdown - power server off
powerup - power server on
powercycle - perform server power cycle
hardreset - force hard server power reset
powerstatus - display current power status of server
Legacy - serial over LAN
We still have one old iDRAC which doesn't support SSH, in backup-b32-1. It can be accessed from the GW servers with ipmitool, and you can get a serial-over-lan console like:
ipmitool -I lan -H backup-b32-1-ipmi -U sown isol activate
To powercycle it:
ipmitool -I lan -H backup-b32-1-ipmi -U sown power off|on|cycle|reset|diag|soft
To get into the BIOS,