Toolset for DELL servers

This section focuses on toolkit with DELL servers provided by DELL.

Open Manage

Two parts: sever administrator (1 to 1, server management) and essentials (1 to many, cluster management)

Reference:

• Review and doc index on iDRAC and open manage

• Open manage essentials: User's guide

iDRAC

The general term: BMC (Baseboard Management Controller). See this post

iDRAC might be configure by LCD if the server has. Basic on iDRAC config, default username and password for iDRAC

It has its own ip assigned (though not a fan of this feature), (actually dhcp supported)

Share port with OS: post

Just use via web, idrac port support dhcp.

Reset idrac password: post

CLI tool - racadm

Basic command of racadm

Life Cycle Controler

Seems an integrated part of idrac.