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IP address to another device on the network, the resulting conflict may disable the out-of-band connectivity of the DRAC, requiring administrators to reset the firmware to its default settings through a serial connection.

Disabling iDRAC6 Virtual Console

Administrators can selectively disable the iDRAC6 remote Virtual Console, providing a flexible, secure mechanism for a local user to work on the system without someone else viewing the user’s actions through Virtual Console.

Using this feature requires installing the iDRAC managed node software on the server. Administrators can disable Virtual Console using the following command:

racadm LocalConRedirDisable 1

The command LocalConRedirDisable disables existing Virtual Console session windows when executed with the argument 1

To help prevent a remote user from overriding the local user's settings, this command is available only to local RACADM. Administrators can use this command in operating systems that support RACADM, including Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. Because this command persists across system reboots, administrators must specifically reverse it to re-enable Virtual Console. They can do so by using the argument 0:

racadm LocalConRedirDisable 0

Several situations might call for disabling iDRAC6 Virtual Console. For example, administrators may not want a remote iDRAC6 user to view the BIOS settings that they configure on a system, in which case they can disable Virtual Console during the system POST by using the LocalConRedirDisable command. They may also want to increase security by automatically disabling Virtual Console every time an administrator logs in to the system, which they can do by executing the LocalConRedirDisable command from the user logon scripts.

NOTE: See the white paper on Disabling Local Configuration and Remote Virtual KVM in the DRAC on the Dell Support site at support.dell.com for more information.

For more information on logon scripts, see technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/31340f46-b3e5-4371-bbb9-6a73e4c63b621033.mspx.

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