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Using the serial and racadm Commands
The DRAC 4 provides serial and racadm commands that allow you to manage and configure the
managed system locally or remotely.
The serial/telnet console provides a set of serial commands. The serial commands, which
include the racadm command, give you access to all of the text-based features supported by the
DRAC 4 Web-based interface.
The racadm CLI allows you to locally or remotely configure and manage your DRAC 4. The
racadm CLI runs on the management station and the managed system, and is available on the
Dell Systems Management Consoles CD.
You can use the racadm CLI to write scripts to automatically configure multiple DRAC 4s. For
more information about configuring multiple DRAC 4s, see "Configuring Multiple DRAC 4s."
The following sections provide information about using the serial and racadm commands
(see "Using a Serial or Telnet Console" or "Using the racadm CLI"). Examples of the racadm
command for configuring your DRAC 4 and information about using the racadm configuration
file to configure multiple DRAC 4s are also provided.

Using a Serial or Telnet Console

The serial commands in Table 8-1 can be run from the serial or telnet console command
prompt or the racadm CLI locally or remotely.

Logging into the DRAC 4

After you have configured your management station terminal emulator software, perform the
following steps to log into the DRAC 4:
1
Connect to the DRAC 4 using your management station terminal emulation software.
2
Type your DRAC 4 user name and press <Enter>.
3
Type your DRAC 4 password and press <Enter>.
You are now logged into the DRAC 4.

Starting a Text Console

After you have logged into the DRAC 4 through your management station terminal software or
by telnet, you can redirect the managed system text console by using connect com2, which is a
serial/telnet command. Only one connect com2 client is supported at a time (out of four total
sessions shared with the DRAC 4 Web-based interface).