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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:

1Connect to the DRAC 4 using your management station terminal emulation software.

2Type your DRAC 4 user name and press <Enter>.

3Type 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).

Using the serial and racadm Commands

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