Dell Remote Access Controller 4 Firmware Version 1.30 manual Creating a Drac 4 Configuration File

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The initial configuration file, racadm.cfg, is named by the user. In the following example, the configuration file is named myfile.cfg. To obtain this file, type the following command at the command prompt:

racadm getconfig -f myfile.cfg

NOTICE: It is recommended that you edit this file with a simple text editor; the racadm utility uses an ASCII text parser, and any formatting confuses the parser and might corrupt the racadm database.

Creating a DRAC 4 Configuration File

The DRAC 4 configuration file <filename>.cfg is used with the racadm config -f

<filename>.cfg command. The configuration file is a simple text file that allows the user to build a configuration file (similar to an .ini file) and configure the DRAC 4 from this file. You may use any file name, and the file does not require a .cfg extension (although it is referred to by that designation in this subsection). The .cfg file can be:

•Created

•Obtained from a racadm getconfig -f <filename>.cfg command

•Obtained from a racadm getconfig -f <filename>.cfg command, and then edited

NOTE: See "config/getconfig" for information about the getconfig command.

The .cfg file is first parsed to verify that valid group and object names are present and that some simple syntax rules are being followed. Errors are flagged with the line number in which the error was detected, and a simple message explains the problem. The entire file is parsed for correctness, and all errors are displayed. Writes are not performed to the DRAC 4 if an error is found in the .cfg file. The user must correct all errors before any configuration can take place. The -coption may be used in the config subcommand, which verifies syntax only and does not perform writes to the DRAC 4.

Remember the following important points:

•If the parser encounters an indexed group, it is the value of the anchored object that differentiates the various indexes.

The parser reads in all of the indexes from the DRAC 4 for that group. Any objects within that group are simple modifications at configuration time. If a modified object represents a new index, the index is created on the DRAC 4 during configuration.

•The user cannot specify a desired index in a .cfg file.

Indexes may be created and deleted, so over time the group may become fragmented with used and unused indexes. If an index is present, it is modified. If an index is not present, the first available index is used. This method allows flexibility when adding indexed entries, where the user does not need to make exact index matches between all the RACs being managed; new users are added to the first available index. A .cfg file that parses and runs correctly on one DRAC 4 may not run correctly on another if all indexes are full and a new user is to be added.

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