OMSA and poweredge 840 running esxi

Question

cannot login to idrac on my 840, I know I can reboot and hit F2 and reset the idrac password that way, but I have been told I can install omsa for esxi on the 840 and reset the password from there.

so my question is - does installing the omsa on esxi require a reboot? docs seem to indicate so, but I have had couple people tell me it does not.

DELL-Chris H · Answer

Captainjamestikirk,

You wouldn't be able to, primarily due to the 840 not supporting ESXi, so there isn't a supported ESXi version of OMSA for the platform. So you would need to do it through the iDrac.

Now if you are referring to a Poweredge R840, and not a Poweredge 840, then let me know as that does have options.

DELL-Shine K · Answer

If you have PowerEdge R840 (not PowerEdge 840) then you can install iDRAC Tools and reset iDRAC password without rebooting the server by running below command

racadm set idrac.users.2.password

https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=mj3h5&oscode=xi70&productcode=poweredge-r840

Reybeast2 · Answer

@DELL-Shine K he would still have to know the current idrac password, correct? #Iwork4Dell

Origin3k · Answer

No, the current PW isnt needed. If you use radadm to connect to a local iDRAC all what you need is to execute the programm with root or (windows) administrator rights.

If you use racadm to connect to a remote iDRAC than you need name/password.

Example from a minute ago:

[root@esx-node-02:~] racadm set idrac.users.2.Password FooBar
[Key=idrac.Embedded.1#Users.2]
Object value modified successfully

I set the password to "foobar". Note, the iDRAC have 16(0-15) slots for user accounts and the one for "root" is hardcoded placed in slot 2.

Try a "racadm get idrac.users.2" first.

Regards,
Joerg

PowerEdge Hardware General

OMSA and poweredge 840 running esxi

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