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January 23rd, 2019 07:00
iDRAC not showing correct OS installed
We repurposed an old ESXi host and put ubuntu on it to make it an archive server, changed the name and such, but the iDRAC still shows the old hostname and OS, why?
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Dell-DylanJ
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January 23rd, 2019 09:00
Hello,
What server model is this? Speaking generally, Ubuntu is unsupported, so the OS is likely not recognized. You could try performing a racadm racreset -h or a power drain to attempt to get it to pick up Ubuntu, but it may not detect. If you can share the server model and the iDRAC firmware revision, I may be able to get more specific information, though.
Mohamed.Ashry
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March 19th, 2020 01:00
Hello,
I have the same problem, I am using dell blades M630 & I have installed vMware vSphere 6.5 on them but iDRAC still showing an old vSphere ESXi version.
BR
Mohamed Ashry
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March 19th, 2020 03:00
Hello,
Try these few steps to reset the idrac. First soft reset it, if else fail, do a hard reset.
https://dell.to/33B634v
0xfffb4dc0d3
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February 12th, 2021 17:00
If you're use custom os which unsupported, you can change it via racadm command, example :
ubuntu 20, with hostname custom.os.server
racadm config -g ifcRacManagedNodeOs -o ifcRacMnOsOsName Ubuntu\ 20
racadm config -g ifcRacManagedNodeOs -o ifcRacMnOsHostname custom.os.server
and after it, it will show the correct os and system hostname
Hope this help you)
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February 12th, 2021 17:00
You can update it via racadm command:
racadm config -g ifcRacManagedNodeOs -o ifcRacMnOsOsName vSphere\ 6.5
and after it, it will show the correct os version
Hope this help you)