Resetting DRAC 5 Password

Question

We have a slight problem as in we have a DRAC card in one of our servers at a remote site but the password was not stored anywhere and the guy who installed the card has left. I can RDP onto the server is there a way to reset the DRAC password from the server itself or any other means ? DRAC 5 Thanks Matthew

DELL-Jeff M · Answer

Thanks for posting!  First, try the default username and password, root/calvin.  If that doesn't work you need to do a hard reset on the DRAC, or just go into the DRAC BIOS by pressing Ctrl+E when prompted during POST.  You can do a hard reset with the RACADM command if you have OMSA installed on the server.  The command is:   racadm reset hard

mattash55 · Answer

Thanks for the reply. ive tried RACADM hard reset but it comes back with invalid subcommand

DELL-Jeff M · Answer

Oops, sorry, that should be:   racadm racreset hard

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