Hello,

I have a PowerEdge server which has only iDRAC 7 Basic Management. This server has severely crashed and denies every interaction. Therefore I have to remotely force power cycle this server.

According to https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-at/idrac7-8-with-lc-v2.20.20.20/idrac8_2.10.10.10_ug-v2/licensed-features-in-idrac7-and-idrac8?guid=guid-e7b32690-602f-4f14-ab6e-ad00b4a42e4a&lang=en-us IPMI 2.0 is enabled in iDRAC 7 Basic.

The server refuses to answer to any request from ipmitool.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\SysMgt\bmc>ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.20.2 -U root -P changeme power cycle
Error: Unable to establish IPMI v2 / RMCP+ session
Unable to set Chassis Power Control to Cycle

Is there any way I could get this server to reboot?

A iDRAC 7 Enterprise license isn't available anymore, except for ridiculous pricing (2-3 times of iDRAC 8 and newer).

Regards,

Felix