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May 8th, 2015 15:00
vmcli taking forever
Hello,
Im trying to mount foo.iso (3 MB) on a remote host via idrac7's vmcli utility. I ran the below:
/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/vmcli -r ip -u uname -p pwd -c foo.iso
Security Alert: Certificate is invalid - self signed certificate
Continuing execution. Use -S option for vmcli to stop execution on certificate-related errors.
Connecting to server....
Connecting to ip
. Login success.
Mapping foo.iso to Remote Device[0] as Read Only. Success.
......................................
The dots seem to be appearing forever and vmcli does nt return. Do you know what maybe happening?
Here's some information I got about the bmc via ipmitool :
Device ID : 32
Device Revision : 1
Firmware Revision : 1.66
IPMI Version : 2.0
Manufacturer ID : 674
Manufacturer Name : DELL Inc
Pl let me know if you need more information from my end.
Thanks,Aish
DELL-Shine K
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May 10th, 2015 22:00
To use this command you have to manually change the boot order and make Virtual Drives as first in boot device. There is an alternate command which will work for you and no manual change required on the server.
To set Virtual Floppy as first Boot device
racadm set idrac.serverboot.FirstBootDevice vFDD
To enable Boot Once
racadm set idrac.serverboot.BootOnce Enabled
To get more help on these commands
racadm help idrac.serverboot
DELL-Shine K
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May 10th, 2015 06:00
dot is to indicate that image is connected to the server. If you want to disconnect the drive you can press "Ctrl + C" on the command prompt.
cyberaishu
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May 10th, 2015 14:00
Thank you! The dots were misleading to me. Also I'm trying to boot next time from virtual media but unable to do this.
The below runs fine.
/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/idracadm -r ip -u uname -p pwd config -g cfgRacVirtual -o cfgVirtualBootOnce 1
Object value modified successfully
After this, if I do a warm reboot the remote machine still boots from hard disk. Any idea what maybe happening?
cyberaishu
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May 11th, 2015 00:00
racadm set idrac.serverboot.FirstBootDevice VCD-DVD work for virtual media. Looks good now.
Just curious, would 'set idrac.serverboot.FirstBootDevice vFDD' work for iDrac 6?
Thank you!
DELL-Shine K
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May 11th, 2015 04:00
No it is only supported from iDRAC7 1.50.50 onwards.
cyberaishu
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May 11th, 2015 14:00
vmcli commandline still works for iDrac 6 right? Also is there a similar way to boot once from virtual media via command line on iDrac 6?
DELL-Shine K
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May 11th, 2015 22:00
VMCLI will work for iDRAC6 Rack and Tower servers. For Modular serve you need to use iVMCLI.
The commands which I mentioned for boot once is only applicable for iDRAC7 and above. In iDRAC6 you have to manually change boot order from BIOS. Once you configured server to boot from Virtual drive from BIOS, you can run below command which will ensure virtual media get disconnected after system is booted once to virtual drive. This will prevent system booting from virtual media from next reboot onwards.
racadm -r ip -u uname -p pwd config -g cfgRacVirtual -o cfgVirtualBootOnce 1
For more details refer section "Boot Once Feature" on iDRAC user guide.
http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_electronics/esuprt_software/esuprt_remote_ent_sys_mgmt/integrated-dell-remote-access-cntrllr-6-for-monolithic-srvr-v1.9_user's%20guide_en-us.pdf
glottis1907
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May 11th, 2015 22:00
Thank you