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May 21st, 2025 08:31

RACADM Command to set snmpv3 Protocol

Need help with setting snmpv3 Protocol using RACADM command when I run the ones listed in previous posts its says Not available.

Any help would be appreciated.

  • DELL-Chris H

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    Posted May 21st, 2025 12:41

    Jamieob,

     

    Normally when you receive a "Not available" error, it is due to:

    • Firmware version not supporting SNMPv3 (ensure you're up to date).
    • The feature being disabled in your iDRAC license tier (Enterprise license is required for full SNMPv3 support).

    What you can start with is enabling SNMP and set the SNMPv3 protocol, which you can do with the following commands

     

    racadm set iDRAC.SNMP.AgentEnable 1
    racadm set iDRAC.SNMP.ProtocolVersion 3

     

    After that you would need to configure the SNMPv3 user, which you can see an example of below.

     

    racadm set iDRAC.SNMPv3User.1.Username snmpuser
    racadm set iDRAC.SNMPv3User.1.AuthProtocol MD5
    racadm set iDRAC.SNMPv3User.1.AuthPassword yourAuthPassword
    racadm set iDRAC.SNMPv3User.1.PrivProtocol AES
    racadm set iDRAC.SNMPv3User.1.PrivPassword yourPrivPassword
    racadm set iDRAC.SNMPv3User.1.Enable 1

     

    (AuthProtocol can be MD5 or SHA, and PrivProtocol can be AES or DES.)

     

    Lastly, you would want to confirm it with the following

     

    racadm get iDRAC.SNMP
    racadm get iDRAC.SNMPv3User.1

     

     

    Let me know if this helps.

     

     

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  • TNAbus

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    Posted August 12th, 2025 19:23

    After the second command, it fails there. 

    racadm>>racadm set iDRAC.SNMP.ProtocolVersion 3
    ERROR: Invalid object specified.

    This is iDrac9 firmware 5.10.10.00.

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    Posted August 12th, 2025 20:27

    TNAbus,

     

    To set the SNMPv3 protocol on an iDRAC9, I believe you can use the following RACADM command

     

    racadm set idrac.snmp.EnableSNMPv3

    or 

    racadm set idrac.snmp.EnableSNMPv3 1

     

    I am not certain as the racadm guide for 5.10.10.10 isn't clear, so let me research this some more. 

     

    Let me know if this helps.

     

     

     

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    Posted August 12th, 2025 21:24

    @DELL-Chris H ​ I fixed my issue so I do not need these commands anymore. But for anyone else that found it was not possible to enter Auth nor Priv value onto a user created, it is because that feature is not supported until minimum version 6.0. After upgrading firmware, that solved my issue.

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