Dell iDRAC Tools for ESXi, v11.0.0.0

Driver Id : 0C7FM

Importance : Recommended

Version : 11.0.0.0, A00 Latest version Recommended version Latest and Recommended version

Release Date : 14 Nov 2022

Download Type : Applications

Category : Systems Management

The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) is designed to make server administrators more productive and improve the overall availability of Dell servers.

iDRAC alerts administrators to server issues, helps them perform remote server management, and reduces the need for physical access to the server. Additionally, iDRAC enables administrators to deploy, monitor, manage, configure, update, and troubleshoot Dell EMC servers from any location without using any agents. It accomplishes this regardless of the operating system or hypervisor presence or state.

iDRAC provides out-of-band mechanisms for configuring the server, applying firmware updates,saving or restoring a system backup, or deploying an operating system, by using the iDRAC GUI, the iDRAC RESTful API or the RACADM command line interface.

This release of the RACADM command line interface includes updated packaging supporting the installation of both local and remote RACADM and fixes to issues documented below.

These tools include:
- RACADM Command Line Interface (CLI): Enables scripting of iDRAC management operations.
- Supported Versions: ESXi 7.0 U3 and 8.0

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Fixes & Enhancements

The package that you downloaded contains the following tools:

-RACADM

Release summary:
The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) is designed to make server administrators
more productive and improve the overall availability of Dell servers.

iDRAC alerts administrators to server issues, helps them perform remote server management, and
reduces the need for physical access to the server. Additionally, iDRAC enables administrators
to deploy, monitor, manage, configure, update, and troubleshoot Dell servers from any location
without using any agents. It accomplishes this regardless of the operating system or hypervisor
presence or state.

iDRAC provides out-of-band mechanisms for configuring the server, applying firmware updates,
saving or restoring a system backup, or deploying an operating system, by using the iDRAC GUI, the
iDRAC RESTful API or the RACADM command line interface.

This release of the RACADM command line interface includes updated packaging supporting
the installation of both local and remote RACADM and fixes to issues documented below.

Version
Dell iDRAC Tool for ESXi v11.0.0.0

Release date
November 2022

Enhancements:
RACADM: Support added for ESXi 8.0

Compatible Systems

Dell EMC vSAN C6420 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN MX740c Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN MX750c Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R440 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R640 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R6415 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R650 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R6515 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R740 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R740xd Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R750 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R7515 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R760 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R840 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN T350 Ready Node

Dell vSAN Ready Node MX760c

PowerEdge M630 (for PE VRTX)

PowerEdge M640

PowerEdge M640 (for PE VRTX)

PowerEdge M830

PowerEdge M830 (for PE VRTX)

Installation instructions

Download
1. Click the download file link to download the file.
2. When the File Download window appears, click save to save the file to your hard drive.

Extract and Install Files
RACADM:
1. On ESXi 7.0 machine, Copy the Dell-iDRACTools-Web-ESX70i.VIB-11.0.0.0-3892.zip in the ESXi machine.

2. To install the Racadm package, run the esxcli software vib command as illustrated below.
[root@localhost:/var/log/vmware] esxcli software vib install -d Dell-iDRACTools-Web-ESX70i.VIB-11.0.0.0-3892.zip
Installation Result
Message: Operation finished successfully.
Reboot Required: false
VIBs Installed: DEL_bootbank_racadm_11.0.0.0.2022-DEL.700.0.0.15525992
VIBs Removed:
VIBs Skipped:

3. This will install the Racadm package. It can be cross verified using the below command.
[root@localhost:/var/log/vmware] esxcli software vib list | grep racadm
racadm 11.0.0.0.2022-DEL.700.0.0.15525992 DEL VMwareAccepted 2022-03-23

4. Now user can run racadm commands.
[root@localhost:] racadm getractime
Fri Nov 24 11:04:28 2017

5. To uninstall the Racadm package, run the below command.
[root@localhost:/var/log/vmware] esxcli software vib remove --vibname=racadm
Removal Result
Message: Operation finished successfully.
Reboot Required: false
VIBs Installed:
VIBs Removed: DEL_bootbank_racadm_11.0.0.0.2022-DEL.700.0.0.15525992
VIBs Skipped:

Note:
1. To run the below set of local racadm commands, usbarbitrar needs to be disabled in the host.
The command list are as follows:
[racadm update, fwupdate, lclog, get/set (file operations), getconfig/config (file operations), techsupreport, supportassist, hwinventory,swinventory, bioscert, inlettemphistory and gethostnetworkinterfaces.]
This is because usb partition will be attached with host for these commands.

To disable usbarbitrar, run the below command:
[root@localhost:]/etc/init.d/usbarbitrator stop
When usbarbitrar is enabled and when the above racadm commands are run, user is notified with the below error message.
ERROR: usbarbitrar is enabled. Disable usbarbitrar by running "/etc/init.d/usbarbitrator stop" and retry the command.

2. To run remote racadm commands, firewall need to be disabled.

To disable firewall completely, run the below command:
[root@localhost:]esxcli network firewall unload

Alternatively, User also can set the specific rules for the IP and port to disable the firewall.

For more information on installation, refer to readme.txt inside the package.