Article Number: 124129
This article provides out of the box setup information for Dell PowerEdge Servers of the 12th and 13th generation, including the inital configuration settings of the integrated Remote Access Controller (iDRAC), a description of Lifecycle Controller properties and links to advanced technical knowledge resources.
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.
iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller technology is part of a larger data center solution that helps keep business critical applications and workloads available always. The technology allows administrators to deploy, monitor, manage, configure, update, troubleshoot and remediate Dell servers from any location, and without the use of agents. It accomplishes this regardless of operating system or hypervisor presence or state.
The internal Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) factory default settings are:
IP Address: | 192.168.0.120 |
Username: | root |
Password: | calvin |
A detailed step-by-step configuration is shown in the YouTube video Dell iDRAC Initial Setup (6:31 min, English only). The video shows the configuration of an iDRAC7, but the steps are similar for iDRAC8.
For full details on the iDRAC feature usage, check the iDRAC 7 User Guide or the iDRAC 8 User Guide matching to the installed firmware release. If the latest user guide release is not available yet, please refer to the next former release present.
The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller technology allows administrators to monitor, manage, update, troubleshoot and remediate Dell servers from any location — without the use of agents. And it does this regardless of OS or hypervisor presence or state.
We've tailored our iDRAC offerings; and we now offer these options.
iDRAC7/8 Enterprise "I want to manage the server as if I were there." |
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iDRAC7/8 Express for Blades "I want the features of Express with virtual console access to my blades." |
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iDRAC7/8 Express "I want embedded tools, console integration, simplified remote access." |
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Basic Management (IPMI) / iDRAC8 Basic "I want basic, low-cost server management" |
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The Lifecycle Controller provides a simple way of installing a supported Operating System onto your PowerEdge server.
Find detailed information in the dedicated knowledge base article How to Install the Operating System on Dell PowerEdge Servers .
Dell OpenManage is a collection of software developed by Dell that helps you discover, monitor, manage, patch, and deploy to Dell server (OpenManage can also monitor networking and storage as well). OpenManage is useful to administrators that need to manage multiple servers because it allows them to easily view the status of all of their servers and manage them from a single workstation.
Find detailed information in the dedicated knowledge base article How to install and configure the local and remote system management options
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