- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Revision history
- Overview of iDRAC
- Benefits of using iDRAC
- Key features
- New features added
- Deprecated features
- Features supported or not supported in iDRAC10 releases
- How to use this guide
- Supported web browsers
- iDRAC licenses
- Licensed features in iDRAC10
- Interfaces and protocols to access iDRAC
- iDRAC port information
- Other documents you may need
- Contacting Dell
- Accessing documents from the Dell Support site
- Accessing Redfish API
- Setting up iDRAC IP address
- Validating the system during boot
- Starting the iDRAC system setup
- Validating firmware and licensing
- Configuring network settings
- Viewing system event log
- Validating alerts settings
- Validating media and USB port settings
- Validate the hardware configuration
- Validating power and thermal settings
- Validating user and communication settings
- Validating reset settings
- Validating lockdown settings
- Configuring the root password
- Completing the setup
- Logging in to iDRAC
- Logging in to iDRAC using OpenID Connect
- Logging in to iDRAC as local user, Active Directory user, or LDAP user
- Force Change of Password (FCP)
- Accessing iDRAC using remote RACADM
- Accessing iDRAC using Local RACADM
- Accessing iDRAC using firmware RACADM
- RSA SecurID 2FA
- Viewing system health
- Logging in to iDRAC using public key authentication
- Multiple iDRAC sessions
- Secure default password
- Changing the default login password
- Enabling or disabling default password warning message
- IP Blocking
- Enabling or disabling an operating system to iDRAC Pass-through using web interface
- Setting up managed system
- Setting up managed system location
- Optimizing system performance and power consumption
- Setting up management station
- Configuring supported web browsers
- Viewing localized versions of web interface
- Firmware updates
- Firmware image files and supported tools
- Considerations for PSU firmware updates
- Methods for firmware updates
- LC logs during firmware updates
- iLKM and SEKM considerations
- Updating firmware using iDRAC web interface
- Scheduling automatic firmware updates
- Configuring quick reboot after firmware updates
- Updating device firmware using RACADM
- Updating firmware using DUP
- Updating firmware using remote RACADM
- Rebootless updates
- Viewing and managing staged updates
- Rolling back device firmware
- Easy Restore
- Monitoring iDRAC using other Systems Management tools
- Support Server Configuration Profile—Import and Export
- Secure Boot Configuration from BIOS Settings or F2
- BIOS recovery
- Recovering iDRAC
- Data Processing Unit (DPU)
- Plugin Management
- Configuring iDRAC
- Viewing iDRAC information
- Modifying network settings
- Cipher suite selection
- FIPS mode
- Configuring services
- Using VNC client to manage remote server
- Configuring time zone and NTP
- Setting first boot device
- Enabling or disabling OS to iDRAC Pass-through
- Obtaining certificates
- Configuring multiple iDRACs using RACADM
- Disabling access to modify iDRAC configuration settings on host system
- Delegated Authorization using OAuth 2.0
- Viewing iDRAC and managed system information
- Viewing managed system health and properties
- Configuring Asset Tracking
- Viewing system inventory
- Viewing system components
- Monitoring performance index of CPU, memory, and input output modules
- Reading Firmware and Hardware inventories
- Performing and checking system/ component configuration status
- Performing and checking firmware update status
- GPU (Accelerators) Management
- Checking the system for Fresh Air compliance
- Viewing historical temperature data
- Configuring warning threshold for inlet temperature
- Viewing network interfaces available on host OS
- Viewing or terminating iDRAC sessions
- Setting up iDRAC communication
- Communicating with iDRAC through serial connection using DB9 cable
- Configuring BIOS for serial connection
- Enabling RAC serial connection
- Enabling IPMI serial connection basic and terminal modes
- Switching between RAC serial and serial console while using DB9 cable
- Communicating with iDRAC using IPMI SOL
- Communicating with iDRAC using IPMI over LAN
- Enabling or disabling remote RACADM
- Disabling local RACADM
- Configuring Linux for serial console during boot in RHEL
- Configuring a serial terminal in RHEL
- Supported SSH cryptography schemes
- Communicating with iDRAC through serial connection using DB9 cable
- User roles and user accounts
- iDRAC user roles and privileges
- Recommended characters in usernames and passwords
- Creating user roles
- Editing user roles
- Configuring local users
- Configuring Active Directory users
- Configuring generic LDAP users
- Testing LDAP directory service settings
- Register the OpenID Connect system
- System Configuration Lockdown mode
- Configuring iDRAC to send alerts
- Enabling or disabling alerts
- Configuring Quick Alerts
- Configuring alerts for different categories
- Configuring event alerts
- Setting alert recurrence event
- Configuring email alert, SNMP trap, or IPMI trap settings
- Configuring Redfish Eventing
- Configuring Remote System Logging
- Alerts message IDs
- Liquid cooling leak detection
- Managing logs
- Monitoring and managing power in iDRAC
- iDRAC Direct Updates
- Inventorying, monitoring, and configuring network devices
- Inventorying and monitoring FC HBA devices
- Inventorying and monitoring network devices
- Inventorying and monitoring SFP transceiver devices
- Telemetry Streaming
- Serial Data Capture
- Dynamic configuration of virtual addresses, initiator, and storage target settings
- SSD Wear Threshold
- Configuring persistence policy settings
- Managing storage devices
- Understanding RAID concepts
- Supported controllers
- Summary of supported features for storage devices
- Inventorying and monitoring storage devices
- Viewing storage device topology
- Managing physical disks
- Converting a physical disk to RAID or non-RAID mode
- Erasing physical disks
- Erasing SED/ISE device data
- Rebuild Physical Disk
- Managing virtual disks
- RAID Configuration Features
- Managing controllers
- HBA adapter operations
- Monitoring predictive failure analysis on drives
- Controller operations in non-RAID mode or HBA mode
- Running RAID configuration jobs on multiple storage controllers
- Manage Preserved cache
- System Firmware Intermediary
- Managing PCIe SSDs
- Managing enclosures or backplanes
- Storage devices — apply operation scenarios
- Blinking or unblinking component LEDs
- Warm reboot
- BIOS Settings
- Configuring and using virtual console
- Using iDRAC Service Module
- Using Type-C USB Dual-Mode port for server management
- Using Quick Sync 2
- Managing virtual media
- Installing operating systems
- Troubleshooting managed system using iDRAC
- SupportAssist Integration in iDRAC
- Frequently asked questions
- Use case scenarios
- Troubleshooting an inaccessible managed system
- Obtaining system information and assess system health
- Viewing and exporting System Event Log and Lifecycle Log
- Interfaces to update iDRAC firmware
- Performing a graceful shutdown
- Creating new administrator user account
- Launching servers remote console and mounting a USB drive
- Installing bare metal OS using attached virtual media and remote file share
- Managing rack density
- Installing new electronic license
- Applying IO Identity configuration settings for multiple network cards in single host system reboot
iDRAC10 Version 1.20.xx User's Guide
Revision history
| Date | Document revision | Description of changes |
|---|---|---|
| December, 2025 | A05 | iDRAC10 version 1.20.80.50 |
| November, 2025 | A04 | iDRAC10 version 1.20.70.50 |
| September, 2025 | A03 | iDRAC10 version 1.20.60.50 |
| June, 2025 | A02 | iDRAC10 version 1.20.50.50 |
| March, 2025 | A01 | iDRAC10 version 1.20.25.00 |
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