
Dell iDRAC Service Module 5.3.0.0 User’s Guide
Remote iDRAC hard reset
iDRAC may become unresponsive for various reasons. iSM can fully reset an unresponsive iDRAC8 or iDRAC9 controller by temporarily removing power to the iDRAC controller without affecting operating system production. This feature can only be disabled from the iSM page in iDRAC using the iDRAC interfaces.
To reset iDRAC, run the following Windows PowerShell or Linux shell command:
./Invoke-iDRACHardReset
esxcli dell ism idrachardreset -f
winrm i iDRACHardReset http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cimschema/2/root/cimv2/dcim/DCIM_iSMService?__cimnamespace=root/cimv2/dcim+InstanceID=iSMExportedFunctions -u:"root-username" -p:"password" -r:https://"Host-IP":443/wsman -a:basic -encoding:utf-8 -skipCNCheck -skipCACheck -skipRevocationcheck
On ESXi 8.x operating systems, you can perform the iDRAC reset remotely using the following remote esxcli command:
esxcli --server <HostIPAddress> --username <user> --password <password> --thumbprint <thumbprint>dell ism idrachardreset -f
The remote esxcli interfaces for Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems are available at VMware ESX Command Line Interface. For more information about creating the thumbprint, see Thumbprint error when running ESXCLI command as a vCLI command.