Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) Version 2.00.00.00 RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide

Allows you to set iDRAC configuration parameters individually or to batch them as part of a configuration file and then modify CMC configuration properties. If the data is different, the iDRAC object is written with a new value.

racadm config -g <group> -o <object> <value> [-m <module>]

racadm config -g <group> -i <index> -o <object> <value>

• -f — The -f <filename> option causes config to read the contents of the file specified by <filename> and configure iDRAC. The file must contain data in the format specified in the section Parsing Rules in the iDRAC User’s Guide available at www.dell.com/esmmanuals.
• -continue — This option is used with -f option only. If configuration through file is unsuccessful for a group, then configuration continues with the next group in the file. If this option is not used, then configuration stops when it is unsuccessful for a particular group. After the unsuccessful group, the rest of the groups are not configured.
• -p — This option must be used with the -f option. It directs config to delete the password entries contained in the config file -f <filename> after the configuration is complete.

  To apply the password, you must remove the preceding Read-Only marker '#' in the config file before executing the config -f command.

• -g — The -g <groupName>, or group option, must be used with the -o option. The <group> specifies the group containing the object that is to be set.
• -o — The -o <objectName>, or object option, must be used with the -g option. This option specifies the object name that is written with the string
• <value> — Value to set to configuration object.
• -i — The -i <index>, or index option, is valid only for indexed groups and can be used to specify a unique group (used with -g and -o). The <index> is a decimal integer from 1 through n, where n can vary from 1 to maximum number of indexes a particular group supports. If -i <index> is not specified, a value of 1 is assumed for groups, which are tables that have multiple entries. The index is specified by the index value, not a named value.

  'nx' is allowed for servers.

• -c — The -c or check option, is used with the config subcommand and allows the user to parse the cfg file to locate syntax errors. If errors are found, the line number and a short description of what is incorrect are displayed. Write permission does not apply to iDRAC. This option is a check only.

This subcommand generates error output for any of the following reasons:

• Invalid syntax, group name, object name, index or other invalid database members.
• If the RACADM command-line interface is unsuccessful.

• To set the cfgNicIpAddress configuration parameter (object) to the value 10.35.10.110. This IP address object is contained in the group cfgLanNetworking.

  racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgNicIpAddress 10.35.10.100

• To configure or re-configure iDRAC:

  racadm config -f myrac.cfg 

  The myrac.cfg file may be created from the getconfig command. This file may also be edited manually using the parsing rules.

  • NOTE: The myrac.cfg file does not contain passwords. To include passwords in the file, you must enter them manually. If you want to remove password information from the myrac.cfg file during configuration, use the -p option.