Dell Drac 5 User Guide

Basic Installation of the DRAC 541
Before You Begin
Before you update your DRAC 5 firmware using local RACADM or the Dell 
Update Packages, perform the following procedures. Otherwise, the firmware 
update operation may fail.
1
Install and enable the appropriate IPMI and managed node drivers.
2If your system is running a Windows operating system, enable and start 
the 
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service. 
3If your system is running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (version 10) for 
Intel EM64T,...

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3In the Firm war e U pd ate page in the Firm war e Im age field, type the path 
to the firmware image that you downloaded from 
support.dell.com or click 
Browse to navigate to the image.
 NOTE: If you are running Firefox, the text cursor does not appear in the 
Firmware Image field. 
Fo r  e x a m p l e :
C:\Updates\V1.0\. 
The default firmware image name is 
firmimg.d5. 
4Click Update.
The update may take several minutes to complete. When completed, 
a dialog box...

Basic Installation of the DRAC 543
Updating the DRAC 5 Firmware Using Dell Update Packages for 
Supported Windows and Linux Operating Systems
Download and run the Dell Update Packages for supported Windows and 
Linux operating systems from Dell Support website at support.dell.com. 
See the Dell Update Package User’s Guide for more information.
Clearing the Browser Cache
After the firmware upgrade, clear the Web browser cache.
See your Web browser’s online help for more information. 
Configuring a...

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List of Trusted Domains
When you access the DRAC 5 Web-based interface through the Web 
browser, you are prompted to add the DRAC 5 IP address to the list of trusted 
domains if the IP address is missing from the list. When completed, click 
Refresh or relaunch the Web browser to reestablish a connection to the 
DRAC 5 Web-based interface.
32-bit and 64-bit Web Browsers
The DRAC 5 Web-based interface is not supported on 64-bit Web browsers. 
If you open a 64-bit...

Basic Installation of the DRAC 545
4In the Add Language window, select a supported language.
To select more than one language, press .
5Select your preferred language and click Move Up to move the language to 
the top of the list.
6Click OK.
7In the Language Preference window, click OK.
Linux
If you are running Console Redirection on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 
(version 4) client with a Simplified Chinese GUI, the viewer menu and title 
may appear in random characters. This issue is caused by an...

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5In the file, apply the following changes: 
Current entry:
LANG=zh_CN.GB18030
SUPPORTED=zh_CN.GB18030:zh_CH.GB2312:zh_CN:zh
Updated entry:
LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8
SUPPORTED=zh_CN.UTF-
8:zh_CN.GB18030:zh_CH.GB2312:zh_CN:zh
6
Log out and then login to the operating system.
7Relaunch the DRAC 5.
When you switch from any other language to the Simplified Chinese 
language, ensure that this fix is still valid. If not, repeat this procedure.
For advanced configurations of the DRAC 5,...

Advanced Configuration of the DRAC 547
4
Advanced Configuration of the 
DRAC 5
This section provides information about advanced DRAC 5 configuration 
and is recommended for users with advanced knowledge of systems 
management and who want to customize the DRAC environment to suit 
their specific needs.
Before You Begin
You should have completed the basic installation and setup of your DRAC 5 
hardware and software. See Basic Installation of the DRAC 5 on page 35 for 
more information.
Configuring DRAC 5...

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Configuring the DRAC 5 Using the Web 
User Interface
See your DRAC 5 online help for context sensitive information about each 
Web-based interface page.
Accessing the Web-Based Interface
To access the DRAC 5 Web-based interface:
1
Open a supported Web browser window.
For a list of supported Web browsers, see the Dell Systems Software 
Support Matrix on the Dell Support website at 
support.dell.com/manuals.
2
In the Address field, type the following and press :...

Advanced Configuration of the DRAC 549
Logging In
You can log in either as a DRAC 5 user or as a Microsoft Active Directory user. 
The default user name and password are root and calvin, respectively. 
Before you log in to the DRAC 5, verify that you have Log In to DRAC 5 
permission. Speak to your organization’s DRAC or network administrator to 
confirm your access privileges.
To  l o g  i n :
1
In the User Name field, type one of the following:
• Your DRAC 5 user name.
Fo r  e x a m p l e ,  <...

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Logging Out
1In the upper-right corner of the DRAC 5 Web-based interface window, 
click 
Log Out to close the session.
2Close the browser window.
 NOTE: The Log Out button does not appear until you log in.
 
NOTE: Closing the browser without gracefully logging out causes the session to 
remain open until it times out. It is strongly recommended that you click the logout 
button to end the session; otherwise, the session remains active until the session 
timeout is...