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Out of The Box Setup Information for Dell PowerEdge™ 11G Servers Including the R710, T610, R510, and M610

Article ID: 578392 Date Published: 2012-09-04 Journal ID: 3353f282-f3f1-4346-add0-f333e5b27707

Article Summary:This article provides information on the "Out of The Box Setup" information for 11G PowerEdge Servers including the R710, T610, R510, and M610.

Table of Contents:

Setup and Manage Your iDRAC Understanding and Configuring Your Lifecycle Controller Operating System Installation Installing and Configuring OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) OpenManage Essentials: A Simple Way to Centrally Manage Multiple "Dell Devices" Rack and Power Firmware and Driver Updates Troubleshooting an 11G Server

Issue 1: Setup and Manage Your iDRAC  

DRAC Default: Username = root Password = calvin

Getting Started With Your Integrated Dell™ Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6)

What is it? what can it do for me? The iDRAC6 enables you to remotely monitor, troubleshoot, and repair a Dell system even when the system is down. The iDRAC6 offers a rich set of features like console redirection, virtual media, virtual KVM, Smart Card authentication, and single sign-on. The management station is the system from which an administrator remotely manages a Dell system that has an iDRAC6. The systems that are monitored in this way are called managed systems. Optionally, you can install Dell™ OpenManage™ software on the management station as well as the managed system. Without the managed system software, you cannot use the RACADM locally, and the iDRAC6 cannot capture the last crash screen.

For those that want a more in depth introduction to the iDRAC6 please visit the following links:

Video interview about the iDRAC6 Introduction to iDRAC6 Whitepaper Command Line DRAC / Server Management using RACADM For full details on the iDRAC, click for the iDRAC User Guide.

Do I have an iDRAC installed?

The Following Systems ship by default with an iDRAC: R710,...