
Once inside the page you can go ahead and configure your DRAC however you choose.
#Reset idrac to factory defaults password
NOTE: the default username is now “ root” and the password is “calvin”. Type in “192.168.0.120” and the DRAC page will come up like in the image below.
#Reset idrac to factory defaults Pc
Now that your card has been reset to the default IP address, hook up an Ethernet cable to the service port on the DRAC card and go to any pc on the network and open a web browser. You can perform a factory reset while on-boarding a new server. So be patient and refresh Openmanage by pressing F5. However if it does not, don’t worry, sometimes it takes a little while for it to clear. Once you have command prompt up you will type in: racadm.exe racresetcfg (picture below)Īt this point go back into open manage and on the left side of the screen click on: Main system chassis – remote access – scroll down to the bottom where it says “ DRAC” and it should now display the default IP address of “ 192.168.0.120”. Doing this will not result in server reboot or iDRAC default. It will look like nothing happened and just redisplay the command line. Once you have command prompt up you will type in: racadm.exe racresetcfg (picture below Now, open command prompt by going to: Start – Run – and type CMD Log into windows and start up Openmanage, the screen will look like this:


You are also going to need to have Dell Openmanage Server Administrator installed. I am not sure if this works with Linux, so please let me know if it does, but I did this on Windows server 2008and it should work with 2003 as well. Go to Overview Server Troubleshooting Diagnostics. If reset to default action is performed, the temperature thresholds are set to the default values. To reset iDRAC to factory default settings using the iDRAC Web interface: 1. Luckily, this is rather simple to do and can be done in 5-10 minutes depending on your servers setup. Both iDRAC Express and iDRAC Enterprise ship from the factory with a default static IP address. Note : For a complete reset, click on Reset iDRAC to Default Settings, all settings, included the username, password and IP will be restored to the default. Because we all know at some point we forget the password to configure the settings and need to clear back to defaults. The procedure to clear a DRAC ( Dell remote access card) back to factory defaults on the Dell Poweredgeline of servers.

