Remote acces Problem

Question

Hello i have a dell poweredge 2900 and i cant get the bmc to work in a web browser and i would like to know if anybody has a tool or a idea of how i can acces the bmc interface so that i can remotely manage it. Thank you

DELL-Young E · Accepted Answer

Hello

Andrew.24123

https://www.dell.com/community/en/direct-messaging

Hello, it is beyond the scope of support but what I can do is to attach some materials related to this topic:
https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_poweredge/poweredge-2900_owner's%20manual_en-us.pdf

https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_poweredge/poweredge-7250_user's%20guide_en-us.pdf

Origin3k · Answer

Can you ping the 192.168.1.15 address? If not check if you hook up a cable to the port with the wrench symbol. An iDRAC can be configured to use the dedicated ethernet port(the one with the wrench) or using the first LOM port and shared with the OS(i dont like that).

If you have this sorted out we can start dealing with the old SSL.

Regards,

Joerg

Andrew.24123 · Answer

@Origin3k​ Hello yes i can ping the 192.168.1.15 addres

Origin3k · Answer

Ok. When using a 18year old peace of HW you should 17Y old Software too. Get a old Firefox portable or check the iDRAC config option is there a way to disable SSL and only using Port 80(non encryption).

If you have cURL or wget handy (also exists for Windows) use this to see whats comming back when try to access the iDRAC. The browser sometimes cant give you information whats going wrong. Did you just get a black page or does the browser returns a message?

Regards,

Joerg

Andrew.24123 · Answer

@Origin3k​ Hello I Have Done what you said and the server returns nothing back to the client also i tryed wireshark to see if it sends somthing out but still nothing also i should mention that The server is using a DRAC card not IDRAC and also has no port for it other than 2 etherent ports that are not labled managment or somthing else all i know is that i am connect to the one that has the DRAC Acces.

Origin3k · Answer

We also have PE2900 in the past... if you go back config menu by pressing CTRL-C what is configured "Dedicated" or "Shared"? Please use "Dedicated" and be sure to plugin the cable into the right port(wrench symbol).

If you have a Linux/Windows already installed we can try to task to the (i)DRAC trough the OS with the help of "racadm" (iDRAC Tools). There we can try to restart idrac and verify the settings also.

Regards,

Joerg

Origin3k · Answer

Did you try to connect through SSH with putty for example?

Andrew.24123 · Answer

@Origin3k​ Yes i did and nothing came back and in putty it said Connection timed out and the DRAC settings are like you said

Origin3k · Answer

If nothing comes back are you 101% sure that youre speaking with the right device and not with a different (duplicate IP) one? Regards, Joerg

Andrew.24123 · Answer

@Origin3k​ Yes i am speaking with the right since i changed the ip addres to 192.168.1.13 so i can check if its duplicate and its not and also now  i cant put it to be dedicated in the drac settings it only lets me to select shared or faliover

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