All Dell DRACs come with a default account set up as root / calvin which is a huge security risk if left!
The web interface doesn’t let you change the password but the firmware does when you boot the server.
A second way to change the password is with the racadm tool, if installed, at the command line! This means you don’t have to reboot that precious production server!
In DRAC 4, the first index slot is root by default. In DRAC 5 and 6, index 1 is Administrator, index 2 is root.
We can display the ID info using racadm command:
DRAC 4:
racadm getconfig -g cfgUserAdmin -i 1
DRAC 5 and 6:
racadm getconfig -g cfgUserAdmin -i 2
# cfgUserAdminIndex=2
cfgUserAdminUserName=root
# cfgUserAdminPassword=******** (Write-Only)
cfgUserAdminEnable=1
cfgUserAdminPrivilege=0x000001ff
cfgUserAdminIpmiLanPrivilege=4
cfgUserAdminIpmiSerialPrivilege=4
cfgUserAdminSolEnable=1
When we’re sure we have the correct ID, we can easily change the password with the racadm command too
DRAC 4:
racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminPassword -i 1 newpassword
DRAC 5 and 6:
racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminPassword -i 2 newpassword
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