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Using the serial and racadm Commands 129
Using the racadm CLI
The racadm CLI commands can be run locally or remotely from the serial or telnet console
command prompt or through a normal DOS or Linux command prompt.
Use the racadm command to configure DRAC 4 properties, perform remote management tasks,
or recover a crashed system.
Ta b le 8-2 lists the racadm command that you can type into the
racadm CLI.
When using the racadm CLI, type racadm help to display the entire racadm subcommand
list, which lists all the commands supported by the DRAC 4. The following sections provide
information about how to use the racadm commands.
NOTE: MS-DOS
®
version 6.22 is required to use the DOS racadm command line feature. To limit DOS
racadm output to a single screen, use the MS-DOS more.com utility. Type the following command at the
prompt:
a: racadm help | more.
racadm Command Description
Without options, the racadm command executes the help command, which displays a list of
available commands and a one-line description of each. Type racadm help <
subcommand
>
to display any syntax and command line options for the <
subcommand
>.
getsysinfo Displays general DRAC 4 and system information.
serveraction Executes a graceful hard server reset, or power-on, power-off, or power-cycle.
getraclog Displays DRAC 4 log entries.
clrraclog Clears the DRAC 4 log entries.
gettracelog Displays Trace Log entries.
getsel Displays System Event Log entries.
clrsel Clears the System Event Log entries.
connect com1 or
connect com2
Connects the DRAC 4 to the system serial port.
racadm Command line status and configuration utility for the DRAC 4.
Table 8-2. racadm Command
Command Description
racadm Command line status and configuration utility for the DRAC 4.
Table 8-1. Serial/Telnet Commands (continued)
Command Description