Changing default login password using racadm – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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3.

In the Confirm Password field, type the password again.

4.

Click Continue. The new password is configured and you are logged in to CMC.

NOTE: Continue is enabled only if the passwords provided in the New Password and Confirm Password fields
match.

For information about the other fields, see the

CMC Online Help

.

Changing Default Login Password Using RACADM

To change the password, run the following RACADM command:
racadm config –g cfgUserAdmin –o cfgUserAdminPassword –i <index> <newpassword>

where, <index> is a value from 1 to 16 (indicates the user account) and <newpassword> is the new user–defined
password.
For more information, see the

RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC7 and CMC

.

Enabling or Disabling Default Password Warning Message

You can enable or disable the display of the default password warning message. To do this, you must have Configure
Users privilege.

Enabling or Disabling Default Password Warning Message Using Web Interface

To enable or disable the display of the default password warning message after logging in to iDRAC:

1.

Go to Chassis Controller → User Authentication → Local Users .
The Users page is displayed.

2.

In the Default Password Warning section, select Enable, and then click Apply to enable the display of the Default

Password Warning page when you log in to CMC. Else, select Disable.
Alternatively, if this feature is enabled and you do not want to display the warning message for subsequent login
operations, on the Default Password Warning page, select the Do not show this warning again option, and then
click Apply.

Enabling or Disabling Warning Message to Change Default Login Password Using

RACADM

To enable the display of the warning message to change the default login password using RACADM, use racadm
config -g cfgRacTuning -o cfgRacTuneDefCredentialWarningEnable<0> or <1> object. For
more information, see the

RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC7 and CMC

available at dell.com/support/

manuals.

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