The Dell RACADM (Remote Access Controller Admin) utility is a command-line tool that allows for remote or local management using the iDRAC.

esxcfg-module ipmi_si_drv => load ipmi_si_drv.esxcfg-module -u ipmi_si_drv => unload ipmi_si_drv.If the IPMI driver becomes unresponsive, reload the IPMI driver (ipmi_si_drv). Users Hard Reset operation on certain VMware ESXi operating systems, the IPMI driver (ipmi_si_drv) may become unresponsive because of an existing issue in the IPMI driver. On ESXi 6.0 U1 and ESXi 6.0 U2 versions of ESXi the IPMI driver may become unresponsive after the iDRAC reset. The result of the operation is displayed as an integer value which indicates success or failure of the operation. Winrm i iDRACHardReset portedFunctions -u:'root-username' -p:'password' -r: -a:basic -encoding:utf-8 -skipCNCheck -skipCACheck -skipRevocationcheck Unlike Windows (except WMI) and Linux OS-es ESXi does not prompt the user for a confirmation before resetting the iDRAC. This enables customers to perform the iDRAC reset remotely using WinRM remote commands. On all iDRAC Service Module supported ESXi OS-es iSM 2.3 and newer supports a CMPI method provider.

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