Reset iDrac password
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Reset iDrac password

OS

Ubuntu 18.04

Steps

  1. install ipmitool:
sudo apt install ipmitool
  1. List users:
sudo ipmitool user list 1
ID  Name             Callin  Link Auth  IPMI Msg   Channel Priv Limit
1                    true    false      false      NO ACCESS
2   administrator    true    true       true       ADMINISTRATOR
3                    true    false      false      NO ACCESS
4                    true    false      false      NO ACCESS
5                    true    false      false      NO ACCESS
6                    true    false      false      NO ACCESS
7                    true    false      false      NO ACCESS
8                    true    false      false      NO ACCESS
9                    true    false      false      NO ACCESS
10                   true    false      false      NO ACCESS
  1. Update password of administrator, whose user ID is 2:
sudo ipmitool user set password 2
  1. Username may be reset to root, use ipmitool user list 1 to confirm.