Here is all the information you need to know about iDRAC8 setup: www.dell.com/.../Other-Documents-You-May-Need;lang=en-us Besides launching iDRAC Virtual Console to manage a remote server, you can also make use of VNC client for the same purpose. However, you can only have either VNC session or Virtual Console session at any given time but only one VNC session is allowed at any given time. See link: [URL]
Hi there,  this is a question concerned with the first steps using iDRAC (in a special setup). I think I have to dig through the stuff but my hope is you can give me basic info to let me carry on a little bit more targeted….  in a remote LAN we run a poweredge 730. The IT service configured an iDRAC with an internal IP. Parallelly we can access  a root server within the same remote LAN. So logged into the iDRAC via ssh and changed the password. Unfortunately we don’t have access to their vpn. So my questions is what could be the best solution in order to access it:  1.) let them configure an external IP   2.) on the shell I can see that the IDRAC interface opens 4 ports:      22/tcp   open  ssh      80/tcp   open  http       443/tcp  open  https      5900/tcp open  vnc      Could it be a more or less good solution to make a port forwarding e.g. with iptables      from that root server in the remote LAN in order to enable access to the iDRAC from remote ?     Sorry for this beginner questions. The main thing I’d like ask is how the  client is look like, i.e. do we have a web based solution here or do I have to download client program similar to the graphical client that let allows people  to administer an ESXi Host.  Looking forward to you answers. Some short info , link etc. would be great.  Cheers, Matti
Access via iDRAC