THALESIFEC WROTE THE FOLLOWING POST AT THU, AUG 13 2015 2:01 AM: The result seems to be inconsistent. Below is the first successful example I've seen. It was immediately followed by another failure. Both commands look identical to me. # /opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/racadm -r pses17dd -u root -p xxx config -g cfgRemoteHosts -o cfgRhostsSyslogServer1 10.76.105.70/opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/racadm: line 13: printf: 0xError: invalid hex numberSecurity Alert: Certificate is invalid - self signed certificateContinuing execution. Use -S option for racadm to stop execution on certificate-related errors.Object value modified successfully                                            # /opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/racadm -r pses17dd -u root -p xxx config –g cfgRemoteHosts –o cfgRhostsSyslogServer1 10.76.105.70/opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/racadm: line 13: printf: 0xError: invalid hex numberSecurity Alert: Certificate is invalid - self signed certificateContinuing execution. Use -S option for racadm to stop execution on certificate-related errors.ERROR: The syntax of the command specified is not correct.      These 2 commands are not the same although they appear to be. One was probably copy/pasted from an Outlook email.Microsoft has tha habbit to change - to a different –, although to almost look the same it won't work. See the - with the o, one is a bit longer [IMAGE] Please type in the entire command to make sure all the characters are as they are intended. To awser your question about documentation: Dell is making a shift in the RACADM from the commmands using config of a (Group, Object and Value). The new way to set values will be by the use of Fully Qualified Device Descriptor (FQDD) So where you would use to enable the SNMP daemon:racadm -r -u -p " " config -g cfgOobSnmp -o cfgOobSnmpAgentEnable 1   the new command would be:racadm -r -u -p " " set iDRAC.SNMP.AgentEnable Enabled  This was introduced with iDRAC7 firmware 1.50.50 and above. The old config command will still work on every idrac but that may change in the future.
For me, racadm running on Fedora 21 successfully runs "racadm getconfig" against all our iDRAC6. However, against iDRAC7, I get this result. # racadm -r device -u root -p xxx getconfig -f device.cfgSecurity Alert: Certificate is invalid - self signed certificateContinuing execution. Use -S option for racadm to stop execution on certificate-related errors.[idRacInfo            -- Information about iDRAC being queried]ERROR: The syntax of the command specified is not correct. The ERROR message quickly overlays the idRacInfo line, which was captured using 'script'. I get the same error trying this command against an iDRAC6. # racadm -r device -u root -p xxx config –g cfgRemoteHosts –o cfgRhostsSyslogEnable 1 In both cases, the message gives me no clue to the actual cause of the problem. I believe the syntax of both commands is correct.
racadm error provides no clue to actual problem