Question: If you order a PowerEdge with "random password" instead of the legacy one and you perform a factory reset of the idrac.... which password now? You should perform a power draining... pull out both power cables and press the poweron button for 30sek. After that connect the cables again and see how it boot. Hint: you can specify the idrac password and also configure idrac network trough a full blown OS and "racadm[.exe]". Dell also offer a plattform ISO which contains all existing FW updates. Regards,Joerg
Hello, I am currently working on a PowerEdge R740xd trying to update firmware. The problem is the service tag doesn't have a unique idrac password and root/calvin is not working. I've tried resetting the idrac to factory default settings in BIOS, rebooting and default login will not work. Also, tried unplugging all cords and draining the power and that didn't help either. Also, I'm not able to access Lifecycle Controller during boot, when F10 is pressed the system attempts to load LC but reboots instead. At this point, iDrac won't reset to default credentials and LC is not loading on this system. Any help is appreciated.  BIOS 2.14.2 iDrac 4.00 LC ????
Default iDrac Login Not Working after Factory Resetting iDrac via BIOS