Kitaab

Recently i logged on to iDRAC for one of our Dell R720 servers,however somehow the console redirection did not work at all. I kept on seeing No Signal on the Virtual console Preview. I tried Rebooting the server but that did not help. Finally i clicked on Reset iDRAC and this did the trick. It may take around 2 -5 minutes before you can access iDRAC page again. I had to power on the server through iDRAC before anything showed up on console. Hope this Helps.

Updating Dell R720 I had to update a new Dell R720 server , being the first time it took a lot of time to find the details on how to do things; I downloaded the Latest SUU DVD  from: http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/555/DriverDetails/Product/poweredge-r720?driverId=T1XHC&osCode=WS8R2&fileId=3105458864&languageCode=en# Connect to the iDRAC The default username and Password fro dell iDRAC : Username : root Password: calvin Click on launch  in the Virtual Console Preview Power on the machine As the Machine boots Up we have to Press F10 During POST The steps are shown in the images as follows: You have to choose Platform Update First we can view the current updates Now we can choose to  Launch platform Update We can choose to dell  ftp Site for latest updates , or use the Local CD/DVD/USB or Network  You have to configure Networking firs...