Dell iDRAC6 virtual console viewer from GNU/Linux command line

Solution 1:

assuming iDRAC IP is 10.64.31.76

download this file https://10.64.31.76:443/software/avctKVM.jar from your idrac

run:

java -cp Downloads/avctKVM.jar com.avocent.idrac.kvm.Main ip=10.64.31.76 kmport=5900 vport=5900 user=root passwd=calvin apcp=1 version=2 vmprivilege=true "helpurl=https://10.64.31.76:443/help/contents.html"

user and root passwords are the idrac credentials.

I got a working console

tested with:

  • Windows 10
  • java version "10.0.2" 2018-07-17
  • Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.3 (build 10.0.2+13)
  • Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.3 (build 10.0.2+13, mixed mode)
  • iDRAC 6 Enterprise
  • PowerEdge R310

credits to: https://gist.github.com/xbb/4fd651c2493ad9284dbcb827dc8886d6

Solution 2:

There are 2 console available:

  1. VGA via iDRAC VNC
  2. Serial via IPMI Serial Over Lan

VGA

  1. Install JDK
  2. Linux workstation: download avctVMLinux64.jar and avctKVMIOLinux64.jar. Create a lib folder, then unpack libavctKVMIO.so and libavmlinux.so into lib/ folder. You can find the URLs in the *.jnlp file.
  3. Windows workstation: download similar files found in *.jnlp. Download avctVMWin64.jar and avctKVMIOWin64.jar. Create lib folder, then unpack avctKVMIO.dll and avmlinux.dll into lib folder.
  4. Edit jre/lib/security/java.security and make sure you remove 3DES_EDE_CBC from jdk.tls.legacyAlgorithms=
  5. Import SSL certificate: $JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -keystore $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security/cacerts -storepass changeit -importcert -file <(echo ""|openssl s_client -connect iDRACHostName:443 2>/dev/null|openssl x509) -alias iDRACHostName -noprompt
  6. Connect: $JAVA_HOME/bin/java -cp avctKVM.jar -Djava.library.path=./lib com.avocent.idrac.kvm.Main ip=iDRACHostName kmport=5900 vport=5900 apcp=1 version=2 vmprivilege=true helpurl=https://iDRACHostName:443/help/contents.html user=Administrator passwd=ipmi_password

IPMI SOL

  1. Configure serial redirection in BIOS
  2. Linux: configure serial support in GRUB and install and configure a serial agetty
  3. Windows: enable serial console, then reboot: bcdedit /ems {current} on then bcdedit /emssettings EMSPORT:1 EMSBAUDRATE:115200
  4. Connect: ipmitool -I lanplus -H iDRACHostName -U Administrator -P password sol activate

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