How do I Access iDRAC?

When an Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) is configured on a Dell PowerEdge server, the iDRAC is accessed through any compatible web-browser (most popular web-browsers should be compatible), using the iDRAC’s configured IPv4 address. As long as there are no firewall rules associated with the iDRAC’s connection or IPv4 address, or as long as the firewall rules are configured to allow you to access the iDRAC from your remote device, you should be able to access the iDRAC remotely on your home/work computer, or on another device configured within the same network as the server. Simply enter the iDRAC’s configured IPv4 Address into your web-browser’s URL box.

If you are presented with any security warnings, you should be able to proceed beyond them, to access the iDRAC’s login screen. You should now be presented with the Dell iDRAC control panel login screen. You can now enter the Username and Password for the iDRAC, and then press Submit. If the iDRAC connection has recently been configured on your device by a technician, you will be able to find the credentials of the iDRAC in the MyServers panel, in the Credentials section of the IS page for the server, under the name of LOM/https.

Once you have entered the credentials and pressed submit, you will be presented with the iDRAC’s control panel home page. You can now use the iDRAC to check the health of your server and the device’s hardware, to run operations/tasks on the server, or to start a virtual console. We would recommend familiarising yourself with the control panel and the configuration of the server once you have logged into it for the first time; so if an error does occur in future, you already understand how your server should be configured and how to use the iDRAC application.

If you have any further questions about iDRAC or Remote Management, please look through our FAQ section. If our FAQ page does not have the answer, please feel free to raise a support ticket, and we will be happy to help.