I was playing around with an older idrac 6 server Dell R210 ii and discovered this when I was trying to run a memtest remotely. It was a simple fix, although I wish the error was a little more obvious. The fix is to go to:
In the idrac 6 interface; go to system > console/media, then click configuration and enable virtual media, and click auto attach. Once you do that, click Apply.
I circled the options in the following image with handy dandy SNIP, ha ha.
I ran into this after updating a few 2960x’s with build dates of 2015. I attempted to down grade and had no luck with fixing. The research I did found 3 reasons the error popped up. Besides the error message popping up every 5 minutes or so, it killed all ip routing, making the switch useless. The exact error was:
%ILET-1-AUTHENTICATION_FAIL: This Switch may not have been manufactured by Cisco or with Cisco’s authorization. This product may contain software that was copied in violation of Cisco’s license terms. If your use of this product is the cause of a support issue, Cisco may deny operation of the product, support under your warranty or under a Cisco technical support program such as Smartnet. Please contact Cisco’s Technical Assistance Center for more information.
The two fixes are to shut down the switch, and leave it unplugged for 10 minutes. The third requires an RMA. I ran into the third one sadly. I even tried the latest iOS as of August 25 2019. You can read more about the error here: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/switches/catalyst-2960-x-series-switches/118837-technote-catalyst-00.html
I was working on something with an IP conflict, and then locked myself out of routing via the VPN, so the quickest way to do a fix, was to change the IP of my idrac via command line. Apparently, you can do almost everything through command line.
First step is to get onto your idrac, replacing root and IP with your own information. Note, default username and password is root – calvin. If you have a newer idrac, I think starting around idrac8, there is a tab on the server that has the default idrac username and password:
You should now have a print out of your current configuration for your NIC. To change it, you just do the following:
Give it a few seconds, and it should kick you out, and now have the new IP address.
If you want a full subset of the documentation go here: http://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_electronics/esuprt_software/esuprt_remote_ent_sys_mgmt/integrated-dell-remote-access-cntrllr-7-v1.30.30_User%27s%20Guide_en-us.pdf
Otherwise here is a snippet:
% Get all iDRAC settings in a file
racadm get -f config.txt
If you like you can change the contents of config.txt and apply it back to iDRAC
racadm set -f config.txt
% Set password for root userracadm set iDRAC.Users.2.Password PASSWORD"
% List all ssh keys for root userracadm sshpkauth -i 2 -v -k all
% Add ssh key to root userracadm sshpkauth -i 2 -k 1 "CONTENTS OF PUBLIC KEY"
% Delete ssh key for root userracadm sshpkauth -i 2 -d -k 1
% Get iDRAC IP config
racadm getniccfg
racadm get iDRAC.NIC
% set iDRAC IP
Using config command:
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgNicEnable 1
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgNicIpAddress x.x.x.x
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgNicNetmask 255.255.255.0
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgNicGateway x.x.x.x
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgNicUseDHCP 0
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgDNSServersFromDHCP 0
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgDNSServer1 y.y.y.y
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgDNSServer2 y.y.y.y
• Using set command:
racadm set iDRAC.Nic.Enable 1
racadm set iDRAC.IPv4.Address x.x.x.x
racadm set iDRAC.IPv4.Netmask 255.255.255.0
racadm set iDRAC.IPv4.Gateway x.x.x.x
racadm set iDRAC.IPv4.DHCPEnable 0
racadm set iDRAC.IPv4.DNSFromDHCP 0
racadm set iDRAC.IPv4.DNS1 y.y.y.y
racadm set iDRAC.IPv4.DNS2 y.y.y.y
% Set iDRAC DNS Nameracadm set iDRAC.NIC.DNSRacName iDRACNAME
% Set iDRAC domain nameracadm set iDRAC.NIC.DNSDomainName DOMAIN.NAME
% Set iDRAC DNS Server
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgDNSServer1 x.x.x.x
racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgDNSServer2 y.y.y.y
% Set Front LCD to hostnameracadm set System.LCD.Configuration 16
% Reset iDRAC to factory defaultsracadm racresetcfg
% Reset/Reboot iDRAC
racadm racreset OPTIONS
Options : soft, hard, cold
or
racadm serveraction powercycle
% Get Serial number (service tag)racadm getsvctag
% Get current system informationracadm getsysinfo
% Configure one-time-boot to PXE
racadm set BIOS.OneTimeBoot.OneTimeBootMode OneTimeBootSeq
racadm set BIOS.OneTimeBoot.OneTimeBootSeqDev NIC.Integrated.1-1-1
% Configure persistent Boot Device
racadm config -g cfgServerInfo -o cfgServerBootOnce 0
racadm config -g cfgServerInfo -i cfgServerFirstBootDevice HDD
% Check boot order listracadm get BIOS.BiosBootSettings.bootseq
% Disable HyperThreadingracadm set BIOS.ProcSettings.LogicalProc Disabled
% Disable OS to iDRAC pass-thru for iDRAC service module (automatically create a pseudo NIC in OS)racadm set iDRAC.OS-BMC.AdminState Disabled
% Change SNMP public community stringracadm set iDRAC.SNMP.AgentCommunity NEW STRING
% Disable ASRracadm config -g cfgRacTuning -o cfgRacTuneAsrEnable 0
% Configure Serial redirection
racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialConsoleEnable 1
racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialBaudRate 115200
racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialCom2RedirEnable 1
racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialTelnetEnable 0
racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialSshEnable 1
to access console via ssh console com2
% Disable Serial On Lanracadm config -g cfgImpiSol -o cfgIpmiSolEnable 0
% Change Power Profileracadm set BIOS.SysProfileSettings PerfPerWattOptimizedOs
% Set AC Power Recovery
racadm set BIOS.SysSecurity.AcPwdRcvry Last
racadm set BIOS.SysSecurity.AcPwdRcvryDelay Immediate
% Get RAID physical Disk information
racadm raid get pdisks
racadm raid get pdisks -o (all information)
racadm raid get pdisks -o -p state,size (specific information)
% Get RAID Virtual Disk InformationRacadm raid get vdisks
I was trying to create a password for a new user on a new install of webmin. I was trying out the latest everything, latest MySQL (MariaDB 10), PHP 7.3, Kernel 5.0.2.12 running on Centos 7. But for some reason, when adding a new SQL user, I kept getting: failed :
Password hash should be a 41-digit hexadecimal number
What I had to do was enter the hash of the password into the new user script. To get the hash, all you have to do it go to command line, enter:
mysql -u root -h localhost -p
Then enter your passwords, and enter your password you want to kick back the hash on:
SELECT PASSWORD(‘mypass’);
Which will kick out:
6C8989366EAF75BB670AD8EA7A7FC1176A95CEF4
Poof, now you can enter that as your password via your gui, or as an SQL command:
If you would like to read more about it, check here:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/password-hashing.html
I’ve been using fast.com, powered by Netflix and it’s been working great. I was getting annoyed with ooklas somewhat intrusive ad tactics and was looking for something a little better. Fast.com works great and has a great little application door Android as well.
You would think this is a good thing, but no, haha. It’s nice to know what your battery is actually at. While the tablet was logged in, I did this key combo, and that resolved it:
hold volume + and power button for 15 seconds and that should fix it.
I am using the nvidia settings to manage some color settings, and as of a recentish anniversary update for windows 10, it kept resetting every reboot. Luckily someone at Tom’sHardware found the resolution, which I am shamelessly posting here with source:
This issue is caused by the WindowsColorSystem scheduled task running at user logon. The NVIDIA driver hooks the user’s logon and then applies the settings, however, the Microsoft scheduled task that initializes the Windows Color System runs just after and loads the default color profile for the monitor (timing issue). Since I prefer to use the driver manufacturers’ control panels to manage my color settings, I disable the “Task Scheduler Library\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsColorSystem\Calibration Loader” task.
I just built my new rig, and the temps are solid. When running a stock blend test, I am getting about 70-75C. I could use more fans, I am only running the two on the cooler, and 1 120mm case fan.
ncase m1 v5
nvidia 1080 gtx FE
ADATA SX8200 PCIE NVME GEN3X4 m.2 2280 960GB ASX8200NP-960GT-C
ADATA XPG GAMMIX D10 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200 (PC4 21300) AX4U320038G16-DB10
ASRock Z390 PHANTOM GAMING-ITX/AC LGA 1151
Intel i9 9900k
be quiet! dark rock TF air cooler
Corsair SF600
The only issue I had was some slight fitment with the be quiet cooler. I made zero alterations, but you can see it’s definitly a little tight with the Ram, as it’s pushing it a smidge. Not enough to worry me though. If I had lower profile sticks, it’d be fine.
Do you have a windows server running openvpn, and your plex server at home? If you ever wanted the ability to have plex work local, vice over the internet and back in while you are at home, it’s pretty simple. This will work on any client side openvpn config file. You just need to add this one route in the config file:
route plex.tv 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
replace 192.168.1.1 with whatever your router IP address is, boom, problem solved. There used to be a few other domains you have to route, and some IP addresses you had to keep track of, but now plex made it easy, just plex.tv works. I had the issue where anytime I had openvpn running and connected on this server, my tablet connected on the same subnet would try to route traffic for my plex application over the internet. When I went to play a video it would say “you are not direct connected, do you want to play this file still”? This resolved it, and running a tcpdump on my firewall, I see the traffic is not leaving, huzzah!
I kept getting these errors when I would log into my older idrac 6 cards. You can fixing it by putting IE11 into compatability mode, but I also found it easier to update the idrac to the latest 2.91 version. These were the errors I was getting:
I updated one as far back as 1.43 to this version, no middle version required. Enjoy! I pulled these files right off of dells website. The only file you need to upload is the firming.d6. It was taken out of the ESM_Firmware_MXKG2_WN32_2.91_A00.EXE.
Dell iDRAC Monolithic Release 2.91
http://vivithemage.com/extra/Dell-11G/firmimg.d6
If you want to use the virutal console, you will probably have to switch from native to JAVA, as native was not working for me in my old firefox version, or IE11, even with compatibility enabled.