Installed a new dell server with iDRAC8

assigned a ip address to the iDRAC using the BIOS/Console interface

Attempt to connect via https://drac.mydomain.com returns a web page with

Access Error: 400 — Bad Request

but you can connect via https://drac.ip.addr.ess

Fix:

• Connect to the iDRAC using the ip address
• on the left side – find Network under iDRAC settings
• on the right side – find “Common Settings” – set the DNS iDRAC name to the host name you want for the iDRAC and set Static DNS Domain Name to the domain name for the network you have the iDRAC on
• IMPORTAT!!! Find and click the Apply button –  way down at the bottom of the page
• Now you need to install iDRAC Tools or OMSA on the server operating system on this server (or if you have not install the OS yet on this server) these tools need to be installed on another Dell server on the same network.
• If the iDRAC tools are installed on the current server:
  • racadm sslresetcfg
  • racadm sslcertview -t 1  (you can see now the fully qualified domain name is in the cert)
  • racadm racreset (this will reboot the iDRAC and certificate will take effect)
• If the iDRAC tools are not installed on the server you are working on – you can use another server that has the tools installed – with the following commands:
  • racadm -r ip.address.rac.card -u root -p PasswordForRoot sslresetcfg
  • racadm -r ip.address.rac.card -u root -p PasswordForRoot sslcertview -t 1  (you can see now the fully qualified domain name is in the cert)
  • racadm -r ip.address.rac.card -u root -p PasswordForRoot racreset (this will reboot the iDRAC and certificate will take effect)