In order to reboot a server with a DRAC card, you will need

• A web browser with Java installed
• Access to the management subnet. The Citrix servers all have this
• The fixed DRAC password. Plans are to replace this practice with your WolfTech AD credentials once we get the schema extended.

The DRAC cards are named in DNS after the servers which they control. The convention is servername-nm,oit.ncsu.edu. As an example, host fs00.unity.ncsu.edu has it's DRAC named fs00-nm.oit.ncsu.edu .

At the time this document was last updated, the DRAC cards had not had proper certificates installed, so you will get an "Domain Name Mismatch" error on connection.

Open we web connection to the DRAC card, and enter the DRAC username and password (it is the same on all cards).

From the main web page presented you can examine the configuration of the server, check temps and fan speeds. Two of the most useful functions are to redirect the server console, and reboot or power off the server.

To redirect the console, select "Console" from the menu in the left hand pane, and thn check the "Open Console" button. This will work at any time, even when the computer is off.

To reboot the server, select "Power" from the menu in the left hand pane, and then check the operation you desire (Reboot System, Power Cycle System, Power off system, or power on system) and click "Apply" Usually "Reboot System" is sufficient and slightly faster than "Power Cycle" but should the machine be in a particularly bad state a power cycle may be required.