Install iDRAC racadm tool on Proxmox 7/8
This is how to setup iDRAC's racadm tool on Proxmox 7/8. And iDRAC Service Module(iSM).
This article is inspired by DELL's manual and this blog post.
Install
Fetch the GPG key
curl -fsSL https://linux.dell.com/repo/pgp_pubkeys/0x1285491434D8786F.asc | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/dell-apt-key.gpg
Add sources file
Create a file at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linux.dell.com.sources.list and put the following contents:
deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/dell-apt-key.gpg] http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/openmanage/11000/jammy jammy main
# For Proxmox 7
#deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/dell-apt-key.gpg] http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/openmanage/10300/focal focal main
# If you want iDRAC Service Module(iSM)
deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/dell-apt-key.gpg] http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/openmanage/iSM/5100/bullseye bullseye main
The 10300 (v10.3.0.0) part is the OMSA version found on the matrix available on DELL's page.
If you use the jammy release on a Debian 11 it will throw uses unknown compression for member 'control.tar.zst', giving up at install time. This is explained on stackoverflow (stackexchange).
Install it
apt-get install srvadmin-idracadm8
# If you want iDRAC Service Module(iSM)
apt-get install dcism
Try racadm
racadm getsysinfo
RAC Information:
RAC Date/Time = Thu May 25 12:25:11 2023
Firmware Version = 2.84.84.84
Firmware Build = 02
Last Firmware Update = 05/23/2023 11:30:51
[...]
With dcism and a reboot:
Host Name = proxmox.local
OS Name = Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
OS Version = 12 (bookworm) Kernel 6.2.16-3-pve (x86_64)
On Proxmox 8
I added back deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian bullseye main to the /etc/apt/sources.list file and ran: apt install libssl1.1.
Because the binary /opt/dell/srvadmin/iSM/bin/Invoke-iSMPKIHelper needs it (ldd /opt/dell/srvadmin/iSM/bin/Invoke-iSMPKIHelper).
And after added a file /etc/apt/preferences.d/bullseye with the contents:
Package: *
Pin: release n=bullseye
Pin-Priority: -1