Miscellaneous Dell iDRAC settings and commands

Miscellaneous Dell iDRAC settings and commands

Dell PowerEdge Servers: Disable C1E States, Disable C states, Set CPU profile to Max Performance:

Define Settings using iDRAC web console:

Set CPU Performance settings to Max Performance (using iDRAC Web Console):

System BIOS > System Profile Settings > CPU Power Management > Change CPU Profile to Max Performance.

Set CPU C1 Settings to Disabled (using iDRAC Web Console):

System BIOS > System Profile Settings > C1E > Disabled

Set CPU C Settings to Disabled (using iDRAC Web Console):

System BIOS > System Profile Settings > C States > Disabled

Define Settings using racadm command line:

Set Bios Profile settings to Custom mode to be able to set Performance settings (Using racadm command line):

racadm set bios.SysProfileSettings.SysProfile Custom

Set CPU Performance settings to Max Performance (Using racadm command line):

racadm set BIOS.SysProfileSettings.ProcPwrPerf MaxPerf

Set CPU C1 Settings to Disabled (Using racadm command line)

racadm set BIOS.SysProfileSettings.ProcC1E Disabled

Set CPU C Settings to Disabled (Using racadm command line)

racadm set Bios.sysprofileSettings.proccstates Disabled

Create Job Queue for changes done above (Using racadm command line)

racadm jobqueue create BIOS.Setup.1-1 -r forced

Initiate Server Reboot to apply changes (Using racadm command line):

racadm serveraction powercycle

              

Retrieve Settings defined using racadm command:

Get Bios Profile Settings

racadm get bios.SysProfileSettings.SysProfile

Get CPU Power Performance Settings

racadm get BIOS.SysProfileSettings.ProcPwrPerf

Get CPU C1 Settings

racadm get BIOS.SysProfileSettings.ProcC1E

Get CPU C Settings

racadm get Bios.sysprofileSettings.proccstates