Dell iDRAC default password & login

Dell remote management. Default root / calvin on iDRAC 7/8; iDRAC 9 (PowerEdge 14G+) defaults to a unique per-server password printed on the service tag.

Use these credentials for the very first login to Dell iDRAC only. The full vendor documentation linked below explains how to rotate them and harden the install.

Default username
root
Default password
calvin
Default port
443(HTTPS)
Default admin URL
https://idrac-ip

Notes & recovery

Reset with: racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminPassword -i 2 <newpass>

Official documentation →

Change the default immediately

Anyone with internet access can try the published default on Dell iDRAC. Set a strong, unique password the moment you finish first-time setup, ideally before exposing the service to your LAN.

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