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Enabling hidden BIOS settings on the Quanta T22HF-1U

I picked up a Quanta T22HF-1U to mess around with for VMware Cloud Foundation. CraftComputing did some videos about it and posted some documentation and firmware. One thing to note that is not discussed in the videos is that it is possible to get into the web interface of the BMC and use the KVM and media redirection. The default username is admin and the password is cmb9.admin. I was able to put the systems in UEFI mode and install vSphere 8 Update 3 via the BMC without issue. I picked up a couple used Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Cards (aka Intel SSD DC P3605). They fit just fine in the half-height PCIe slot of each blade. Unfortunately, the systems would not boot with the cards installed. The system would hard lock and I’d have to use the power button or BMC… Read More »Enabling hidden BIOS settings on the Quanta T22HF-1U

Reset Dell OpenManage Enterprise admin password

The default admin account on Dell OpenManage Enterprise is the only account that has the “Backup Administrator” role assigned to it and is needed to perform a migration from 3.x to 4.x. If the password is lost, the documentation states there is no way to recover it. If you log in with a regular Administrator account you cannot edit the admin account in the GUI. It is however possible to reset the Dell OpenManage Enterprise admin account password via the API. First, you’ll need to perform a GET request against the /api/AccountService/Accounts endpoint to find the ID of the admin account. The @odata.id field contains the full endpoint of the account. Yes, the URI is really in that weird format of /api/AccountService/Accounts(‘XXXXX’). You can make a PUT request against this endpoint and reset the password. I copied the entire body… Read More »Reset Dell OpenManage Enterprise admin password