Change the Default iDRAC Password

How to change a user password using the iDRAC web interface.

This procedure describes how to log in to the iDRAC web interface and change a user password.
  1. Log in to the web interface as root.
  2. Select iDRAC settings on the left navigation bar.
  3. Expand iDRAC settings on the left navigation bar.
  4. Select User Authentication.
  5. Select the user whose password is changing. To change the root password, select userid 2.
  6. Select Next.
  7. Select the Change Password box and enter the new password in the boxes below it.
  8. Select Apply to complete the password change.
The password change is complete.
Alternative. Another approach to changing the iDRAC root password is to use ipmitool on the SMW command line interface. 
smw# ipmitool -U root -I lanplus -H drac-ip-addr -P old-drac-password \
user set password 2 new-drac-password