Here are some of the Linux hints and documentation that seems to be woefully lacking or just mis-leading on the greater wider Internet.

This applies to Dell servers of course. First off, install ipmitools:

apt-get install ipmitools

To find out the options available in ipmitools, run:

ipmitools help

To set the iDRAC8 System Host Name, you want:

ipmitools mc setsysinfo system_name HOSTNAME

To set the iDRAC8 Operating System, you want:

ipmitools mc setsysinfo os_name OSNAME

To set the iDRAC8 Operating System Version, you want:

ipmitools mc setsysinfo delloem_os_version OSVERSION

And that's it - after that, if you refresh the iDRAC8 Server Overview screen you will see the changes you made.

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