Dell iDRAC virtual media via remote console won't connect with error Channel Access Denied

Connecting the virtual media in a Dell iDRAC remote console fails with the error seen below. We had the latest firmware and tried the ActiveX and HTML5 consoles, but the problem was still there.

After inspecting the SSL certificate you can see that the date is invalid for some reason, we saw this on a new Dell server!

The solution is to reset the SSL certificate on the iDRAC with these commands:

racadm -r 192.168.0.120 -u root -p calvin sslresetcfg


racadm -r 192.168.0.120 -u root -p calvin racreset soft

Don't forget to change the iDRAC IP address, username and password to match your setup.

This process takes about 5-10 minutes to complete.