Integrated Dell Remote
Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6)
Version 1.5
Notes and Cautions
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July 2010
1 iDRAC6 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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iDRAC6 Express Management Features. . . . . . . . . |
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iDRAC6 Enterprise and vFlash Media . . . . . . . . . . |
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Supported Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Supported Web Browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Supported Remote Access Connections . . . . . . . . |
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iDRAC6 Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Other Documents You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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2Getting Started With the iDRAC6 . . . . . . 31
3Basic Installation of the iDRAC6 . . . . . . . 33
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Installing the iDRAC6 Express/Enterprise |
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Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Your System to Use an iDRAC6 . . . . . . . |
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Software Installation and Configuration Overview. . . |
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Installing iDRAC6 Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring iDRAC6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Installing the Software on the Managed System . . . . |
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Installing the Software on the |
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Management Station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Installing and Removing RACADM |
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on a Linux Management Station . . . . . . . . . . |
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Installing RACADM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Uninstalling RACADM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Downloading the iDRAC6 Firmware . . . . . . . . |
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Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware Using |
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the Web-Based Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware |
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Using RACADM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware |
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Using Dell Update Packages for |
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Supported Windows and Linux |
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Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring a Supported Web Browser . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Your Web Browser to |
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Connect to the iDRAC6 |
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Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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List of Trusted Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Viewing Localized Versions of the |
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Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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4Configuring the iDRAC6 Using
the Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Accessing the Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Logging In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Logging Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using Multiple Browser Tabs and Windows . . . . |
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Configuring the iDRAC6 NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring the Network and |
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IPMI LAN Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring IP Filtering and IP Blocking . . . . . . |
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Configuring Platform Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Platform Event Filters (PEF) . . . . . . |
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Configuring Platform Event Traps (PET) . . . . . . |
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Configuring E-Mail Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring IPMI Using Web Interface. . . . . . . |
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Configuring iDRAC6 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Securing iDRAC6 Communications |
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Using SSL and Digital Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Certificate Signing Request (CSR) . . . . . . . . . |
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Accessing SSL Through the |
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Web-Based Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Generating a Certificate Signing Request . . . . . |
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Uploading a Server Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring and Managing Active Directory . . . . . . |
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Configuring and Managing Generic LDAP . . . . . . . |
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Configuring iDRAC6 Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware/System |
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Services Recovery Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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iDRAC6 Firmware Rollback . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Remote Syslog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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First Boot Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Contents 5
Remote File Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Internal Dual SD Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Viewing Internal Dual SD Module |
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Status Using GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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5 Advanced iDRAC6 Configuration . . . . . . |
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Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring iDRAC6 for Viewing Serial |
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Output Remotely Over SSH/Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring the iDRAC6 Settings |
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to Enable SSH/Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Starting a Text Console Through |
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Telnet or SSH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using a Telnet Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using the Secure Shell (SSH). . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Linux for Serial Console |
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During Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring iDRAC6 for Serial Connection . . . . . . . |
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Configuring iDRAC for Direct Connect |
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Basic Mode and Direct Connect |
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Terminal Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Switching Between RAC Serial |
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Interface Communication Mode |
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and Serial Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Connecting the DB-9 or Null Modem |
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Cable for the Serial Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring the Management Station |
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Terminal Emulation Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Linux Minicom for |
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Serial Console Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring HyperTerminal for |
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Serial Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Serial and Terminal Modes . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring IPMI and iDRAC6 Serial . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Terminal Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring the iDRAC6 Network Settings . . . . . . . |
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Accessing the iDRAC6 Through a Network . . . . . . . |
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Using RACADM Remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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RACADM Synopsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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RACADM Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Enabling and Disabling the RACADM |
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Remote Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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RACADM Subcommands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Frequently Asked Questions About |
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RACADM Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Multiple iDRAC6 Controllers . . . . . . . . |
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Creating an iDRAC6 Configuration File . . . . . . . |
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Parsing Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Modifying the iDRAC6 IP Address . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring iDRAC6 Network Properties . . . . . . |
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Frequently Asked Questions about |
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Network Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
6Adding and Configuring
iDRAC6 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Using the Web Interface to Configure
iDRAC6 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Adding and Configuring iDRAC6 Users. . . . . . . |
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Public Key Authentication over SSH . . . . . . . . |
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Uploading, Viewing, and Deleting |
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SSH Keys Using the iDRAC6 |
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Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Uploading, Viewing, and Deleting |
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SSH Keys Using RACADM . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using the RACADM Utility to Configure |
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iDRAC6 Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Adding an iDRAC6 User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Removing an iDRAC6 User . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Enabling an iDRAC6 User |
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With Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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7Using the iDRAC6 Directory
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Using iDRAC6 With Microsoft Active Directory. . . . |
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Prerequisites for Enabling Microsoft |
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Active Directory Authentication for iDRAC6 . . . . . |
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Enabling SSL on a Domain Controller. . . . . . . |
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Exporting the Domain Controller Root |
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CA Certificate to the iDRAC6 . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Importing the iDRAC6 Firmware |
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SSL Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Supported Active Directory Authentication |
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Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Extended Schema Active Directory Overview . . . . |
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Active Directory Schema Extensions. . . . . . . |
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Overview of the iDRAC Schema Extensions . . . |
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Active Directory Object Overview . . . . . . . . |
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Accumulating Privileges Using |
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Extended Schema. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Extended Schema Active |
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Directory to Access Your iDRAC6 . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Extending the Active Directory Schema . . . . . . |
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Installing Dell Extension to Microsoft |
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Active Directory Users and |
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Computers Snap-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Adding iDRAC Users and |
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Privileges to Microsoft Active Directory . . . . . . |
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Configuring Microsoft Active |
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Directory With Extended Schema |
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Using the iDRAC6 Web-Based Interface . . . . . . |
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Configuring Microsoft Active Directory |
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With Extended Schema Using RACADM . . . . . . |
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Standard Schema Active Directory Overview . . . . . |
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Single Domain Versus Multiple |
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Domain Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Standard Schema Microsoft |
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Active Directory to Access iDRAC6 . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Microsoft Active Directory |
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With Standard Schema Using the |
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iDRAC6 Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Microsoft Active Directory |
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With Standard Schema Using RACADM . . . . . . |
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Testing Your Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Generic LDAP Directory Service . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Login Syntax (Directory User versus |
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Local User) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Generic LDAP Directory |
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Service Using the iDRAC6 |
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Web-Based Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Generic LDAP Directory |
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Service Using RACADM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Frequently Asked Questions about
Active Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
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8Configuring iDRAC6 for Single
Sign-On or Smart Card Login . . . . . . . . 187
About Kerberos Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Prerequisites for Active Directory |
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SSO and Smart Card Authentication. . . . . . . . . . |
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Using Microsoft Active Directory SSO . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring iDRAC6 to Use SSO . . . . . . . . . |
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Logging Into iDRAC6 Using SSO . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Smart Card Authentication . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Local iDRAC6 Users |
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for Smart Card Logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Active Directory Users |
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for Smart Card Logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Smart Card Using iDRAC6 . . . . . . |
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Logging Into the iDRAC6 Using |
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the Smart Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Logging Into the iDRAC6 Using |
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Active Directory Smart Card |
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Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Troubleshooting the Smart Card |
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Logon in iDRAC6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Frequently Asked Questions About SSO. . . . . . . . |
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9 Using GUI Virtual Console . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using Virtual Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Your Management Station . . . . . . |
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Clear Your Browser’s Cache . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Internet Explorer Browser Configurations |
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for ActiveX based Virtual Console and |
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Virtual Media Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Supported Screen Resolutions |
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and Refresh Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Virtual Console in the |
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iDRAC6 Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Opening a Virtual Console Session. . . . . . . . . |
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Virtual Console Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using iDRAC6 Virtual Console (Video Viewer) . . . . . |
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Disabling or Enabling Local Server Video . . . . . |
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Launching Virtual Console and Virtual |
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Media Remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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URL Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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General Error Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Frequently Asked Questions on Virtual Console . . . . |
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10 Using the WS-MAN Interface . . . . . . . . 225
Supported CIM Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
11Using the iDRAC6 SM-CLP
Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
iDRAC6 SM-CLP Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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SM-CLP Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using SM-CLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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SM-CLP Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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12Deploying Your Operating
System Using VMCLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Remote System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . |
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Network Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Creating a Bootable Image File . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Creating an Image File for Linux Systems . . . . |
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Creating an Image File for |
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Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Preparing for Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring the Remote Systems . . . . . . . . . |
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Deploying the Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using the VMCLI Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Installing the VMCLI Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Command Line Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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VMCLI Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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VMCLI Operating System Shell Options . . . . . |
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13Configuring Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) . . . . . . . 249
Configuring IPMI Using Web-Based Interface . . . . |
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Configuring IPMI Using the RACADM CLI . . . . . . . |
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Using the IPMI Remote Access |
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Serial Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Serial Over LAN Using |
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the Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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14Configuring and Using
Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Windows-Based Management Station . . . . . . |
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Linux-Based Management Station . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Running Virtual Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Supported Virtual Media Configurations . . . . . . |
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Booting From Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Installing Operating Systems |
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Using Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using Virtual Media When the Server’s |
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Operating System Is Running . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Frequently Asked Questions about Virtual Media . . . |
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15Configuring vFlash SD Card and
Managing vFlash Partitions . . . . . . . . . 269
Configuring vFlash or Standard SD Card |
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Using iDRAC6 Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring vFlash or Standard SD |
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Card Using RACADM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Displaying the vFlash or Standard |
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SD Card Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Enabling or Disabling the vFlash or |
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Standard SD Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Initializing the vFlash or Standard SD Card . . . . |
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Getting the Last Status on the vFlash |
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or Standard SD Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Resetting the vFlash or Standard SD Card . . . . . |
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Managing vFlash Partitions Using |
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iDRAC6 Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Creating an Empty Partition. . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Creating a Partition Using an Image File . . . . . |
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Formatting a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Viewing Available Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Modifying a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Attaching and Detaching Partition . . . . . . . . |
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Deleting Existing Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Downloading Partition Contents . . . . . . . . . |
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Booting to a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Managing vFlash Partitions Using RACADM . . . . . |
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Creating a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Deleting a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Getting the Status of a Partition . . . . . . . . . |
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Viewing Partition Information. . . . . . . . . . . |
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Booting to a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Attaching or Detaching a Partition . . . . . . . . |
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Modifying a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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16Power Monitoring and
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Power Inventory, Power Budgeting,
and Capping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Power Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring and Managing Power. . . . . . . . . . . |
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Viewing the Health Status of the |
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Power Supply Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using the Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using RACADM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Viewing Power Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using the Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Viewing Power Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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IPMI Over LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Virtual Media Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Platform Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Platform Event Filters (PEF) . . . . . |
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Configuring PET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring E-Mail Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Testing E-mail Alerting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Viewing System Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Main System Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using the Diagnostics Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using Identify Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using the Trace Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using the racdump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Battery Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Fan Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
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Chassis Intrusion Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Power Supplies Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Removable Flash Media Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Power Monitoring Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Temperature Probe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Voltage Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Disabling the iDRAC6 Local Configuration . . . . |
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Certificate Signing Request (CSR) . . . . . . . . |
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Accessing the SSL Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . |
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Generating a Certificate Signing Request . . . . |
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Viewing a Server Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using the Secure Shell (SSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Configuring Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller6 (iDRAC6) is a systems management hardware and software solution that provides remote management capabilities, crashed system recovery, and power control functions for the Dell PowerEdge systems.
The iDRAC6 uses an integrated System-on-Chip microprocessor for the remote monitor/control system. The iDRAC6 co-exists on the system board with the managed PowerEdge server. The server operating system is concerned with executing applications; the iDRAC6 is concerned with monitoring and managing the server’s environment and state outside of the operating system.
You can configure the iDRAC6 to send you an e-mail or Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap alert for warnings or errors. To help you diagnose the probable cause of a system crash, iDRAC6 can log event data and capture an image of the screen when it detects that the system has crashed.
The iDRAC6 network interface is enabled with a static IP address of 192.168.0.120 by default. It must be configured before the iDRAC6 is accessible. After the iDRAC6 is configured on the network, it can be accessed at its assigned IP address with the iDRAC6 Web interface, Telnet, or Secure Shell (SSH), and supported network management protocols, such as Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI).
The iDRAC6 Express provides the following management features:
•Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) registration
•Provides remote system management and monitoring using a Web interface and the SM-CLP command line over a serial, Telnet, or SSH connection
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•Provides support for Microsoft Active Directory authentication — Centralizes iDRAC6 user IDs and passwords in Active Directory using an extended schema or a standard schema
•Provides a generic solution to support Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)-based authentication — This feature does not require any schema extension on your directory services.
•Monitoring — Provides access to system information and status of components
•Access to system logs — Provides access to the system event log,
the iDRAC6 log, and the last crash screen of the crashed or unresponsive system, that is independent of the operating system state
•Dell OpenManage software integration — Enables you to launch the iDRAC6 Web interface from Dell OpenManage Server Administrator or Dell OpenManage IT Assistant
•iDRAC6 alert — Alerts you to potential managed node issues through an e-mail message or SNMP trap
•Remote power management — Provides remote power management functions, such as shutdown and reset, from a management console
•Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) support
•Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption — Provides secure remote system management through the Web interface
•Password-level security management — Prevents unauthorized access to a remote system
•Role-based authority — Provides assignable permissions for different systems management tasks
•IPv6 support — Adds IPv6 support such as providing access to the iDRAC6 Web interface using an IPv6 address, specifies iDRAC6 NIC IPv6 address, and specifies a destination number to configure an IPv6 SNMP alert destination.
•WS-MAN support — Provides network accessible management using the Web Services for Management (WS-MAN) protocol.
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•SM-CLP support — Adds Server Management-Command Line Protocol (SM-CLP) support, which provides standards for systems management CLI implementations.
•Firmware rollback and recovery — Allows you to boot from (or rollback to) the firmware image of your choice.
For more information about iDRAC6 Express, see your Hardware Owner’s Manual at support.dell.com\manuals.
Adds support for RACADM, Virtual Console, Virtual Media features, a dedicated NIC, and vFlash (with an optional Dell vFlash Media card). vFlash allows you to store emergency boot images and diagnostic tools on the vFlash Media. For more information about the iDRAC6 Enterprise and vFlash Media, see your Hardware Owner’s Manual at support.dell.com/manuals.
Table 1-1 lists the features available for BMC, iDRAC6 Express, iDRAC6 Enterprise, and vFlash Media.
Table 1-1. iDRAC6 Feature List
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SSL Encryption
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Table 1-1. iDRAC6 Feature List (continued)
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2Feature is available only through IPMI and not through a Web GUI.
3Virtual Console and Virtual Media are available using both Java and Active-X plugins.
4The Unified Server Configurator available through BMC is limited to operating system installation and diagnostics only.
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The iDRAC6 provides the following security features:
•Single Sign-on, Two-Factor Authentication, and Public Key Authentication
•User authentication through Active Directory (optional), LDAP authentication (optional) or hardware-stored user IDs and passwords
•Role-based authorization, which enables an administrator to configure specific privileges for each user
•User ID and password configuration through the Web-based interface or SM-CLP
•SM-CLP and Web interfaces, which support 128-bit and 40-bit encryption (for countries where 128 bit is not acceptable), using the SSL 3.0 standard
•Session time-out configuration (in seconds) through the Web interface or SM-CLP
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•Configurable IP ports (where applicable)
NOTE: Telnet does not support SSL encryption.
•SSH, which uses an encrypted transport layer for higher security
•Login failure limits per IP address, with login blocking from the IP address when the limit is exceeded
•Ability to limit the IP address range for clients connecting to the iDRAC6
For the latest supported platforms, see the iDRAC6 Readme file and the
Dell Systems Software Support Matrix available at support.dell.com/manuals.
For the latest information, see the iDRAC6 Readme file and the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix available at support.dell.com/manuals.
For the latest information, see the iDRAC6 Readme file and the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix available at support.dell.com/manuals.
NOTE: Due to serious security flaws, support for SSL 2.0 has been discontinued. Your browser must be configured to enable SSL 3.0 in order to work properly. Internet Explorer 6.0 is not supported.
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Table 1-2 lists the connection features.
Table 1-2. Supported Remote Access Connections
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Table 1-3 lists the ports iDRAC6 listens on for connections. Table 1-4 identifies the ports that the iDRAC6 uses as a client. This information is required when opening firewalls for remote access to an iDRAC6.
Table 1-3. iDRAC6 Server Listening Ports
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In addition to this guide, the following documents available on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals provide additional information about the setup and operation of the iDRAC6 in your system. On the
Manuals page, click Software Systems Management. Click on the appropriate product link on the right-side to access the documents.
•The iDRAC6 online help provides detailed information about using the Web-based interface.
•The iDRAC6 Administrator Reference Guide provides information about the RACADM subcommands, supported interfaces, and iDRAC6 property database groups and object definitions.
•The Dell Lifecycle Controller User Guide provides information on the Unified Server Configurator (USC), the Unified Server Configurator – Lifecycle Controller Enabled (USC – LCE), and Remote Services.
•The Dell Systems Software Support Matrix provides information about the various Dell systems, the operating systems supported by these systems, and the Dell OpenManage components that can be installed on these systems.
•The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Installation Guide contains instructions to help you install Dell OpenManage Server Administrator.
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•The Dell OpenManage Management Station Software Installation Guide contains instructions to help you install Dell OpenManage management station software that includes Baseboard Management Utility, DRAC Tools, and Active Directory Snap-In.
•See the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant User’s Guide for information about using IT Assistant.
•For installing an iDRAC6, see your Hardware Owner’s Manual.
•See the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User’s Guide for information about installing and using Server Administrator.
•See the Dell Update Packages User’s Guide for information about obtaining and using Dell Update Packages as part of your system update strategy.
•See the Dell OpenManage Baseboard Management Controller Utilities User’s Guide for information about the iDRAC6 and the IPMI interface.
•The Glossary provides information about the terms used in this document.
The following system documents are also available to provide more information about the system in which your iDRAC6 is installed:
•The safety instructions that came with your system provide important safety and regulatory information. For additional regulatory information, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Warranty information may be included within this document or as a separate document.
•The Rack Installation Instructions included with your rack solution describe how to install your system into a rack.
•The Getting Started Guide provides an overview of system features, setting up your system, and technical specifications.
•The Hardware Owner’s Manual provides information about system features and describes how to troubleshoot the system and install or replace system components.
•Systems management software documentation describes the features, requirements, installation, and basic operation of the software.
•Operating system documentation describes how to install (if necessary), configure, and use the operating system software.
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•Documentation for any components you purchased separately provides information to configure and install these options.
•Updates are sometimes included with the system to describe changes to the system, software, and/or documentation.
NOTE: Always read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents.
•Release notes or readme files may be included to provide last-minute updates to the system or documentation or advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians.
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