Dell iDRAC for Blade Servers Version 1.0 User guide

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Contents 3

Contents

1 iDRAC Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

iDRAC Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

iDRAC Security Features

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Supported Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Supported Operating Systems

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Supported Web Browsers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Supported Remote Access Connections

. . . . . . . . 24

iDRAC Ports

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Other Documents You May Need

. . . . . . . . . . . . 25

2 Configuring the iDRAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Interfaces for Configuring the iDRAC

. . . . . . . . . . 27

Configuration Tasks

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Configure the Management Station

. . . . . . . . 30

Configure iDRAC Networking

. . . . . . . . . . . 30

Configure iDRAC Users

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Configure Active Directory

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Configure IP Filtering and IP Blocking

. . . . . . . 31

Configure Platform Events

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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Configure Serial Over LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Configure iDRAC Services

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Configure Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

. . . . . . 32

Configure Virtual Media

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Install the Managed Server Software

. . . . . . . 33

Configure the Managed Server for the Last

Crash Screen Feature

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Configuring Networking Using the CMC Web

Interface

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Updating the iDRAC Firmware

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Downloading the Firmware or Update

Package

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Execute the Firmware Update

. . . . . . . . . . . 35

Using the DOS Update Utility

. . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Verifying the Digital Signature

. . . . . . . . . . . 36

3 Configuring the Management Station . . . 41

Management Station Set Up Steps . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Management Station Network Requirements

. . . . . 41

Configuring a Supported Web Browser . . . . . . . . . 42

Configuring Your Web Browser to Connect to

the Web Interface

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Adding iDRAC to the List of Trusted Domains

. . . 43

Viewing Localized Versions of the

Web Interface

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Setting the Locale in Linux

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Disabling the Whitelist Feature in Firefox

. . . . . 45

Installing a Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

. . . . . . 46

Contents 5

Installing Telnet or SSH Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Telnet with iDRAC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Configuring the Backspace Key For Your

Telnet Session

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

SSH With iDRAC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Installing a TFTP Server

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Installing Dell OpenManage

™

IT Assistant . . . . . . 50

4 Configuring the Managed Server . . . . . . 51

Installing the Software on the Managed Server . . . . 51

Configuring the Managed Server to Capture the

Last Crash Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Disabling the Windows Automatic Reboot Option

. . . 53

5 Configuring the iDRAC Using the

Web Interface

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Accessing the Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Logging In

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Logging Out

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Configuring the iDRAC NIC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Configuring the Network and IPMI

LAN Settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Configuring IP Filtering and IP Blocking

. . . . . . 60

Configuring Platform Events

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Configuring Platform Event Filters (PEF)

. . . . . . 62

Configuring Platform Event Traps (PET)

. . . . . . 63

Configuring E-Mail Alerts

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Configuring IPMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Adding and Configuring iDRAC Users

. . . . . . . . . . 65

Securing iDRAC Communications Using SSL and

Digital Certificates

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

. . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

. . . . . . . . . 70

Accessing the SSL Main Menu

. . . . . . . . . . 70

Generating a New Certificate Signing

Request

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Uploading a Server Certificate

. . . . . . . . . . . 73

Viewing a Server Certificate

. . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Configuring and Managing Active Directory

Certificates

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Configuring Active Directory (Standard

Schema and Extended Schema)

. . . . . . . . . . 75

Uploading an Active Directory CA Certificate

. . . 79

Downloading an iDRAC Server Certificate

. . . . . 80

Viewing an Active Directory CA Certificate

. . . . 80

Configuring Serial Over LAN

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Configuring iDRAC Services

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Updating the iDRAC Firmware

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Recovering iDRAC Firmware Using the CMC

. . . 86

6 Using the iDRAC with Microsoft

Active Directory

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Advantages and Disadvantages of Extended

Schema and Standard Schema

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Contents 7

Extended Schema Active Directory Overview . . . . . 90

Active Directory Schema Extensions

. . . . . . . 90

Overview of the RAC Schema Extensions

. . . . . 91

Active Directory Object Overview

. . . . . . . . . 91

Configuring Extended Schema Active Directory

to Access Your iDRAC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Extending the Active Directory Schema

. . . . . . 95

Installing the Dell Extension to the Active

Directory Users and Computers Snap-In

. . . . . 101

Adding iDRAC Users and Privileges to

Active Directory

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Configuring the iDRAC With Extended Schema

Active Directory Using the Web Interface

. . . . . 104

Configuring the iDRAC With Extended Schema

Active Directory Using RACADM

. . . . . . . . . 106

Configuring the iDRAC With Extended Schema

Active Directory and SM-CLP

. . . . . . . . . . . 107

Active Directory Standard Schema Overview

. . . . . 108

Configuring Standard Schema Active Directory

to Access Your iDRAC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Configuring the iDRAC With Standard Schema

Active Directory and the Web Interface

. . . . . . 110

Configuring the iDRAC With Standard Schema

Active Directory and RACADM

. . . . . . . . . . 112

Configuring the iDRAC With Standard Schema

Active Directory and SM-CLP

. . . . . . . . . . . 113

Enabling SSL on a Domain Controller

. . . . . . . . . 115

Exporting the Domain Controller Root CA

Certificate

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Importing the iDRAC Firmware SSL

Certificate

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Using Active Directory to Log In To the iDRAC

. . . . . 118

Frequently Asked Questions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

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7 Using GUI Console Redirection . . . . . . . 121

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Using Console Redirection

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Supported Screen Resolutions and

Refresh Rates

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Configuring Your Management Station

. . . . . . 122

Configuring Console Redirection in the iDRAC

Web Interface

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Configuring Console Redirection in the SM-CLP

Command Line Interface

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Opening a Console Redirection Session

. . . . . . 125

Using the Video Viewer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Synchronizing the Mouse Pointers

. . . . . . . . 130

Disabling or Enabling Local Console

. . . . . . . . 131

Frequently Asked Questions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

8 Configuring and Using Virtual Media . . . . . 137

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Windows-Based Management Station

. . . . . . 138

Linux-Based Management Station

. . . . . . . . . 139

Configuring Virtual Media

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Running Virtual Media

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Booting From Virtual Media

. . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Installing Operating Systems Using Virtual

Media

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Using Virtual Media When the Server’s

Operating System Is Running

. . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Frequently Asked Questions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

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9 Using the Local RACADM Command

Line Interface

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Using the RACADM Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

RACADM Subcommands

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Using the RACADM Utility to Configure the iDRAC

. . . 151

Displaying Current iDRAC Settings

. . . . . . . . 151

Managing iDRAC Users with RACADM

. . . . . . 152

Adding an iDRAC User

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Enabling an iDRAC User With Permissions

. . . . 153

Removing an iDRAC User

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Testing E-mail Alerting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Testing the iDRAC SNMP Trap Alert Feature

. . . 155

Configuring iDRAC Network Properties

. . . . . . 155

Configuring IPMI

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Configuring PEF

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Configuring PET

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Configuring IP Filtering (IpRange)

. . . . . . . . . 161

Configuring IP Filtering

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Configuring IP Blocking

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Configuring iDRAC Telnet and SSH Services

Using Local RACADM

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Using an iDRAC Configuration File

. . . . . . . . . . . 166

Creating an iDRAC Configuration File

. . . . . . . 166

Configuration File Syntax

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Modifying the iDRAC IP Address in a

Configuration File

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Loading the Configuration File Into the iDRAC

. . . 170

Configuring Multiple iDRACs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

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10 Using the iDRAC SM-CLP Command

Line Interface

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

System Management With SM-CLP . . . . . . . . . . . 173

iDRAC SM-CLP Support

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

SM-CLP Features

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Navigating the MAP Address Space

. . . . . . . . . . 177

Targets

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Using the Show Verb

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Using the -display Option

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Using the -level Option

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Using the -output Option

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

iDRAC SM-CLP Examples

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Server Power Management

. . . . . . . . . . . . 180

SEL Management

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

MAP Target Navigation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Setting the iDRAC IP Address, Subnet Mask,

and Gateway Address

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Updating the iDRAC Firmware Using SM-CLP

. . . 184

Using Serial Over LAN (SOL) With Telnet or SSH

. . . . 185

Using SOL Over Telnet With HyperTerminal

on Microsoft

®

Windows

®

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Using SOL Over Telnet With Linux

. . . . . . . . . 186

Using SOL Over SSH

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

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11 Deploying Your Operating System

Using iVM-CLI

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Remote System Requirements

. . . . . . . . . . . 187

Network Requirements

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Creating a Bootable Image File

. . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Creating an Image File for Linux Systems

. . . . . 188

Creating an Image File for Windows Systems

. . . 188

Preparing for Deployment

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Configuring the Remote Systems

. . . . . . . . . 188

Deploying the Operating System

. . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Using the Virtual Media Command Line Interface

Utility

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Installing the iVM-CLI Utility

. . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Command Line Options

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

iVM-CLI Parameters

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

iVM-CLI Operating System Shell Options

. . . . . 195

12 Using the iDRAC Configuration

Utility

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Starting the iDRAC Configuration Utility

. . . . . . . . 198

Using the iDRAC Configuration Utility

. . . . . . . . . 198

LAN

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

IPMI Over LAN (On/Off)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

LAN Parameters

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Virtual Media

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

LAN User Configuration

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

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Reset to Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

System Event Log Menu

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Exiting the iDRAC Configuration Utility

. . . . . . . 204

13 Recovering and Troubleshooting

the Managed Server

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Safety First–For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . . 205

Trouble Indicators

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

LED Indicators

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Hardware Trouble Indicators

. . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Other Trouble Indicators

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Problem Solving Tools

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Checking the System Health

. . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Checking the System Event Log (SEL)

. . . . . . . 209

Checking the Post Codes

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Viewing the Last System Crash Screen

. . . . . . 210

Viewing the iDRAC Log

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Viewing System Information

. . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Identifying the Managed Server in the

Chassis

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Using the Diagnostics Console

. . . . . . . . . . . 215

Managing Power on a Remote System

. . . . . . 216

Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions

. . . 217

A RACADM Subcommand Overview . . . . . 223

help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

getconfig

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

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getssninfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

getsysinfo

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

getractime

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

setniccfg

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

getniccfg

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

getsvctag

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

racreset

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

racresetcfg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

serveraction

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

getraclog

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

clrraclog

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

getsel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

clrsel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

gettracelog

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

sslcsrgen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

sslcertupload

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

sslcertdownload

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

sslcertview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

testemail

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

testtrap

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

vmdisconnect

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

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B iDRAC Property Database Group and

Object Definitions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Displayable Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

idRacInfo

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

idRacProductInfo (Read Only)

. . . . . . . . . . . 254

idRacDescriptionInfo (Read Only)

. . . . . . . . . 254

idRacVersionInfo (Read Only)

. . . . . . . . . . . 254

idRacBuildInfo (Read Only)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

idRacName (Read Only)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

idRacType (Read Only)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

cfgLanNetworking

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

cfgDNSDomainNameFromDHCP (Read/Write)

. . . 256

cfgDNSDomainName (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . 256

cfgDNSRacName (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . 257

cfgDNSRegisterRac (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . 257

cfgDNSServersFromDHCP (Read/Write)

. . . . . . 257

cfgDNSServer1 (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . . 258

cfgDNSServer2 (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . . 258

cfgNicEnable (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

cfgNicIpAddress (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . . 259

cfgNicNetmask (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . . 259

cfgNicGateway (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . . 260

cfgNicUseDhcp (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . . 260

cfgNicMacAddress (Read Only)

. . . . . . . . . . 261

cfgUserAdmin

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

cfgUserAdminIpmiLanPrivilege (Read/Write)

. . . 261

cfgUserAdminPrivilege (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . 262

cfgUserAdminUserName (Read/Write)

. . . . . . 263

cfgUserAdminPassword (Write Only)

. . . . . . . 263

cfgUserAdminEnable

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

cfgUserAdminSolEnable

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

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cfgEmailAlert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

cfgEmailAlertIndex (Read Only)

. . . . . . . . . . 265

cfgEmailAlertEnable (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . 265

cfgEmailAlertAddress

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

cfgEmailAlertCustomMsg

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

cfgSessionManagement

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

cfgSsnMgtConsRedirMaxSessions

(Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

cfgSsnMgtWebserverTimeout (Read/Write)

. . . 267

cfgSsnMgtSshIdleTimeout (Read/Write)

. . . . . 267

cfgSsnMgtTelnetIdleTimeout (Read/Write)

. . . . 268

cfgSerial

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

cfgSerialSshEnable (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . 268

cfgSerialTelnetEnable (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . 269

cfgRacTuning

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

cfgRacTuneHttpPort (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . 269

cfgRacTuneHttpsPort (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . 270

cfgRacTuneIpRangeEnable

. . . . . . . . . . . . 270

cfgRacTuneIpRangeAddr

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

cfgRacTuneIpRangeMask

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

cfgRacTuneIpBlkEnable

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

cfgRacTuneIpBlkFailCount

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

cfgRacTuneIpBlkFailWindow

. . . . . . . . . . . 272

cfgRacTuneIpBlkPenaltyTime

. . . . . . . . . . . 272

cfgRacTuneSshPort (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . 272

cfgRacTuneTelnetPort (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . 273

cfgRacTuneConRedirEncryptEnable

(Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

cfgRacTuneConRedirPort (Read/Write)

. . . . . . 273

cfgRacTuneConRedirVideoPort (Read/Write)

. . . 274

cfgRacTuneAsrEnable (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . 274

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cfgRacTuneWebserverEnable (Read/Write) . . . . 274

cfgRacTuneLocalServerVideo (Read/Write)

. . . . 275

ifcRacManagedNodeOs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

ifcRacMnOsHostname (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . 275

ifcRacMnOsOsName (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . 276

cfgRacSecurity

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

cfgSecCsrCommonName (Read/Write)

. . . . . . 276

cfgSecCsrOrganizationName (Read/Write)

. . . . 277

cfgSecCsrOrganizationUnit (Read/Write)

. . . . . 277

cfgSecCsrLocalityName (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . 277

cfgSecCsrStateName (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . 278

cfgSecCsrCountryCode (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . 278

cfgSecCsrEmailAddr (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . 278

cfgSecCsrKeySize (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . 279

cfgRacVirtual

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

cfgVirMediaAttached (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . 279

cfgVirAtapiSrvPort (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . 280

cfgVirAtapiSrvPortSsl (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . 280

cfgVirMediaBootOnce (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . 280

cfgFloppyEmulation (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . 281

cfgActiveDirectory

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

cfgADRacDomain (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . 281

cfgADRacName (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . . 282

cfgADEnable (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

cfgADAuthTimeout (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . 282

cfgADRootDomain (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . 283

cfgADSpecifyServerEnable (Read/Write)

. . . . . 283

cfgADDomainController (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . 283

cfgADGlobalCatalog (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . 284

cfgADType (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

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cfgStandardSchema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

cfgSSADRoleGroupIndex (Read Only)

. . . . . . . 285

cfgSSADRoleGroupName (Read/Write)

. . . . . . 285

cfgSSADRoleGroupDomain (Read/Write)

. . . . . 285

cfgSSADRoleGroupPrivilege (Read/Write)

. . . . 285

cfgIpmiSol

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

cfgIpmiSolEnable (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . 286

cfgIpmiSolBaudRate (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . 287

cfgIpmiSolMinPrivilege (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . 287

cfgIpmiSolAccumulateInterval (Read/Write)

. . . 287

cfgIpmiSolSendThreshold (Read/Write)

. . . . . . 288

cfgIpmiLan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

cfgIpmiLanEnable (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . 288

cfgIpmiLanPrivLimit (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . 289

cfgIpmiLanAlertEnable (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . 289

cfgIpmiEncryptionKey (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . 289

cfgIpmiPetCommunityName (Read/Write)

. . . . . 290

cfgIpmiPef

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

cfgIpmiPefName (Read Only)

. . . . . . . . . . . 290

cfgIpmiPefIndex (Read Only)

. . . . . . . . . . . . 290

cfgIpmiPefAction (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . 291

cfgIpmiPefEnable (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . 291

cfgIpmiPet

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

cfgIpmiPetIndex (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . . . . 292

cfgIpmiPetAlertDestIpAddr (Read/Write)

. . . . . 292

cfgIpmiPetAlertEnable (Read/Write)

. . . . . . . . 292

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C RACADM and SM-CLP

Equivalencies

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Index

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

iDRAC Overview 19

iDRAC Overview

The Integrated Dell™ Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) is a systems

management hardware and software solution that provides remote

management capabilities, crashed system recovery, and power control

functions for Dell PowerEdge™ systems.

The iDRAC uses an integrated System-on-Chip microprocessor for the

remote monitor/control system. The iDRAC co-exists on the system board

with the managed PowerEdge server. The server operating system, which may

be a Microsoft

®

Windows

®

or Linux operating system, is concerned with

executing applications; the iDRAC is concerned with monitoring and

managing the server’s environment and state outside of the operating system.

You can configure the iDRAC 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, iDRAC can log event data and

capture an image of the screen when it detects that the system has crashed.

Managed servers are installed in a Dell M1000-e system enclosure (chassis)

with modular power supplies, cooling fans, and a chassis management

controller (CMC). The CMC monitors and manages all components

installed in the chassis. Redundant CMCs can be added to provide hot

failover if the primary CMC fails. The chassis provides access to the iDRACs

through its LCD display, local console connections, and its web interface.

All network connections to the iDRAC are through the CMC network

interface (CMC RJ45 connection port labelled "GB1"). The CMC routes

traffic to the iDRACs on its servers through a private, internal network. This

private management network is outside of the server’s data path and outside

of the operating system’s control, that is, out-of-band. The managed servers’

inband network interfaces are accessed through I/O modules (IOMs) installed

in the chassis.

20 iDRAC Overview

The iDRAC network interface is disabled by default. It must be configured

before the iDRAC is accessible. After the iDRAC is enabled and configured

on the network, it can be accessed at its assigned IP address with the iDRAC

web interface, telnet or SSH, and supported network management protocols,

such as Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI).

iDRAC Management Features

The iDRAC provides the following management features:

• Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) registration

• Remote system management and monitoring using a Web interface, the

local RACADM command line interface via console redirection, and the

SM-CLP command line over a telnet/SSH connection

• Support for Microsoft Active Directory

®

authentication — Centralizes

iDRAC user IDs and passwords in Active Directory using the standard

schema or an extended schema

• Console Redirection — Provides remote system keyboard, video, and

mouse functions

• Virtual Media — Enables a managed server to access a local media drive on

the management station or ISO CD/DVD images on a network share

• Monitoring — Provides access to system information and status of

components

• Access to system logs — Provides access to the system event log, the

iDRAC 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

iDRAC Web interface from Dell OpenManage Server Administrator or IT

Assistant

• iDRAC 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

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