Dell IDRAC6 User manual

Integrated Dell Remote
Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6)
Version 1.5
User Guide

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Contents 3
Contents
1 iDRAC6 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
iDRAC6 Express Management Features. . . . . . . . . 19
iDRAC6 Enterprise and vFlash Media . . . . . . . . . . 21
Supported Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Supported Web Browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Supported Remote Access Connections . . . . . . . . 26
iDRAC6 Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Other Documents You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2 Getting Started With the iDRAC6 . . . . . . 31
3 Basic Installation of the iDRAC6 . . . . . . . 33
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing the iDRAC6 Express/Enterprise
Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Configuring Your System to Use an iDRAC6 . . . . . . . 34
Software Installation and Configuration Overview. . . 36
Installing iDRAC6 Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

4Contents
Configuring iDRAC6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Installing the Software on the Managed System . . . . 37
Installing the Software on the
Management Station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing and Removing RACADM
on a Linux Management Station . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing RACADM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Uninstalling RACADM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Downloading the iDRAC6 Firmware . . . . . . . . 39
Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware Using
the Web-Based Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware
Using RACADM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware
Using Dell Update Packages for
Supported Windows and Linux
Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Configuring a Supported Web Browser . . . . . . . . . 41
Configuring Your Web Browser to
Connect to the iDRAC6
Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
List of Trusted Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Viewing Localized Versions of the
Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4 Configuring the iDRAC6 Using
the Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Accessing the Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Logging In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Contents 5
Logging Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using Multiple Browser Tabs and Windows . . . . 48
Configuring the iDRAC6 NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Configuring the Network and
IPMI LAN Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Configuring IP Filtering and IP Blocking . . . . . . 55
Configuring Platform Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Configuring Platform Event Filters (PEF) . . . . . . 59
Configuring Platform Event Traps (PET) . . . . . . 59
Configuring E-Mail Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Configuring IPMI Using Web Interface. . . . . . . 61
Configuring iDRAC6 Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Securing iDRAC6 Communications
Using SSL and Digital Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Certificate Signing Request (CSR) . . . . . . . . . 65
Accessing SSL Through the
Web-Based Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Generating a Certificate Signing Request . . . . . 66
Uploading a Server Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Configuring and Managing Active Directory . . . . . . 70
Configuring and Managing Generic LDAP . . . . . . . 73
Configuring iDRAC6 Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware/System
Services Recovery Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
iDRAC6 Firmware Rollback . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Remote Syslog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
First Boot Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

6Contents
Remote File Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Internal Dual SD Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Viewing Internal Dual SD Module
Status Using GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
5 Advanced iDRAC6 Configuration . . . . . . 87
Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Configuring iDRAC6 for Viewing Serial
Output Remotely Over SSH/Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Configuring the iDRAC6 Settings
to Enable SSH/Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Starting a Text Console Through
Telnet or SSH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Using a Telnet Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Using the Secure Shell (SSH). . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Configuring Linux for Serial Console
During Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Configuring iDRAC6 for Serial Connection . . . . . . . 97
Configuring iDRAC for Direct Connect
Basic Mode and Direct Connect
Terminal Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Switching Between RAC Serial
Interface Communication Mode
and Serial Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Connecting the DB-9 or Null Modem
Cable for the Serial Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Configuring the Management Station
Terminal Emulation Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Configuring Linux Minicom for
Serial Console Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Configuring HyperTerminal for
Serial Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Contents 7
Configuring Serial and Terminal Modes . . . . . . . . 106
Configuring IPMI and iDRAC6 Serial . . . . . . . . 106
Configuring Terminal Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Configuring the iDRAC6 Network Settings . . . . . . . 109
Accessing the iDRAC6 Through a Network . . . . . . . 109
Using RACADM Remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
RACADM Synopsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
RACADM Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Enabling and Disabling the RACADM
Remote Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
RACADM Subcommands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Frequently Asked Questions About
RACADM Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Configuring Multiple iDRAC6 Controllers . . . . . . . . 118
Creating an iDRAC6 Configuration File . . . . . . . 119
Parsing Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Modifying the iDRAC6 IP Address . . . . . . . . . 122
Configuring iDRAC6 Network Properties . . . . . . 123
Frequently Asked Questions about
Network Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
6 Adding and Configuring
iDRAC6 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Using the Web Interface to Configure
iDRAC6 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Adding and Configuring iDRAC6 Users. . . . . . . 129
Public Key Authentication over SSH . . . . . . . . 134

8Contents
Uploading, Viewing, and Deleting
SSH Keys Using the iDRAC6
Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Uploading, Viewing, and Deleting
SSH Keys Using RACADM . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Using the RACADM Utility to Configure
iDRAC6 Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Adding an iDRAC6 User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Removing an iDRAC6 User . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Enabling an iDRAC6 User
With Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
7 Using the iDRAC6 Directory
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Using iDRAC6 With Microsoft Active Directory. . . . 143
Prerequisites for Enabling Microsoft
Active Directory Authentication for iDRAC6 . . . . . 145
Enabling SSL on a Domain Controller. . . . . . . 145
Exporting the Domain Controller Root
CA Certificate to the iDRAC6 . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Importing the iDRAC6 Firmware
SSL Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Supported Active Directory Authentication
Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Extended Schema Active Directory Overview . . . . 148
Active Directory Schema Extensions. . . . . . . 148
Overview of the iDRAC Schema Extensions . . . 149
Active Directory Object Overview . . . . . . . . 149
Accumulating Privileges Using
Extended Schema. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Contents 9
Configuring Extended Schema Active
Directory to Access Your iDRAC6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Extending the Active Directory Schema . . . . . . 153
Installing Dell Extension to Microsoft
Active Directory Users and
Computers Snap-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Adding iDRAC Users and
Privileges to Microsoft Active Directory . . . . . . 160
Configuring Microsoft Active
Directory With Extended Schema
Using the iDRAC6 Web-Based Interface . . . . . . 162
Configuring Microsoft Active Directory
With Extended Schema Using RACADM . . . . . . 164
Standard Schema Active Directory Overview . . . . . 168
Single Domain Versus Multiple
Domain Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Configuring Standard Schema Microsoft
Active Directory to Access iDRAC6 . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Configuring Microsoft Active Directory
With Standard Schema Using the
iDRAC6 Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Configuring Microsoft Active Directory
With Standard Schema Using RACADM . . . . . . 174
Testing Your Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Generic LDAP Directory Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Login Syntax (Directory User versus
Local User) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Configuring Generic LDAP Directory
Service Using the iDRAC6
Web-Based Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Configuring Generic LDAP Directory
Service Using RACADM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Frequently Asked Questions about
Active Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

10 Contents
8 Configuring iDRAC6 for Single
Sign-On or Smart Card Login . . . . . . . . 187
About Kerberos Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Prerequisites for Active Directory
SSO and Smart Card Authentication. . . . . . . . . . 188
Using Microsoft Active Directory SSO . . . . . . . . 191
Configuring iDRAC6 to Use SSO . . . . . . . . . 191
Logging Into iDRAC6 Using SSO . . . . . . . . . 192
Configuring Smart Card Authentication . . . . . . . . 193
Configuring Local iDRAC6 Users
for Smart Card Logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Configuring Active Directory Users
for Smart Card Logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Configuring Smart Card Using iDRAC6 . . . . . . 194
Logging Into the iDRAC6 Using
the Smart Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Logging Into the iDRAC6 Using
Active Directory Smart Card
Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Troubleshooting the Smart Card
Logon in iDRAC6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Frequently Asked Questions About SSO. . . . . . . . 200
9 Using GUI Virtual Console . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Using Virtual Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Configuring Your Management Station . . . . . . 204
Clear Your Browser’s Cache . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Contents 11
Internet Explorer Browser Configurations
for ActiveX based Virtual Console and
Virtual Media Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Supported Screen Resolutions
and Refresh Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Configuring Virtual Console in the
iDRAC6 Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Opening a Virtual Console Session. . . . . . . . . 210
Virtual Console Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Using iDRAC6 Virtual Console (Video Viewer) . . . . . 213
Disabling or Enabling Local Server Video . . . . . 218
Launching Virtual Console and Virtual
Media Remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
URL Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
General Error Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Frequently Asked Questions on Virtual Console . . . . 221
10 Using the WS-MAN Interface . . . . . . . . 225
Supported CIM Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
11 Using the iDRAC6 SM-CLP
Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
iDRAC6 SM-CLP Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
SM-CLP Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Using SM-CLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
SM-CLP Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

12 Contents
12 Deploying Your Operating
System Using VMCLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Remote System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . 239
Network Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Creating a Bootable Image File . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Creating an Image File for Linux Systems . . . . 240
Creating an Image File for
Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Preparing for Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Configuring the Remote Systems . . . . . . . . . 240
Deploying the Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Using the VMCLI Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Installing the VMCLI Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Command Line Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
VMCLI Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
VMCLI Operating System Shell Options . . . . . 247
13 Configuring Intelligent Platform
Management Interface (IPMI) . . . . . . . 249
Configuring IPMI Using Web-Based Interface . . . . 249
Configuring IPMI Using the RACADM CLI . . . . . . . 249
Using the IPMI Remote Access
Serial Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Configuring Serial Over LAN Using
the Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Contents 13
14 Configuring and Using
Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Windows-Based Management Station . . . . . . 256
Linux-Based Management Station . . . . . . . . . 257
Configuring Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Running Virtual Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Supported Virtual Media Configurations . . . . . . 259
Booting From Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Installing Operating Systems
Using Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Using Virtual Media When the Server’s
Operating System Is Running. . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Frequently Asked Questions about Virtual Media . . . 264
15 Configuring vFlash SD Card and
Managing vFlash Partitions . . . . . . . . . 269
Configuring vFlash or Standard SD Card
Using iDRAC6 Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Configuring vFlash or Standard SD
Card Using RACADM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Displaying the vFlash or Standard
SD Card Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Enabling or Disabling the vFlash or
Standard SD Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Initializing the vFlash or Standard SD Card . . . . 273
Getting the Last Status on the vFlash
or Standard SD Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Resetting the vFlash or Standard SD Card . . . . . 273

14 Contents
Managing vFlash Partitions Using
iDRAC6 Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Creating an Empty Partition. . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Creating a Partition Using an Image File . . . . . 276
Formatting a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Viewing Available Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Modifying a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Attaching and Detaching Partition . . . . . . . . 281
Deleting Existing Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Downloading Partition Contents . . . . . . . . . 283
Booting to a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Managing vFlash Partitions Using RACADM . . . . . 284
Creating a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Deleting a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Getting the Status of a Partition . . . . . . . . . 286
Viewing Partition Information. . . . . . . . . . . 286
Booting to a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Attaching or Detaching a Partition . . . . . . . . 287
Modifying a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
16 Power Monitoring and
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Power Inventory, Power Budgeting,
and Capping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Power Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Configuring and Managing Power. . . . . . . . . . . 290
Viewing the Health Status of the
Power Supply Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Contents 15
Using the Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . 291
Using RACADM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Viewing Power Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Using the Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Using RACADM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Power Budget Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Using the Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . 294
Using RACADM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Viewing Power Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Using the Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Using RACADM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Executing Power Control Operations
on the Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Using the Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Using RACADM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
17 Using the iDRAC6 Configuration
Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Starting the iDRAC6 Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . 302
Using the iDRAC6 Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . 302
iDRAC6 LAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
IPMI Over LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
LAN Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Virtual Media Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Smart Card Logon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
System Services Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 309
LCD Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

16 Contents
LAN User Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Reset to Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
System Event Log Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Exiting the iDRAC6 Configuration Utility . . . . . 314
18 Monitoring and Alert Management . . . . 315
Configuring the Managed System to
Capture the Last Crash Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Disabling the Windows Automatic
Reboot Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Disabling the Automatic Reboot Option
in Windows 2008 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Disabling the Automatic Reboot Option
in Windows Server 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Configuring Platform Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Configuring Platform Event Filters (PEF) . . . . . 317
Configuring PET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Configuring E-Mail Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Testing E-mail Alerting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Testing the RAC SNMP Trap Alert Feature . . . . 322
Frequently Asked Question about
SNMP Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
19 Recovering and Troubleshooting
the Managed System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
First Steps to Troubleshoot a Remote System . . . . . 325
Managing Power on a Remote System . . . . . . . . 326
Selecting Power Control Actions
from the iDRAC6 Web-Based Interface . . . . . 326

Contents 17
Selecting Power Control Actions
from the iDRAC6 CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Viewing System Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Main System Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Remote Access Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Using the System Event Log (SEL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Using the Command Line to
View System Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Using the POST Boot Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Viewing the Last System Crash Screen . . . . . . . . . 333
20 Recovering and Troubleshooting
the iDRAC6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Using the RAC Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Using the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Using the Diagnostics Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Using Identify Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Using the Trace Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Using the racdump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Using the coredump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
21 Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Battery Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Fan Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

18 Contents
Chassis Intrusion Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Power Supplies Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Removable Flash Media Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Power Monitoring Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Temperature Probe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Voltage Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
22 Configuring Security Features. . . . . . . . 345
Security Options for the iDRAC6 Administrator . . . . 346
Disabling the iDRAC6 Local Configuration . . . . 346
Disabling iDRAC6 Virtual Console . . . . . . . . 348
Securing iDRAC6 Communications Using
SSL and Digital Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Certificate Signing Request (CSR) . . . . . . . . 349
Accessing the SSL Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . 350
Generating a Certificate Signing Request . . . . 351
Viewing a Server Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Using the Secure Shell (SSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Configuring Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Enabling Additional iDRAC6 Security Options . . . . 357
Configuring the Network Security
Settings Using the iDRAC6 GUI . . . . . . . . . . 361
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

iDRAC6 Overview 19
1
iDRAC6 Overview
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).
iDRAC6 Express Management Features
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-MANsupport—
Provides network accessible management using
the Web Services for Management (WS-MAN) protocol.