Users Guide

Enabling FIPS Mode

CAUTION: Enabling FIPS mode resets iDRAC to factory-default settings. If you want to restore the settings, back up the

server configuration profile (SCP) before you enable FIPS mode, and restore the SCP after iDRAC restarts.

NOTE: If you reinstall or upgrade iDRAC firmware, FIPS mode gets disabled.

Enabling FIPS mode using web interface

On the iDRAC web interface, navigate to Overview → iDRAC Settings → Network.

2. Click Advanced Settings next to Options.

3. In FIPS Mode, select Enabled and click Apply.

4. A message appears prompting you to confirm the change. Click OK.

iDRAC restarts in FIPS mode. Wait for at least 60 seconds before you reconnect to iDRAC.

5. Install a trusted certificate for iDRAC.

NOTE: The default SSL certificate is not allowed in FIPS mode.

NOTE: Some iDRAC interfaces, such as the standards-compliant implementations of IPMI and SNMP, do not support

FIPS-compliance.

Enabling FIPS mode using RACADM

Use RACADM CLI to execute the following command:

racadm set iDRAC.Security.FIPSMode <Enable>

Disabling FIPS mode

To disable FIPS mode, you must reset iDRAC to the factory-default settings.

Configuring services

You can configure and enable the following services on iDRAC:

Local Configuration

Disable access to iDRAC configuration (from the host system) using Local RACADM and iDRAC Settings

utility.

Web Server Enable access to iDRAC web interface. If you disable the web interface, remote RACADM also gets

disabled. Use local RACADM to re-enable the web server and remote RACADM.

SSH Access iDRAC through firmware RACADM.

Telnet Access iDRAC through firmware RACADM.

Remote RACADM Remotely access iDRAC.

Redfish Enables support for Redfish RESTful API.

SNMP Agent Enables support for SNMP queries (GET, GETNEXT, and GETBULK operations) in iDRAC.

Automated System

Recovery Agent

Enable Last System Crash Screen.

VNC Server Enable VNC server with or without SSL encryption.

Configuring services using web interface

To configure the services using iDRAC Web interface:

1. In the iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview → iDRAC Settings → Network → Services.