Users Guide

For Linux operating systems, configure the USB NIC as DHCP on the host operating system before enabling USB NIC.

If the operating system on the host is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, CentOS 6.5, CentOS 7.0, Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, or Ubuntu

12.04.4 LTS then after enabling the USB NIC in iDRAC, you must manually enable DHCP client on the host operating system. For

information to enable DHCP, see the documents for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, CentOS, and Ubuntu operating systems.

For vSphere, you must install the VIB file before enabling USB NIC.

For the following operating systems, if you install the Avahi and nss-mdns packages, then you can use https://idrac.local to launch

the iDRAC from the host operating system. If these packages are not installed, use https://169.254.0.1 to launch the iDRAC.

Operating

System

Firewall

Status

Avahi Package nss-mdns Package

RHEL 5.9 32–

bit

Disable Install as a separate package

(avahi-0.6.16-10.el5_6.i386.rpm)

Install as a separate package (nss-

mdns-0.10-4.el5.i386.rpm)

RHEL 6.4 64–

bit

Disable Install as a separate package

(avahi-0.6.25-12.el6.x86_64.rpm)

Install as a separate package (nss-

mdns-0.10-8.el6.x86_64.rpm)

SLES 11 SP3

64–bit

Disable Avahi package is the part of operating system DVD nss-mdns is installed while installing Avahi

On the host system, while installing RHEL 5.9 operating system, the USB NIC pass-through mode is in disabled state. If it is enabled

after the installation is complete, the network interface corresponding to the USB NIC device is not active automatically. You can do

any of the following to make the USB NIC device active:

• Configure the USB NIC interface using Network Manager tool. Navigate to System → Administrator → Network → Devices

→ New → Ethernet Connection and select Dell computer corp.iDRAC Virtual NIC USB Device. Click the Activate icon to

activate the device. For more information, see the RHEL 5.9 documentation.

• Create corresponding interface’s config file as ifcfg-ethX in /etc/sysconfig/network-script/ directory. Add the basic entries

DEVICE, BOOTPROTO, HWADDR, ONBOOT. Add TYPE in the ifcfg-ethX file and restart the network services using the

command service network restart.

• Reboot the system.

• Turn off and turn on the system.

On systems with RHEL 5.9 operating system, if the USB NIC was disabled and if you turn off the system or vice-versa, when the

system is turned on and if the USB NIC is enabled, the USB NIC device is not active automatically. To make it active, check if any

ifcfg-ethX.bak file is available in the /etc/sysconfig/network-script directory for the USB NIC interface. If it is available, rename it to

ifcfg-ethX and then use the ifup ethX command.