Users Guide

NOTE: You must have Chassis Configuration Administrator privilege to set up iDRAC network

settings from CMC.

1. Log in to CMC Web interface.

2. Go to Server Overview → Setup → iDRAC.

The Deploy iDRAC page is displayed.

3. Under iDRAC Network Settings, select Enable LAN and other network parameters as per

requirements. For more information, see CMC online help.

4. For additional network settings specific to each blade server, go to Server Overview → <server

name>

The Server Status page is displayed.

5. Click Launch iDRAC and go to Overview → iDRAC Settings → Network.

6. In the Network page, specify the following settings:

• Network Settings

• Common Settings

• IPV4 Settings

• IPV6 Settings

• IPMI Settings

• VLAN Settings

NOTE: For more information, see iDRAC Online Help.

7. To save the network information, click Apply.

For more information, see the Chassis Management Controller User’s Guide available at dell.com/

support/manuals.

Enabling provisioning server

The Provisioning Server feature allows newly installed servers to automatically discover the remote

management console that hosts the provisioning server. The provisioning server provides custom

administrative user credentials to iDRAC, so that the unprovisioned server can be discovered and

managed from the management console. For more information about provisioning server, see the

Lifecycle Controller Remote Services User’s Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.

Provisioning server works with a static IP address. DHCP, DNS server, or the default DNS host name

discovers the provisioning server. If DNS is specified, the provisioning server IP is retrieved from DNS and

the DHCP settings are not required. If the provisioning server is specified, discovery is skipped so neither

DHCP nor DNS is required.

You can enable the Provisioning Server feature using iDRAC Settings Utility or using Lifecycle Controller.

For information on using Lifecycle Controller, see Lifecycle Controller User’s Guide available at dell.com/

idracmanuals.

If the Provisioning Server feature is not enabled on the factory-shipped system, the default administrator

account (user name as root and password as calvin) is enabled. Before enabling Provisioning Server, make

sure to disable this administrator account. If the Provisioning Server feature in Lifecycle Controller is

enabled, all the iDRAC user accounts are disabled until the provisioning server is discovered.