Users Guide

To enable provisioning server using iDRAC Settings utility:
1. Turn on the managed system.
2. During POST, press F2, and go to iDRAC Settings → Remote Enablement.
The iDRAC Settings Remote Enablement page is displayed.
3. Enable auto-discovery, enter the provisioning server IP address, and click Back.
NOTE: Specifying the provisioning server IP is optional. If it is not set, it is discovered using
DHCP or DNS settings (step 7).
4. Click Network.
The iDRAC Settings Network page is displayed.
5. Enable NIC.
6. Enable IPv4.
NOTE: IPv6 is not supported for auto-discovery.
7. Enable DHCP and get the domain name, DNS server address, and DNS domain name from DHCP.
NOTE: Step 7 is optional if the provisioning server IP address (step 3) is provided.
Configuring servers and server components using Auto Config
The Auto Config feature configures and provisions all the components in a server (example, BIOS, iDRAC,
and PERC) in a single operation by automatically importing a Server Configuration Profile (SCP) XML file
containing all configurable parameters. The DHCP server that assigns the IP address also provides the
details for accessing the SCP file.
SCP files are created by configuring a “gold configuration” server and exporting the server configuration
to a shared location (CIFS or NFS) that is accessible by the DHCP server and the iDRAC of the server
being configured. The SCP file name can be based on the service tag or model number of the target
server or can be given a generic name. The DHCP server uses a DHCP server option to specify the SCP
file name (optionally), SCP file location, and the user credentials to access the file location.
When the iDRAC obtains an IP address from the DHCP server that is configured for Auto Config, iDRAC
uses the SCP to configure the server’s devices. Auto Config is invoked only after the iDRAC gets its IP
address from the DHCP server. If it does not get a response or an IP address from the DHCP server, then
Auto Config is not invoked.
NOTE:
• You can enable Auto Config only if DHCPv4 and the Enable IPv4 options are enabled.
• Auto Config and auto discovery features are mutually exclusive. You must disable auto discovery
for the Auto Config feature to work.
• The Auto Config feature is disabled after a server has carried out an Auto Config operation. For
more information on enabling Auto Config, see Enabling Auto Config using RACADM.
If all the Dell PowerEdge servers in the DHCP server pool are of the same model type and number, then a
single SCP file (config.xml) is required. config.xml is the default SCP file name.
You can configure individual servers requiring different configuration files mapped using individual server
Service Tags or server models. In an environment that has different servers with specific requirements,
you can use different SCP file names to distinguish each server or server type. For example, if there are
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