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DELL(TM) REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER (DRAC) 5

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This document contains updated information about the Dell Remote

Access Controller (DRAC) 5.

For more information about DRAC 5, including installation and

configuration information, see the "Dell Remote Access Controller 5

User's Guide" and the "Dell OpenManage(TM) Server Administrator User's

Guide." These documents are located on the Dell Support

website at "www.support.dell.com/manuals.

Release: 1.50 A00

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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This file contains the following sections:

* Criticality

* Minimum Requirements

* Release Highlights

* Configuring the RAC card for Flash Recover Mode

* Known Issues for DRAC 5

* Known Issues for DRAC 5 with Firmware Update

* Known Issues for DRAC 5 with Disabling Local Video

* Known Issues for DRAC 5 with Virtual Media

* Frequently Asked Questions on Virtual Media

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CRITICALITY

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3 - Optional

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

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The following subsections list minimum requirements for the efficient

Summary of content (18 pages)

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###################################################################### DELL(TM) REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER (DRAC) 5 ###################################################################### This document contains updated information about the Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) 5. For more information about DRAC 5, including installation and configuration information, see the "Dell Remote Access Controller 5 User's Guide" and the "Dell OpenManage(TM) Server Administrator User's Guide.
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working of the DRAC 5. ====================================================================== SUPPORTED SYSTEMS ====================================================================== DRAC 5 is supported on the following Dell PowerEdge(TM) systems: * Dell PowerEdge 1900, 1950, 2900, 2950, 2970, 6950, R300, R900, T300, T605, R805 and R905.
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* Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux 4.5 WS, ES, and AS (x86_32 and x86_64). * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 (x86_32 and x86_64) * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 2 (X86_32 and X86_64). * SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 with SP4 (x86_64). * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with SP2 (x86_64) Gold.
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* PowerEdge 2950 - v2.28 * PowerEdge 2970 - v2.29 * PowerEdge 6950 - v2.29 * PowerEdge R300 - v2.34 * PowerEdge R900 - v2.27 * PowerEdge T300 - v2.34 * PowerEdge T605 - v2.30 * PowerEdge R805 - v2.33 * PowerEdge R905 - v2.31 ====================================================================== CONSOLE REDIRECTION USING JAVA VIEWER ====================================================================== * JRE version 1.6.0 or later needs to be installed on the management station.
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* For updating DRAC 5 firmware through the Web GUI, ensure that a valid .d5 image file and path are provided in the text box on the firmware update page. * The Kerberos based Single Sign On and Smart Card TFA feature does not work with Windows server 2008 64 bit domain controllers unless the following steps are performed on the domain controller: 1. While generating the keytab using "ktpass", the +setPass option needs to be supplied as an additional argument. 2.
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9. Verify the settings and connection by pinging the TFTP server. RAC Recover> recover ping (If ping does not work, you may need to enter recover racreset first). 10. Download and update the flash part. RAC Recover> recover fwupdate -g -a 11. RAC card will now update and reboot on completion.
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supported smart card is used for authentication. * For Smart Card and single sign-on authentication, DRAC 5 does not support concurrent logins. If there is more than one user trying to login to DRAC 5 at the same time using either single sign on or smart card authentication, only one user will be authenticated. In this situation, try to login again to authenticate and log into DRAC 5. * User Configured Serial Console Redirection Key will only work with telnet/ssh.
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(a) ^ followed by any alphabet (a-z, A-z) (b) ^ followed by the listed special characters: [ ] \ ^ _ * The supported Console Redirection video refresh rates are: - 720x400 [70 Hz] - 640X480 [60, 72, 75, 85 Hz] - 800X600 [60, 70, 72, 75, 85 Hz] - 1024X768 [60, 70, 72, 75, 85 Hz] - 1280X1024 [60 Hz] Certain configurations of refresh rates may not work for Linux operating systems on the managed system.
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2. Type "locale" and press . The following output appears. LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_TIME="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_NAME="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_ALL= 3. If the values include "zh_CN.UTF-8", no changes are required. If the values do not include "zh_CN.
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* When using Microsoft Active Directory credentials to log into the DRAC 5 GUI, the GUI supports passwords with a maximum length of 256 characters. However, Active Directory supports passwords with a maximum length of 127 characters. For more information about Active Directory password policies, see the Microsoft Technet website at "technet.microsoft.com".
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from a previous version to the latest version, you may encounter the error: "The XML page cannot be displayed". To resolve this issue, clear the browser cache, and re-launch the browser to access the GUI. * When running the racadm command "racadm getconfig -f " locally or remotely, the file will not get the values for the groups cfgIpmiPef.
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-- If the DRAC is set up with "cfgDNSRegisterRac=0" and "cfgNicUseDhcp=1" with NO scope options added and the "Dynamically update DNS A and PTR records for DHCP clients that do not request updates" disabled, the DHCP database will display the host name of the DRAC correctly but the DDNS functionality will NOT work.
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* SELinux on RHEL 4.5 and RHEL 5 might prevent Firefox from launching the native(XPI) console redirection plug-in. In this case, use the following command to create an exception: chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/root/firefox/plugins/librac5vkvm.so' The user can also use the Java based console redirection plug-in. This can be selected by the user by navigating to the System > Console > Configuration page of DRAC 5 GUI and selecting plug-in type as Java.
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CA certificate. In case the Management Station does not have Dell Inc. Enterprise Issuing CA2 intermediate certificate installed, visit "support.dell.com". ###################################################################### KNOWN ISSUES FOR DRAC 5 WITH FIRMWARE UPDATE ###################################################################### * Network traffic may cause the firmware update to time-out.
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* Virtual Media may not function properly on Windows operating system clients that are configured with Internet Explorer Enhanced Security. To resolve this issue, see your Microsoft operating system documentation or contact your administrator. * If you use Virtual Media and the Windows 2000 operating system CD to install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4, your system may momentarily lose its connection to the CD drive during the installation procedure, and the operating system may fail to install properly.
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rac5vm Control. Click OK and reload the virtual media page. * In order to proceed with ESXi installation, RAC virtual media settings has to be disabled using CTRL-E options while boot up. ESXi deployment guide (Page #39,40) has captured this limitation. ESXi deployment guide can be downloaded from the link below : "http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/eslvmwre/DG /ESXi_3_5_U2/PDF/48725A04MR.
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“support.dell.com,” and search for "R122672.exe." Q: Do I need Administrator privileges to install the ActiveX plug-in? A: You must have Administrator privileges on Windows systems to install the Virtual Media plug-in. Q: What privileges do I need to install and use the Virtual Media plug-in on a Red Hat Linux management station? A: You must have write privileges on the browsers directory tree to successfully install the Virtual Media plug-in.
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connection, disconnecting the link between the server and the Virtual Drive. To reconnect to the Virtual Drive, use the Virtual Media feature. ###################################################################### Information in this document is subject to change without notice. (C) 2009 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.