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1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................................. 5
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2 Scope .................................................................................................................................................... 5
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3 Audience ............................................................................................................................................... 5
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4 References ............................................................................................................................................ 5
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5 Acronyms............................................................................................................................................... 6
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6 Overview................................................................................................................................................ 6
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6.1 Recent Enhancements to Auto-Discovery .................................................................................. 6
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6.2 Supported Provisioing Servers ................................................................................................... 6
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6.3 Auto Discovery Workflow ............................................................................................................ 7
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6.4 Basic Setup ................................................................................................................................. 7
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7 Auto-Discovery Implementation Alternatives ...................................................................................... 11
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7.1 Manually Setting the Provisioning Server ................................................................................. 11
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7.2 Provide Provisioning Server information within DHCP scope options ...................................... 11
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7.2.1 Linux DHCP Server Configuration ............................................................................... 12
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7.2.2 Windows DHCP Server Configuration ......................................................................... 12
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7.3 DNS SRV .................................................................................................................................. 13
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7.3.1 Linux DNS SRV Configuration ..................................................................................... 13
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7.3.2 Windows DNS SRV Configuration ............................................................................... 14
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7.4 DNS server resolution of hardcoded name DCIMCredentialServer ......................................... 14
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8 Security................................................................................................................................................ 14
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8.1 Authentication Options .............................................................................................................. 15
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8.1.1 Dell Provisioning default server certificate ................................................................... 15
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8.1.2 Dell iDRAC default CA ................................................................................................. 15
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8.1.3 Customer provided server CA certificate ..................................................................... 15
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8.1.4 Customer provided iDRAC CA .................................................................................... 15
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8.2 Factory Options ......................................................................................................................... 15
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8.3 Provisioning Service Options .................................................................................................... 16
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8.4 Auto-Discovery Re-Init .............................................................................................................. 16
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8.5 If Auto-Discovery fails ............................................................................................................... 16
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8.6 Best Practices ........................................................................................................................... 16
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9 IP Change Notification ......................................................................................................................... 16
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10 Trouble Shooting Auto-Discovery ....................................................................................................... 17
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10.1 Trouble Shoot With Physical Access to the System/iDRAC ..................................................... 17
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10.1.1 Auto Discovery Status on the LCD .............................................................................. 17
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Auto Discovery Progress Codes and Corrective Actions ......................................................... 18
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10.1.2 Checking Auto-Discovery Settings through iDRAC Configuration (11
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Generation Servers)..................................................................................................... 19
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10.1.3 Checking Auto-Discovery Settings through system setup (12G) ................................ 21
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10.1.4 Checking Auto-Discovery Settings through Lifecycle Controller ................................. 24
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10.2 Without Physical Access to the System/iDRAC ....................................................................... 25
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10.2.1 Verify DHCP Lease ...................................................................................................... 25
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10.2.2 Verify DNS Entries ....................................................................................................... 25
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10.2.3 Checking the iDRAC RACLOG .................................................................................... 26
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11 Manual Configuration of iDRAC for Re-Initiating Auto-Discovery ....................................................... 26
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12 Advanced iDRAC Auto-Discovery Configuration ................................................................................ 26
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12.1 Simultaneous Auto-Discovery Methodologies .......................................................................... 27
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12.2 Using Static IP addresses ......................................................................................................... 27
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12.3 iDRAC Auto-Discovery Configuration Settings ......................................................................... 27
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12.3.1 Auto-Discovery option from the factory........................................................................ 28
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12.3.2 DHCP only, using Vendor scope option with Specified IP address ............................. 28
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12.3.3 DHCP w/ DNS using Vendor Scope option using Name resolution ............................ 28
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12.3.4 DHCP w/ DNS using SRV record ................................................................................ 28
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12.3.5 DHCP w/ DNS using Default Host A record ................................................................ 29
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12.3.6 DNS only using SRV record ........................................................................................ 29
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