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6 Version 2.0.0
5 Acronyms
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CA – Certificate Authority
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CN – Common Name
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iDRAC – Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller
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WS-Man – or WS-Management – Web Services for Management (DMTF Standard)
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DMTF – Distributed Management Task Force, Inc.
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DHCP – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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DNS – Domain Name Service
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SOAP – Simple Object Access Protocol
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SSL – Secure Sockets Layer
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TLS – Transport Layer Security (successor to SSL)
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6 Overview
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6.1 Recent Enhancements to Auto-Discovery
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The following enhancements have been made to Auto-Dicovery since its initial release:
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 Manually setting the provisioning server addresses in the iDRAC Configuration Utility.
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 WSMAN method to put a server back in factory default Auto-Discovery state (this is covered in
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the Re-Initiate Auto-Discovery whitepaper).
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 Customer provided certificates can be used for both signing the iDRAC and authenticating the
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provisioning server.
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 The status of Auto-Discovery can now be monitored on the server LCD.
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 After Auto-Discovery is complete the provisioning server can request to be notified if the IP
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address of the iDRAC changes.
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6.2 Supported Provisioing Servers
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The following is a sample of some of the provisioning servers that support Auto-Discovery:
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 Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) – http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/os-
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applications/w/wiki/dell-lifecycle-controller-integration-for-configuration-manager.aspx
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 Dell provided VCenter plugin - http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-
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management/w/wiki/1961.dell-management-plug-in-for-vmware-vcenter.aspx
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 Dell Management Console (DMC) - http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-
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management/w/wiki/dell-management-console.aspx
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 Several Others – contact your management console provider
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