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Discovery Process For Acquiring Provisioning Server
iDRAC DHCP Server DNS Server
New Server Power
Up with ethernet
cable attached
DHCP Server set
up with Vendor
Specific Options
containing
Provisioning
Server Information
DNS Server set up
with Provisioning
Server information
Provisioning Server
Address Provided?
Provisioning Server
Name Provided?
Provide address
(mandatory) with
option 43 data
(optional)
Successful
Discovery.
Proceed to
TLS
handshake
iDRAC requests
address via DHCP
Lookup hardcoded
name
Lookup hostname
via Service Record
(DNS SRV)
Respond to
Service Record
Lookup
Hostname found?
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Provisioning Server
Manually Set?
No
Yes
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Figure 2 - Discovery Process For Aquiring Provisioning Server
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