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choosing a stateless DHCPv6 server. In this case, right-click Server Options, select Configure
Options, and continue the following steps from there.
13. Click Advanced.
14. From the Vendor class drop-down menu, select iDRAC.
15. Select the 00017 iDRAC check box under Available Options, then select the line. The “Data entry” box
populates with a panel to enter data in binary or ASCII format.
Figure 25 Adding the Scope Option
Under Data entry, click under the ASCII column header. Then type the string value to send to the iDRAC
to advise it to pull the correct Server Configuration Profile file to import. The list of required and optional
parameters for this string can be found in
section 6.1. .Note: If there is a binary ‘00’ already populated in
the Data entry section, remove it before entering the string in the ASCII column.
Note: For DHCP, the length of this string is limited to 255 characters by the DHCP protocol. For DHCPv6,
the iDRAC limits the length to 1023 characters.
16. After entering the string, click Apply.
17. Windows DHCPv6 requires that another option is configured for it to respond to Information Request
messages. To configure this option, right-click Server Options, then select Configure Options. The
client requests this option.
18. Under the General tab, scroll down to Option 32, “Information Refresh Time” and check the box. The
default time is 0x15180, which is 24 hours. This time can be modified, or use the default value. Click OK
to close the dialog.