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Table Of Contents
- 1 Zero-Touch Overview
- 2 Introduction
- 2.1 Interactions between components in Auto Config architecture
- 2.2 DHCP provisioning options
- 2.3 DHCP—current and new configuration options
- 2.4 Prerequisites for enabling Auto Config
- 2.5 iDRAC interfaces to enable Auto Config
- 2.5.1 Enabling Auto Config using RACADM (local or remote)
- 2.5.2 Enabling Auto Config using Redfish
- 2.5.3 Enabling Auto Config using iDRAC UI
- 2.6 Using Auto Config in an IPv6 Network
- 2.7 Server Configuration Profiles
- 3 Performing Firmware Repository Update During Auto Config
- 4 Performing Operating System Deployment During Auto Config
- 5 Configuring Windows and Linux DHCP servers to support Auto Config
- 5.1 Auto Config Server Configuration Profile String Format for DHCP Option 43 and DHCPv6 Option 17
- 5.2 Configuring Windows DHCP server option 43
- 5.3 Configuring Windows DHCP server option 60
- 5.4 Configuring Windows DHCPv6 server options 16 and 17
- 5.5 Configuring a Linux DHCP server
- 5.6 Configuring a Linux DHCPv6 Server
- 6 File naming behavior with iDRAC Auto Config
- 7 Workflow Examples
- 8 Troubleshooting Auto Config issues
- 9 Conclusion
- A Technical support and resources
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A Technical support and resources
http://www.dell.com/support Dell Technical Support
http://www.dell.com/support/idrac: The iDRAC support home page provides access to product documents,
technical white papers, how-to videos, and more.
http://www.dell.com/idracmanuals: iDRAC User Guide and other manuals:
RFC 2132: DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions
See sections 8.4 and 9.13 for specifics on the Vendor Class Identifier and Vendor-specific Information
options for DHCP.
RFC 8415
: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6
See sections 21.16 and 21.17 for specifics on the Vendor Class and Vendor-specific Information options
for DHCPv6.