Users Guide

Table 41. Group setting actions
Actions Description
Change Name Allows you to change the Current Group Name with a New
Group Name.
Change Passcode Allows you to change the existing group password by entering
a New Group Passcode and validating that password by
Reenter New Group Passcode.
Remove Systems Allows you to remove multiple systems from the group at a
time.
Delete Group Allows you to delete the group. To use any feature of group
manager, the user should have administrator privileges. Any
pending jobs will be stopped in case the group is deleted.
Actions on a selected Server
On the Summary page, you can double click on a row to launch iDRAC for that server through a single sign on redirect. Ensure
to turn off the popup blocker in the browser settings. You can perform following actions on the selected server by clicking
appropriate item from the More Actions drop down list.
Table 42. Actions on a selected Server
Option Description
Graceful Shutdown Shuts down the operating system and powers off the system.
Cold Reboot Powers off, then reboots the system.
Virtual Console Launches Virtual Console with single sign on a new browser
window.
NOTE: Disable Popup blocker from the browser to use
this functionality.
Group Manager Single Sign On
All iDRACs in the group trust each other based on the shared passcode secret and shared group name. As a result an
administrator user at a group member IDRAC is grant administrator level privileges at any group member iDRAC when accessed
through Group Manager web interface single sign on. iDRACs logs <user>-<SVCTAG> as the user that logged on into peer
members. <SVCTAG> is the service tag of the iDRAC where the user first logged in.
Group Manager Concepts — Controlling System
● Automatically selected — by default the first iDRAC configured for Group Manager.
● Provides Group Manager GUI workflow.
● Keeps track of all members.
● Coordinates tasks.
● If a user logs in to any member and clicks on Open Group Manager the browser will be redirected to the primary controller.
Group Manager Concepts — Backup System
● Primary controller automatically selects a secondary controller to take over if the primary goes offline for an extended period
of time (10 mins or more).
● If both primary and secondary goes offline for an extended duration (for more than 14 mins) a new primary and secondary
controller gets elected.
● Keeps a copy of the group manager cache of all the groups members and tasks.
● The controlling system and backup system are automatically determined by group manager.
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