Users Guide

For vSphere, you must install the VIB file before enabling USB NIC.
For the following operating systems, if you install the Avahi and nss-mdns packages, then you can use https://idrac.local to
launch the iDRAC from the host operating system. If these packages are not installed, use https://169.254.0.1 to launch the
iDRAC.
Table 12. Operating System details for USB NIC
Operating
System
Firewall
Status
Avahi Package nss-mdns Package
RHEL 5.9 32–
bit
Disable Install as a separate package
(avahi-0.6.16-10.el5_6.i386.rpm)
Install as a separate package (nss-
mdns-0.10-4.el5.i386.rpm)
RHEL 6.4 64–
bit
Disable Install as a separate package
(avahi-0.6.25-12.el6.x86_64.rpm)
Install as a separate package (nss-
mdns-0.10-8.el6.x86_64.rpm)
SLES 11 SP3
64–bit
Disable Avahi package is the part of operating system
DVD
nss-mdns is installed while installing Avahi
On the host system, while installing RHEL 5.9 operating system, the USB NIC pass-through mode is in disabled state. If it is
enabled after the installation is complete, the network interface corresponding to the USB NIC device is not active
automatically. You can do any of the following to make the USB NIC device active:
● Configure the USB NIC interface using Network Manager tool. Navigate to System > Administrator > Network > Devices
> New > Ethernet Connection and select Dell computer corp.iDRAC Virtual NIC USB Device. Click the Activate icon
to activate the device. For more information, see the RHEL 5.9 documentation.
● Create corresponding interface’s config file as ifcfg-ethX in /etc/sysconfig/network-script/ directory. Add the
basic entries DEVICE, BOOTPROTO, HWADDR, ONBOOT. Add TYPE in the ifcfg-ethX file and restart the network
services using the command service network restart.
● Reboot the system.
● Turn off and turn on the system.
On systems with RHEL 5.9 operating system, if the USB NIC was disabled and if you turn off the system or vice-versa, when
the system is turned on and if the USB NIC is enabled, the USB NIC device is not active automatically. To make it active, check
if any ifcfg-ethX.bak file is available in the /etc/sysconfig/network-script directory for the USB NIC interface. If
it is available, rename it to ifcfg-ethX and then use the ifup ethX command.
Related tasks
Installing VIB file on page 92
Installing VIB file
For vSphere operating systems, before enabling the USB NIC, you must install the VIB file.
To install the VIB file:
1. Using Win-SCP, copy the VIB file to /tmp/ folder of the ESX-i host operating system.
2. Go to the ESXi prompt and run the following command:
esxcli software vib install -v /tmp/ iDRAC_USB_NIC-1.0.0-799733X03.vib --no-sig-check
The output is:
Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for
the changes to be effective.
Reboot Required: true
VIBs Installed: Dell_bootbank_iDRAC_USB_NIC_1.0.0-799733X03
VIBs Removed:
VIBs Skipped:
3. Reboot the server.
4. At the ESXi prompt, run the command: esxcfg-vmknic –l.
The output displays the usb0 entry.
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Configuring iDRAC