Users Guide

NOTE: If you reinstall or upgrade iDRAC firmware, FIPS mode gets disabled.

Enabling FIPS mode using web interface

1. On the iDRAC web interface, navigate to Overview > iDRAC Settings > Network.

2. Click Advanced Settings next to Options.

3. In FIPS Mode, select Enabled and click Apply.

4. A message appears prompting you to confirm the change. Click OK.

iDRAC restarts in FIPS mode. Wait for at least 60 seconds before you reconnect to iDRAC.

5. Install a trusted certificate for iDRAC.

NOTE: The default SSL certificate is not allowed in FIPS mode.

NOTE: Some iDRAC interfaces, such as the standards-compliant implementations of IPMI and SNMP, do not support FIPS-

compliance.

Enabling FIPS mode using RACADM

Use RACADM CLI to execute the following command:

racadm set iDRAC.Security.FIPSMode <Enable>

Disabling FIPS mode

To disable FIPS mode, you must reset iDRAC to the factory-default settings.

Configuring services

You can configure and enable the following services on iDRAC:

Local

Configuration

Disable access to iDRAC configuration (from the host system) using Local RACADM and iDRAC Settings

utility.

Web Server Enable access to iDRAC web interface. If you disable the web interface, remote RACADM also gets

disabled. Use local RACADM to re-enable the web server and remote RACADM.

SSH Access iDRAC through firmware RACADM.

Telnet Access iDRAC through firmware RACADM.

Remote RACADM Remotely access iDRAC.

Redfish Enables support for Redfish RESTful API.

SNMP Agent Enables support for SNMP queries (GET, GETNEXT, and GETBULK operations) in iDRAC.

Automated

System Recovery

Agent

Enable Last System Crash Screen.

VNC Server Enable VNC server with or without SSL encryption.

Configuring services using web interface

To configure the services using iDRAC Web interface:

1. In the iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview > iDRAC Settings > Network > Services.

The Services page is displayed.

2. Specify the required information and click Apply.

Configuring iDRAC