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12 Zero-touch, bare-metal server provisioning using the Dell EMC iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller Auto Config
1. Enumerate the Auto Config settings
racadm>>get idrac.nic.autoconfig
racadm get idrac.nic.autoconfig
[Key=idrac.Embedded.1#NIC.1]
AutoConfig=Disabled
2. Set the Auto Config settings
racadm>>set idrac.nic.autoconfig "enable once after reset"
racadm set idrac.nic.autoconfig "enable once after reset"
[Key=idrac.Embedded.1#NIC.1]
Object value modified successfully
3. Validate the Auto Config settings
racadm>>get idrac.nic.autoconfig
racadm get idrac.nic.autoconfig
[Key=idrac.Embedded.1#NIC.1]
AutoConfig=Enable Once After Reset
Note: After the Auto Config process is started, a system configuration import job ID is created. For more information about
how to query for the import job ID and check the configuration results, see RACADM workflow example using Auto Config
server provisioning in a Linux environment.
2.2 Enabling Auto Config using WS-Man (winrm or openwsman)
 WS-Man provides the NIC.1#AutoConfig attribute which is part of the
DCIM_iDRACCardEnumeration class. This enum attribute can be set to: Disabled, Enable once,
Enable once after reset, or Enable always.
 Scripting with WS-Man is supported on systems running Windows and Linux operating systems (OSs).
For information about using the Windows winrm command, documentation, and setup instructions, see
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384372(v=vs.85).aspx.
 For information about Linux openwsman, documentation, and setup instructions, see
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openwsman/.
Note: NIC.1#AutoConfig can be modified regardless of the DHCP setting.
NIC.1#AutoConfig properties
Class name
Attribute name
IsReadOnly
Default
Possible values
iDRACCardEnumeration
NIC.1#AutoConfig
False
Disabled
Disabled (0): iDRAC does not perform
DHCP configuration.
Enable once (1): iDRAC performs
DHCP configuration once