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37 Zero-touch, bare-metal server provisioning using the Dell EMC iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller Auto Config
Parameter string examples for Linux NFS and CIFS network shares:
NFS: -f system_config.xml -i 192.168.0.130 -n /nfs -s 0 -d 0 -t 500
CIFS: -f system_config.xml -i 192.168.0.130 -n sambashare/config_files -s 2 -u
user -p password -d 1 -t 400
Parameter string examples using JSON and HTTP/HTTPS for iDRAC9 3.00.00.00 and later versions:
 HTTP: -f system_config.json -i 192.168.1.101 -s 5
 HTTP: -f http_share/system_config.xml -i 192.168.1.101 -s http
 HTTP: -f system_config.xml -i 192.168.1.101 -s http -n http_share
 HTTPS: -f system_config.json -i 192.168.1.101 -s https
Examples for configuring an HTTP proxy server by using iDRAC9 3.00.00.00 and later versions:
 HTTP: -f system_config.xml -i 10.210.136.142 -s http -pt http -ph
192.168.1.101 -po 3128
 HTTP: -f system_config.xml -i 10.210.136.142 -s http -pt http -ph
192.168.1.101 -po 3128 -pu <PROXY USERNAME> -pp <PROXY PASSWORD>
Note: Test the network share first and make certain that it can be accessed without any issues.
Note: NFS4 is not supported on iDRAC 3.00.00.00 and earlier versions. Use NFS2 or NFS3 for NFS network share.
Example of edited dhcpd.conf file - lines in bold were added to the existing file:
option myname code 43 = text;
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 {
#default gateway
option routers 192.168.0.1;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option nis-domain "domain.org";
option domain-name "domain.org";
option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
option time-offset -18000; # Eastern Standard Time
option vendor-class-identifier "iDRAC";
set vendor-string = option vendor-class-identifier;
option myname "-f system_config.xml –i 192.168.0.130 –u user –p password –n
cifs –s 2 –d 0 –t 500";
range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.128 192.168.0.254;
default-lease-time 21600;
max-lease-time 43200;
}