Dell Drac 5 User Manual
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www.dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ Remote Access Controller 5 Firmware Version 1.40 User’s Guide
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Notes and Notices NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2008 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this...
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Contents3 Contents 1 DRAC 5 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 What’s New in DRAC 5 for this Release?. . . . . . . . 23 DRAC 5 Specifications and Features . . . . . . . . . . 24 DRAC 5 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 DRAC 5 Standard Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Other Documents You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2 Getting Started With the DRAC 5 . . . . . . 31 3 Basic Installation of the DRAC 5 . . . . . . . 33 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . ....
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4Contents Installing and Removing RACADM on a Linux Management Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Installing RACADM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Updating the DRAC 5 Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Downloading the DRAC 5 Firmware . . . . . . . . 39 Updating the DRAC 5 Firmware Using the Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Updating the DRAC 5 Firmware Using racadm . . . 40 Updating the DRAC 5...
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Contents5 Enabling and Configuring the Managed System to Use a Serial or Telnet Console . . . . . . . . 47 Using the connect com2 Serial Command . . . . . 48 Configuring the BIOS Setup Program for a Serial Connection on the Managed System . . . 48 Using the Remote Access Serial Interface . . . . 48 Configuring Linux for Serial Console Redirection During Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Enabling Login to the Console After Boot . . . . . 51 Enabling the DRAC 5 Serial/Telnet/SSH Console...
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6Contents Configuring Linux XTerm for Telnet Console Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Enabling Microsoft Telnet for Telnet Console Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Using a Serial or Telnet Console . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Using the Secure Shell (SSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Configuring the DRAC 5 Network Settings . . . . . . . 69 Accessing the DRAC 5 Through a Network . . . . . . . 70 Configuring the DRAC 5 NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72...
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Contents7 5 Adding and Configuring DRAC 5 Users . . 91 Using the RACADM Utility to Configure DRAC 5 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Adding a DRAC 5 User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Removing a DRAC 5 User . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Testing e-mail Alerting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Testing the RAC SNMP Trap Alert Feature . . . . 98 Enabling a DRAC 5 User With Permissions . . . . 98 6 Using the...
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8Contents Extending the Active Directory Schema. . . . . . 111 Installing the Dell Extension to the Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-In . . . . . 117 Adding DRAC 5 Users and Privileges to Active Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Configuring the DRAC 5 With Extended Schema Active Directory and Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Configuring the DRAC 5 With Extended Schema Active Directory and RACADM . . . . . . 122 Accumulating Privileges Using...
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Contents9 7 Configuring Smart Card Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Configuring Smart Card Login in DRAC 5. . . . . . . . 139 Configuring Local DRAC 5 Users for Smart Card Logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Exporting the Smart Card Certificate . . . . . . . 141 Configuring Active Directory Users for Smart Card Logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Configuring Smart Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Logging Into the...
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10Contents Configuring Your Management Station . . . . . . 154 Configuring Console Redirection . . . . . . . . . . 154 Opening a Console Redirection Session . . . . . . 156 Disabling or Enabling Local Video . . . . . . . . . 158 Using the Video Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Accessing the Viewer Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . 159 Adjusting the Video Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Synchronizing the Mouse Pointers . . . . . . . . 162 Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . ....