Dell Drac 5 User Manual
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Installing the DRAC 5 Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Configuring Your System to Use a DRAC 5 . . . . . . . 34 Software Installation and Configuration Overview . . 35 Installing Your DRAC 5 Software . . . . . . . . . . 35 Configuring Your DRAC 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Installing the Software on the Managed System . . . . 36 Installing the Software on the Management Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Configuring Your Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Version 4) Management Station . . . . . . . . . . 37
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 Firmware Using Dell Update Packages for Supported Windows and Linux Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Clearing the Browser Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Configuring a Supported Web Browser . . . . . . . . . 41 Configuring Your Web Browser to Connect to the Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 List of Trusted Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 32-bit and 64-bit Web Browsers . . . . . . . . . . 42 Viewing Localized Versions of the Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 4 Advanced Configuration of the DRAC 5 45 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Configuring DRAC 5 Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Configuring the DRAC 5 Using the Web User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Accessing the Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . 46
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Using the RACADM Command to Configure the Settings for the Serial and Telnet Console . . . 55 Using a Serial or Telnet Console . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Logging in to the DRAC 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Starting a Text Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Configuring Serial and Terminal Modes . . . . . . . . 58 Configuring IPMI and RAC Serial . . . . . . . . . 58 Configuring Terminal Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Connecting to the Managed System Through the Local Serial Port or Telnet Management Station (Client System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Connecting the DB-9 or Null Modem Cable for the Serial Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Configuring the Management Station Terminal Emulation Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Configuring Linux Minicom for Serial Console Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Configuring HyperTerminal for Serial Console Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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 Configuring the Network and IPMI LAN Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Using RACADM Remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 RACADM Synopsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 RACADM Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Enabling and Disabling the racadm Remote Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 RACADM Subcommands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Frequently Asked Questions About RACADM Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Configuring Multiple DRAC 5 Cards . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Creating a DRAC 5 Configuration File . . . . . . . 81 Parsing Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Modifying the DRAC 5 IP Address . . . . . . . . . 85 Configuring DRAC 5 Network Properties . . . . . . 86 Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
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 DRAC 5 With Microsoft Active Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Prerequisites for Enabling Active Directory Authentication for the DRAC 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Supported Active Directory Authentication Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Standard Schema Active Directory Overview . . . . . 100 Configuring Standard Schema Active Directory to Access Your DRAC 5 . . . . . . . . . 102 Configuring the DRAC 5 With Standard Schema Active Directory and Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Configuring the DRAC 5 With Standard Schema Active Directory and RACADM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Extended Schema Active Directory Overview . . . . . 106 Active Directory Schema Extensions . . . . . . . 106 Overview of the RAC Schema Extensions . . . . . 107 Active Directory Object Overview . . . . . . . . . 107 Configuring Extended Schema Active Directory to Access Your DRAC 5 . . . . . . . . . 111
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 Extended Schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Configuring and Managing Active Directory Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Configuring Active Directory (Standard Schema and Extended Schema) . . . . . . . . . . 127 Uploading an Active Directory CA Certificate . . . 130 Downloading a DRAC Server Certificate . . . . . . 130 Viewing an Active Directory CA Certificate . . . . 131 Enabling SSL on a Domain Controller . . . . . . . . . . 131 Exporting the Domain Controller Root CA Certificate to the DRAC 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Importing the DRAC 5 Firmware SSL Certificate . . 133 Setting the SSL Time on the DRAC 5 . . . . . . . . 134 Supported Active Directory Configuration . . . . . . . 135 Using Active Directory to Log Into the DRAC 5 . . . . . 135 Using Active Directory Single Sign-On . . . . . . . . . 136 Configuring the DRAC5 to Use Single Sign-On . . . 136 Logging Into the DRAC 5 Using Single Sign-On . . . 136 Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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 DRAC 5 Using the Smart Card . . . . . 144 Logging Into the DRAC 5 Using Active Directory Smart Card Authentication . . . . . . . . . . 145 Troubleshooting the Smart Card Logon in DRAC 5 . . . 146 8 Enabling Kerberos Authentication . . . . 149 Prerequisites for Single Sign-On and Active Directory Authentication Using Smart Card . . . . . . 149 Configuring the DRAC 5 for Single Sign-On and Active Directory Authentication Using Smart Card . . . 150 Logging Into the DRAC 5 Using Single Sign-On . . . . 151 9 Using GUI Console Redirection. . . . . . . 153 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Using Console Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Supported Screen Resolutions Refresh Rates on the Managed System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 10 Using and Configuring Virtual Media. . . 173 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Installing the Virtual Media Plug-In . . . . . . . . . . 175 Windows-Based Management Station . . . . . . 175 Linux-Based Management Station . . . . . . . . . 175 Running Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Supported Virtual Media Configurations . . . . . . 176 Running Virtual Media Using the Web User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Attaching and Detaching the Virtual Media Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Booting From Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Installing Operating Systems Using Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Using Virtual Media When the Server’s Operating System Is Running . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Using Virtual Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Enabling Virtual Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Disabling Virtual Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182