LAN Parameters

Press <Enter> to display the LAN Parameters submenu. When you have finished configuring the LAN parameters, press <Esc> to return to the previous menu.

Table 17-1. LAN Parameters

Item

Description

 

 

Common Settings

 

 

 

NIC Selection

Press <Right Arrow>, <Left Arrow >, and spacebar to switch

 

between the modes.

 

The available modes are Dedicated, Shared, Shared with

 

Failover LOM2, and Shared with Failover All LOMs.

 

These modes will allow the iDRAC6 to use the corresponding

 

interface for communication to the outside world.

 

 

MAC Address

This is the non-editable MAC address of the iDRAC6 network

 

interface.

 

 

VLAN Enable

Select On to enable the Virtual LAN filtering for the iDRAC6.

 

 

VLAN Id

If VLAN Enable is set to On, enter any VLAN ID value

 

between 1-4094.

 

 

VLAN Priority

If VLAN Enable is set to On, select the priority of the VLAN

 

between 0-7

 

 

Register iDRAC6

Select On to register the iDRAC6 name in the DNS service.

Name

Select Off if you do not want users to locate the iDRAC6 name

 

in DNS.

 

 

iDRAC6 Name

If Register iDRAC Name is set to On, press <Enter> to edit

 

the Current DNS iDRAC Name text field. Press <Enter>

 

when you have finished editing the iDRAC6 name. Press

 

<Esc> to return to the previous menu. The iDRAC6 name

 

must be a valid DNS host name.

Domain Name from Select On if you want to obtain the domain name from a

DHCPDHCP service on the network. Select Off if you want to specify the domain name.

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