Dell IDRAC6 manual Network Settings Description, Common Settings Description

Table 4-2. Network Settings (continued)

Setting	Description
Auto	If set to On, displays the Network Speed and Mode by
Negotiation	communicating with the nearest router or hub. If set to Off, allows
	you to set the Network Speed and Duplex Mode manually.
	If NIC Selection is not set to Dedicated, Auto Negotiation setting
	will always be enabled (On).
	NOTE: When the server is off, the embedded LOM ports support a
	maximum speed of 100Mbps. Therefore, configuring the LOMs and
	switch to support auto-negotiation ensures connectivity to iDRAC
	through system power transitions.

Network Speed Enables you to set the Network Speed to 100 Mb or 10 Mb to match your network environment. This option is not available if Auto Negotiation is set to On.

Duplex Mode Enables you to set the Duplex Mode to full or half to match your network environment. This option is not available if Auto Negotiation is set to On.

NIC MTU Enables you to set the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size on the NIC.

Table 4-3. Common Settings

Setting	Description
Register iDRAC	Registers the iDRAC6 name on the DNS server.
on DNS	The default is Disabled.
DNS iDRAC Name Displays the iDRAC6 name only when Register iDRAC on
	DNS is selected. The default name is idrac-service_tag,
	where service_tag is the service tag number of the Dell server,
	for example: idrac-00002.
Auto Config	Uses the default DNS domain name. When the checkbox is not
Domain Name	selected and the Register iDRAC on DNS option is selected,
	modify the DNS domain name in the DNS Domain Name field.

The default is Disabled.

Configuring the iDRAC6 Using the Web Interface

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