Dell IDRAC6 manual Common Settings SettingDescription, IPv4 Settings Description

Table 4-3. Common Settings (continued)

SettingDescription

DNS Domain The default DNS Domain Name is blank. When the Auto

NameConfig Domain Name checkbox is selected, this option is disabled.

Table 4-4. IPv4 Settings

Setting	Description
Enable IPv4	If NIC is enabled, this selects IPv4 protocol support and sets
	the other fields in this section to be enabled.
DHCP Enable	Prompts the iDRAC6 to obtain an IP address for the NIC from
	the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.
	The default is off.
IP Address	Specifies the iDRAC6 NIC IP address.
Subnet Mask	Allows you to enter or edit a static IP address for the iDRAC6
	NIC. To change this setting, deselect the Use DHCP
	(For NIC IP Address) checkbox.
Gateway	The address of a router or switch. The value is in the "dot
	separated" format, such as 192.168.0.1.
Use DHCP to	Enable DHCP to obtain DNS server addresses by selecting the
obtain DNS server	Use DHCP to obtain DNS server addresses checkbox. When
addresses	not using DHCP to obtain the DNS server addresses, provide
	the IP addresses in the Preferred DNS Server and Alternate
	DNS Server fields.
	The default is off.
	NOTE: When the Use DHCP to obtain DNS server addresses
	checkbox is selected, IP addresses cannot be entered into the
	Preferred DNS Server and Alternate DNS Server fields.
Preferred DNS	DNS Server IP address.
Server
Alternate DNS	Alternate IP address.
Server

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