Dell iDRAC8 manual Enabling SSL on Domain Controller

Table 13. iDRAC User Privileges

Current	Prior Generation	Description
Generation
Login	Login to iDRAC	Enables the user to log in to iDRAC.
Configure	Configure iDRAC	Enables the user to configure iDRAC.
Configure Users	Configure Users	Enables the user to allow specific users to access the
		system.
Logs	Clear Logs	Enables the user to clear the System Event Log (SEL).
System Control	Execute Server Control	Allows power cycling the host system.
	Commands
Access Virtual	Access Virtual Console	Enables the user to run Virtual Console.
Console	Redirection (for blade
	servers)
	Access Virtual Console
	(for rack and tower
	servers)
Access Virtual	Access Virtual Media	Enables the user to run and use Virtual Media.
Media
System	Test Alerts	Allows user initiated and generated events, and
Operations		information is sent as an asynchronous notification and
		logged.
Debug	Execute Diagnostic	Enables the user to run diagnostic commands.
	Commands

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Prerequisites for Using Active Directory Authentication for iDRAC

Supported Active Directory Authentication Mechanisms

Prerequisites for Using Active Directory Authentication for iDRAC

To use the Active Directory authentication feature of iDRAC, make sure that you have:

•Deployed an Active Directory infrastructure. See the Microsoft website for more information.

•Integrated PKI into the Active Directory infrastructure. iDRAC uses the standard Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) mechanism to authenticate securely into the Active Directory. See the Microsoft website for more information.

•Enabled the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) on all domain controllers that iDRAC connects to for authenticating to all the domain controllers.

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Enabling SSL on Domain Controller

Enabling SSL on Domain Controller

When iDRAC authenticates users with an Active Directory domain controller, it starts an SSL session with the domain controller. At this time, the domain controller must publish a certificate signed by the

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