Dell iDRAC8 Setting Up iDRAC IP Using CMC Web Interface, Enabling Auto-discovery, Vlan Settings

VLAN Settings

You can configure iDRAC into the VLAN infrastructure. To configure VLAN Settings:

1.Under Enable VLAN ID, select Enabled.

2.In the VLAN ID box, enter a valid number from 1 to 4094.

3.In the Priority box, enter a number from 0 to 7 to set the priority of the VLAN ID.

NOTE: After enabling VLAN, the idrac IP is not accessible for sometime.

Setting Up iDRAC IP Using CMC Web Interface

To set up the iDRAC IP address using CMC Web interface:

NOTE: You must have Chassis Configuration Administrator privilege to set up iDRAC network settings from CMC.

1.Log in to CMC Web interface.

2.Go to Server Overview → Setup → iDRAC. The Deploy iDRAC page is displayed.

3.Under iDRAC Network Settings, select Enable LAN and other network parameters as per requirements. For more information, see CMC online help.

4.For additional network settings specific to each blade server, go to Server Overview → <server name>.

The Server Status page is displayed.

5.Click Launch iDRAC and go to Overview → iDRAC Settings → Network.

6.In the Network page, specify the following settings:

•Network Settings

•Common Settings

•IPV4 Settings

•IPV6 Settings

•IPMI Settings

•VLAN Settings

NOTE: For more information, see iDRAC Online Help.

7.To save the network information, click Apply.

For more information, see the Chassis Management Controller User’s Guide available at dell.com/ support/manuals.

Enabling Auto-discovery

The auto-discovery feature allows newly installed servers to automatically discover the remote management console that hosts the provisioning server. The provisioning server provides custom administrative user credentials to iDRAC, so that the unprovisioned server can be discovered and managed from the management console. For more information about auto-discovery, see the Lifecycle Controller Remote Services User’s Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.

Auto-discovery works with a static IP. DHCP, DNS server, or the default DNS host name discovers the provisioning server. If DNS is specified, the provisioning server IP is retrieved from DNS and the DHCP settings are not required. If the provisioning server is specified, discovery is skipped so neither DHCP nor DNS is required.

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