You can enable auto-discovery using iDRAC Settings Utility or using Lifecycle Controller. For information
on using Lifecycle Controller, see Lifecycle Controller User’s Guide available at dell.com/support/
manuals.
If auto-discovery feature is not enabled on the factory-shipped system, the default administrator account
(user name as root and password as calvin) is enabled. Before enabling auto-discovery, make sure to
disable this administrator account. If the auto-discovery in Lifecycle Controller is enabled, all the iDRAC
user accounts are disabled until the provisioning server is discovered.
To enable auto-discovery using iDRAC Settings utility:
1. Turn on the managed system.
2. During POST, press <F2 >, and go to iDRAC Settings → Remote Enablement.
The iDRAC Settings Remote Enablement page is displayed.
3. Enable auto-discovery, enter the provisioning server IP address, and click Back.
NOTE: Specifying the provisioning server IP is optional. If it is not set, it is discovered using
DHCP or DNS settings (step 7).
4. Click Network.
The iDRAC Settings Network page is displayed.
5. Enable NIC.
6. Enable IPv4.
NOTE: IPv6 is not supported for auto-discovery.
7. Enable DHCP and get the domain name, DNS server address, and DNS domain name from DHCP.
NOTE: Step 7 is optional if the provisioning server IP address (step 3) is provided.
Configuring Servers and Server Components Using Auto Config
The Auto Config feature allows you to configure and provision all the components in a server (example,
iDRAC, PERC, and RAID) in a single operation by automatically importing an XML configuration file. All the
configurable parameters are specified in the XML file. The DHCP server that assigns the IP address also
provides the XML file details to configure the iDRAC.
You can create the XML file based on the service tag of the servers or create a generic XML file that you
can use to configure all iDRACs serviced by the DHCP server. This XML file is stored in a shared location
(CIFS or NFS) that is accessible by the DHCP server and iDRAC(s) of the server being configured. The
DHCP server uses a DHCP server option to specify the XML file name, XML file location, and the user
credentials to access the file location.
When the iDRAC or CMC obtains an IP address from the DHCP server, the XML file is used to configure
the devices. Auto-config is invoked only after the iDRAC gets its IP address from the DHCP server. If it
does not get a response or an IP address from the DHCP server, then auto-config is not invoked.
NOTE:
• You can enable Auto Config only if DHCPv4 and the Enable IPv4 options are enabled.
• Auto Config and auto-discovery features are mutually exclusive. You must disable auto-
discovery for the Auto Config feature to work.
If all the Dell PowerEdge servers in the DHCP server pool are of the same Model type and number, then a
single xml file (config.xml) is required. (This is the default XML file name.)
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