Setting Up Management Station

NOTE: The attributes are not applicable to the INI configuration file.

Hash Password in Server Configuration Profile

The new hash passwords can be optionally exported in the server configuration profile.

When importing server configuration profile, you can uncomment the existing password attribute or the new password hash attribute(s). If both are uncommented an error is generated and the password is not set. A commented attribute is not applied during an import.

Generating Hash Password Without SNMPv3 and IPMI Authentication

To generate hash password without SNMPv3 and IPMI authentication:

1.For iDRAC user accounts, you must salt the password using SHA256.

When you salt the password, a 16 byte binary string is appended. The Salt is required to be 16 bytes long, if provided.

2.Provide hash value and salt in the imported server configuration profile, RACADM commands, or

WSMAN.

3.After setting the password, the normal plain text password authentication works except that SNMP v3 and IPMI authentication fails for iDRAC user accounts that had passwords updated with hash.

A management station is a computer used for accessing iDRAC interfaces to remotely monitor and manage the PowerEdge server(s).

To set up the management station:

1.Install a supported operating system. For more information, see the readme.

2.Install and configure a supported Web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, or Safari).

3.Install the latest Java Runtime Environment (JRE) (required if Java plug-in type is used to access iDRAC using a Web browser).

4.From the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD, install Remote RACADM and VMCLI from the SYSMGMT folder. Else, run Setup on the DVD to install Remote RACADM by default and other OpenManage software. For more information about RACADM, see iDRAC8 RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.

5.Install the following based on the requirement:

•Telnet

•SSH client

•TFTP

•Dell OpenManage Essentials

Accessing iDRAC Remotely

To remotely access iDRAC Web interface from a management station, make sure that the management station is in the same network as iDRAC. For example:

Dell iDRAC8 manual Setting Up Management Station, Accessing iDRAC Remotely

Models: iDRAC8

Hash Password in Server Configuration Profile

WSMAN.