Dell iDRAC8 manual Configuring Front Panel Display, Configuring LCD Setting

disabled when configuring the VNC server settings in iDRAC, then to connect to the VNC Viewer do the following:

In the VNC Viewer dialog box, enter the iDRAC IP address and the VNC port number in the VNC Server field.

The format is <iDRAC IP address:VNC port number>

For example, if the iDRAC IP address is 192.168.0.120 and VNC port number is 5901, then enter 192.168.0.120:5901.

Configuring Front Panel Display

You can configure the front panel LCD and LED display for the managed system.

For rack and tower servers, two types of front panels are available:

•LCD front panel and System ID LED

•LED front panel and System ID LED

For blade servers, only the System ID LED is available on the server front panel since the blade chassis has the LCD.

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Configuring LCD Setting

Configuring System ID LED Setting

Configuring LCD Setting

You can set and display a default string such as iDRAC name, IP, and so on or a user-defined string on the LCD front panel of the managed system.

Configuring LCD Setting Using Web Interface

To configure the server LCD front panel display:

1.In iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview → Hardware → Front Panel.

2.In LCD Settings section, from the Set Home Message drop-down menu, select any of the following:

•Service Tag (default)

•Asset Tag

•DRAC MAC Address

•DRAC IPv4 Address

•DRAC IPv6 Address

•System Power

•Ambient Temperature

•System Model

•Host Name

•User Defined

•None

If you select User Defined, enter the required message in the text box.

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