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Dell™ Remote Access Controller 4

Firmware Version 1.30

User’s Guide

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Main Notes, Notices, and Cautions ____________________ Contents 1 DRAC 4 Overview 2 Installing and Setting Up the DRAC 4 3 Configuring the DRAC 4 to Use a Serial or Telnet Text Console 4 Managing and Recovering a Remote System 5 Using the DRAC 4 With Microsoft Active Directory 6 Using Console Redirection 7 Configuring and Using Virtual Media 8 Using the serial and racadm Commands 9 Operating System Deployment Using the DRAC 4 Virtual Media CLI Feature 10 Troubleshooting Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Tables Page Page Page Page DRAC 4 Overview Whats New in DRAC 4 in this Release? DRAC 4 Hardware Features Hardware Specifications Power Requirements Connectors DRAC 4 Ports Supported Remote Access Connections DRAC 4 Security Features Supported Platforms Supported Operating Systems Supported Web Browsers Features Other Documents You May Need Page Installing and Setting Up the DRAC 4 What You Need to Get Started Installing the DRAC 4 Hardware Software Installation and Configuration Overview Installing the Software on the Managed System Configuring the Managed System to Capture the Last Crash Screen Disabling the Windows Automatic Reboot Option Installing the Software on the Management Station Installing the racadm CLI on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Management Station Uninstalling the racadm CLI on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Management Station Configuring a Supported Web Browser Configuring Internet Explorer to Connect to the Web-Based Interface Installing the Sun Java Plug-In version number Installing the Sun Java Plug-In to Use Console Redirection Installing the Sun Java Plug-In to Use Mozilla version number Configuring DRAC 4 Properties Configuring the DRAC 4 Network Settings Configuring the DRAC 4 Network Settings Using the Option ROM 36 NOTE: Waiting for response from DHCP Server Page Adding and Configuring DRAC 4 Users Adding and Configuring SNMP Alerts Updating the DRAC 4 Firmware Clearing the Web Browser Cache With Internet Explorer Clearing the Web Browser Cache With Mozilla Accessing the DRAC 4 Through a Network DRAC 4 Software Basics for Red Hat Enterprise Linux action action Additional Information Removing the DRAC 4 Removing DRAC 4-Related Applications and Drivers Configuring the DRAC 4 to Use a Serial or Telnet Text Console Serial and Telnet Console Features Enabling and Configuring the Managed System to Use a Serial or Telnet Console Configuring the System Setup Program on the Managed System Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Serial Redirection During Boot Enabling Login to the Console After Boot Enabling the Serial/Telnet Console on the DRAC 4 Using the racadm Command to Configure the Settings for the Serial and Telnet Console user DRAC 4 IP address new port number Using the Secure Shell (SSH) <port number> Connecting the DB-9 Cable Configuring the Management Station Terminal Emulation Software Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux Minicom for Serial Console Emulation config file name Minicom config file name Configuring HyperTerminal for Serial Console Redirection Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux XTerm for Telnet Console Redirection DRAC 4 IP address Enabling Microsoft Telnet for Telnet Console Redirection port number port number Using a Serial or Telnet Console Managing and Recovering a Remote System Accessing the Web-Based Interface port number IP address port number Adding and Configuring DRAC 4 Users and Alerts Adding and Configuring DRAC 4 Users Page 60 Configuring the DRAC 4 NIC Page Adding and Configuring SNMP Alerts 64 Viewing Information About Existing Alerts NOTE: Managing a Remote System Updating the DRAC 4 Firmware image_name Ensuring DRAC 4 Network Security Page Page Page 70 Viewing System Information System Information This section provides information about the types of system information. Page Recovering and Troubleshooting the Managed System First Steps to Troubleshoot a Remote System Managing Power on a Remote System Using the SEL Using the DRAC 4 Log Viewing the Last System Crash Screen Using the Diagnostic Console The Diagnostic Console page provides buttons (see Table 4-29) in the top-right corner of the page. settracelog -i Troubleshooting Network Problems Troubleshooting Alerting Problems Page Page 82 Tab le 4-32 lists frequently asked questions and answers. community name Remote Access: SNMP Authentication Failure racadm getconfig -g cfgOobSnmp racadm config -g cfgOobSnmp -o cfgOobSnmpAgentCommunity < > Page Page Using the DRAC 4 With Microsoft Active Directory Active Directory Schema Extensions Overview of the RAC Schema Extensions Active Directory Object Overview Page Page Page Configuring Active Directory to Access Your DRAC 4 Extending the Active Directory Schema Using the Dell Schema Extender Page Page Page 94 Installing the Dell Extension to the Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-In Opening the Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-In Adding DRAC 4 Users and Privileges to Active Directory Creating a RAC Device Object Creating a Privilege Object Creating an Association Object Adding Objects to an Association Object Enabling SSL on a Domain Controller Exporting the Domain Controller Root CA Certificate Importing the DRAC 4 Firmware SSL Certificate to All Domain Controllers Trusted Certificate Lists Configuring the DRAC 4 Configuring the DRAC 4 Active Directory Settings Using the racadm CLI fully qualified rac domain name domain>/<username domain>\<username Using Active Directory to Log In To the DRAC 4 Tab le 5-8 lists frequently asked questions and answers. 102 racadm sslcertupload -t 0x1 -f <web_sslcert> Using Console Redirection Overview Using Console Redirection Page Page 106 Tab le 6-4 lists frequently asked questions and answers. 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Page rpm -qa | grep radeon_7000m_dell_server startx Page Configuring and Using Virtual Media Overview Operating System Requirements on the Managed System Installing the Virtual Media Plug-In Using the Virtual Media Feature Booting From the Virtual Media Installing Operating Systems Using Virtual Media Using Virtual Media When the Servers Operating System Is Running Enabling and Disabling the Virtual Media Feature Configuring the Virtual Floppy Feature For Your Operating System Configuring the Virtual Floppy Feature as a Super Floppy Configuring the Virtual Floppy as a Hard Drive racvmcli Installation Execution Environment Interfaces and APIs VM-CLI Parameters RAC-SSL-port RAC-IP-address DRAC-user-name image-file device-name DRAC-user-password device-name image-file device-name image-file Page Page Page 124 Drive Number : 0 VIRTUALFLOPPY DRIVE Removable Media Drive Drive Number : 1 VIRTUALCDROM DRIVE Page 126 cat /var/log/messages | grep VIRTUAL cat /etc/fstab | grep /dev/hde mount /mnt/cdrom1 Using the serial and racadm Commands Using a Serial or Telnet Console Logging into the DRAC 4 Starting a Text Console <number> Viewing a List of Serial/Telnet Commands Using the racadm CLI racadm Command Description racadm Synopsis racadm Options subcommand_options racadm Subcommand Descriptions racadm Error Messages Configuring Multiple DRAC 4s Configuration File Overview Creating a DRAC 4 Configuration File Page anchored object unique anchor name IP_ADDRESS USER_NAME Configuration File Example Using the racadm Utility to Configure the DRAC 4 Before Adding a DRAC 4 User Adding a DRAC 4 User Without Alert Capabilities Adding a DRAC 4 User With Alerting Capabilities email address SNMP trap destination Adding a DRAC 4 User With Permissions Bit Mask Number for specific user permissions Configuring DRAC 4 Network Properties Page Operating System Deployment Using the DRAC 4 Virtual Media CLI Feature Requirements Tas ks vmdeploy Creating Bootable Deployment Image Files Linux Users output-file input-file output-file Troubleshooting Troubleshooting the DRAC 4 Page racadm Subcommand Man Pages help arp clearasrscreen config/getconfig objectName config Subcommand Description getconfig Subcommand Description coredump Output Example coredumpdelete fwupdate IP address path/file update filename Page Updating the Firmware directory TFTP_dir_path TFTP_IP user getssninfo getsysinfo Page Page getractime yyyymmddhhmmss.mmmmmms ifconfig netstat network interface number ipaddress ping setniccfg/getniccfg Description for setniccfg Description for getniccfg getsvctag racdump racreset racresetcfg serveraction action delay getraclog delay-seconds start- record clrraclog getsel delay-seconds clrsel gettracelog setrac sslcsrgen Page sslcertupload sslcertdownload sslcertview Output Examples testemail testtrap vmdisconnect Page DRAC 4 Property Database Group and Object Definitions idRacInfo idRacProductInfo (Read Only) idRacDescriptionInfo (Read Only) idRacVersionInfo (Read Only) idRacName (Read/Write) idRacMisc (Read/Write) idRacType (Read) cfgLanNetworking cfgDNSDomainNameFromDHCP (Read/Write) cfgDNSDomainName (Read/Write) cfgDNSRacName (Read/Write) cfgDNSRegisterRac (Read/Write) cfgDNSServersFromDHCP (Read/Write) cfgDNSServer1 (Read/Write) cfgDNSServer2 (Read/Write) cfgNicEnable (Read/Write) cfgNicIpAddress (Read/Write) cfgNicNetmask (Read/Write) cfgNicGateway (Read/Write) cfgNicUseDhcp (Read/Write) cfgCurrentLanNetworking cfgNicCurrentIpAddress (Read Only) cfgNicCurrentNetmask (Read Only) cfgNicCurrentGateway (Read Only) cfgNicCurrentDhcpWasUsed (Read Only) cfgDNSCurrentDomainName (Read Only) cfgRemoteHosts cfgRhostsSmtpEmailEnable (Read/Write) cfgRhostsSmtpServerIpAddr (Read/Write) cfgRhostsFwUpdateTftpEnable (Read/Write) cfgRhostsFwUpdateIpAddr (Read/Write) cfgRhostsFwUpdatePath (Read/Write) cfgUserAdmin cfgUserAdminPrivilege (Read/Write) cfgUserAdminUserName (Read/Write) cfgUserAdminPassword (Write Only) cfgUserAdminAlertFilterRacEventMask (Read/Write) cfgUserAdminAlertFilterSysEventMask (Read/Write) cfgUserAdminEmailEnable (Read/Write) cfgUserAdminEmailAddress (Read/Write) cfgUserAdminEmailCustomMsg (Read/Write) cfgTraps cfgTrapsDestIpAddr (Read/Write) cfgTrapsEnable (Read/Write) cfgTrapsSnmpCommunity (Read/Write) cfgTrapsFilterRacEventMask (Read/Write) cfgTrapsFilterSysEventMask (Read/Write) cfgTrapsIndex (Read Only) cfgSessionManagement cfgSsnMgtMaxSessions (Read/Write) cfgSsnMgtMaxSessionsPerUser (Read/Write) cfgSsnMgtSshIdleTimeout (Read/Write) cfgSerial cfgSerialBaudRate (Read/Write) cfgSerialConsoleEnable (Read/Write) cfgSerialConsoleQuitKey (Read/Write) cfgSerialConsoleIdleTimeout (Read/Write) cfgSerialConsoleShellType (Read/Write) cfgSerialConsoleNoAuth (Read/Write) cfgSerialConsoleCommand (Read/Write) cfgSerialHistorySize (Read/Write) cfgSerialSshEnable (Read/Write) cfgSerialTelnetEnable (Read/Write) cfgSerialCom2RedirEnable (Read/Write) cfgSerialTelnet7flsBackspace (Read/Write) cfgNetTuning cfgNetTuningNicAutoneg (Read/Write) cfgNetTuningNic100MB (Read/Write) cfgNetTuningNicFullDuplex (Read/Write) cfgNetTuningNicMtu (Read/Write) cfgNetTuningIpTtl (Read/Write) cfgNetTuningIpReassTtl (Read/Write) cfgNetTuningTcpSrttBase (Read/Write) cfgNetTuningTcpSrttDflt (Read/Write) cfgNetTuningTcpReXmtMin (Read/Write) cfgNetTuningTcpReXmtMax (Read/Write) cfgNetTuningTcpMsl (Read/Write) cfgNetTuningIpSubnetsAreLocal (Read/Write) Tuning the DRAC 4 for Satellite Connectivity cfgOobSnmp cfgOobSnmpAgentCommunity (Read/Write) cfgOobSnmpTrapsEnable (Read/Write) cfgOobSnmpAgentEnable (Read/Write) cfgRacTuning cfgRacTuneHttpPort (Read/Write) cfgRacTuneHttpsPort (Read/Write) cfgRacTuneSshPort (Read/Write) cfgRacTuneTelnetPort (Read/Write) cfgRacTuneFwUpdateResetDelay (Read/Write) cfgRacTuneRemoteRacadmEnable (Read/Write) cfgRacTuneHostCom2BaudRate (Read/Write) cfgRacTuneConRedirPort (Read/Write) ifcRacManagedNodeOs ifcRacMnOsHostname (Read/Write) ifcRacMnOsOsName (Read/Write) ifcRacMnOsOsType (Read Only) cfgRacSecurity cfgRacSecCsrCommonName (Read/Write) cfgRacSecCsrOrganizationName (Read/Write) cfgRacSecCsrOrganizationUnit (Read/Write) cfgRacSecCsrLocalityName (Read/Write) cfgRacSecCsrStateName (Read/Write) cfgRacSecCsrCountryCode (Read/Write) cfgRacSecCsrEmailAddr (Read/Write) cfgRacSecCsrKeySize (Read/Write) cfgRacVirtual cfgFloppyEmulation (Read/Write) cfgVirMediaDisable (Read/Write) cfgVirAtapiSrvPort (Read/Write) cfgVirtualBootOnce (Read/Write) cfgActiveDirectory cfgADRacDomain (Read/Write) cfgADRacName (Read/Write) cfgADEnable (Read/Write) cfgADAuthTimeout (Read/Write) cfgADRootDomain (Read/Write) Event Filter Operation and Event Mask Properties DRAC 4-Generated Event Mask Definitions System-Generated Alert Mask Definitions Alert Filter Properties Alert Test Commands Email Test Command Alert Data Definitions Trap Test Command trap index Alert Data Definitions Glossary Page Page Page Index A B C D E F G H I N O P R S T U V W X