Dell Remote Access Controller 4 Firmware Version 1.30 manual Extending the Active Directory Schema

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Configuring Active Directory to Access Your DRAC 4

Before you can use Active Directory to access your DRAC 4, you must configure the Active Directory software and the DRAC 4 by performing the following steps in their numbered order:

1Extend the Active Directory schema (see "Extending the Active Directory Schema").

2Extend the Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-in (see "Installing the Dell Extension to the Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-In").

3Add DRAC 4 users and their privileges to Active Directory (see "Adding DRAC 4 Users and Privileges to Active Directory").

4Enable SSL on each of your domain controllers (see "Enabling SSL on a Domain Controller").

5Configure the DRAC 4 Active Directory properties using either the DRAC 4 Web-based interface or the racadm CLI (see "Configuring the DRAC 4").

Extending the Active Directory Schema

Extending your Active Directory schema will add a Dell organizational unit, schema classes and attributes, and example privileges and association objects to the Active Directory schema.

NOTE: Before you extend the schema, you must have Schema Admin privileges on the Schema Master Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) Role Owner of the domain forest.

You can extend your schema using two different methods. You can use the Dell Schema Extender utility, or you can use the LDIF script file.

NOTE: The Dell organizational unit will not be added if you use the LDIF script file.

The LDIF files and Dell Schema Extender are located on your Dell Systems Management Consoles CD in the following respective directories:

•CD drive:\support\OMActiveDirectory Tools\RAC4\LDIF Files

•CD drive:\support\OMActiveDirectory Tools\RAC4\Schema Extender

To use the LDIF files, see the instructions in the readme that is in the LDIF files directory.

To use the Dell Schema Extender to extend the Active Directory Schema, perform the steps in "Using the Dell Schema Extender."

You can copy and run the Schema Extender or LDIF files from any location.

Using the Dell Schema Extender

NOTICE: The Dell Schema Extender uses the SchemaExtenderOem.ini file. To ensure that the Dell Schema Extender utility functions properly, do not modify the name of this file.

1Click Next on the Welcome screen.

2Read the warning and click Next again.

3Either select Use Current Log In Credentials or enter a user name and password with schema administrator rights.

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