Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 (iDRAC9)

1 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 (iDRAC9)Version User's GuideNotes, cautions, and warningsNOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your : A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the : A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. Copyright 2017 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners. 2017-08 Rev. A01 Contents1 of using iDRAC with Lifecycle in this to use this user's web OS, licenses ..22 Types of for acquiring features in iDRAC8 and and protocols to Access port documents you may media documents from Dell support Logging in to the security in to iDRAC as local user, Active Directory user, or LDAP in to iDRAC as a local user using a smart in to iDRAC as an Active Directory user using a smart in to iDRAC using Single Sign-On.

2 37 Logging in to iDRAC SSO using iDRAC web in to iDRAC SSO using CMC web iDRAC using Remote CA certificate to use Remote RACADM on iDRAC using local iDRAC using firmware in to iDRAC using public key iDRAC iDRAC using default default iDRAC password default iDRAC password default login default login password using web default login password using default login password using iDRAC settings or disabling default password warning message ..42IP or disabling OS to iDRAC Pass-through using web or disabling alerts using Setting up managed up iDRAC IP up iDRAC IP using iDRAC settings up iDRAC IP using CMC web provisioning servers and server components using Auto hash passwords for improved local administrator account up managed system up managed system location using web up managed system location using up managed system location using iDRAC settings system performance and power thermal settings using iDRAC web thermal settings using thermal settings using iDRAC settings up management iDRAC supported web Internet Mozilla web browsers to use virtual localized versions of web device firmware using iDRAC web device firmware using automatic firmware firmware using CMC web firmware using firmware using Remote firmware using Lifecycle Controller Remote

3 CMC firmware from and managing staged and managing staged updates using iDRAC web and managing staged updates using back device firmware using iDRAC web firmware using CMC web firmware using firmware using Lifecycle firmware using Lifecycle Controller - Remote up server up server profile using iDRAC web up server profile using automatic backup server server server profile using iDRAC web server profile using operation iDRAC using other Systems Management Server Configuration Profile (SCP) Import and Export ..83 Secure Boot Configuration from BIOS Settings (F2)..83 Acceptable file Configuring iDRAC iDRAC information using web iDRAC information using network network settings using web network settings using local IP between FIPS-mode supported and FIPS FIPS services using web services using or disabling HTTPS TLS using web TLS using VNC client to manage Remote VNC server using iDRAC web VNC server using up VNC viewer with SSL up VNC viewer without SSL front panel LCD system ID LED time zone and time zone and NTP using iDRAC web time zone and NTP using first boot first boot device using web first boot device using first boot device using virtual last crash or disabling OS to iDRAC cards for OS to iDRAC Pass-through.

4 98 Supported operating systems for USB or disabling OS to iDRAC Pass-through using web or disabling OS to iDRAC Pass-through using or disabling OS to iDRAC Pass-through using iDRAC settings server a new certificate signing server server custom signing custom SSL certificate signing certificate ..105 Deleting custom SSL certificate signing multiple iDRACs using Access to modify iDRAC configuration settings on host Viewing iDRAC and managed system managed system health and system sensor performance index of CPU, memory, and I/O performance index of CPU, memory, and I/O modules using web performance index for of CPU, memory, and I/O modules using the system for Fresh Air historical temperature historical temperature data using iDRAC web historical temperature data using warning threshold for inlet network interfaces available on host network interfaces available on host OS using web network interfaces available on host OS using FlexAddress mezzanine card fabric or terminating iDRAC iDRAC sessions using web Setting up iDRAC with iDRAC through serial connection using DB9 BIOS for serial RAC serial IPMI serial connection basic and terminal between RAC serial and serial console while using DB9 from serial console to RAC from RAC serial to serial with iDRAC using IPMI BIOS for serial iDRAC to use supported with iDRAC using IPMI over IPMI over LAN using web IPMI over LAN using iDRAC settings IPMI over LAN using or disabling Remote or disabling

5 Remote RACADM using web or disabling Remote RACADM using local IPMI on managed Linux for serial console during login to the virtual console after SSH cryptography public key authentication for Configuring user accounts and characters in user names and local local users using iDRAC web local users using Active Directory for using Active Directory authentication for Active Directory authentication schema Active Directory Standard schema Active schema Active Directory Extended schema Active Active Directory generic LDAP generic LDAP directory service using iDRAC web-based generic LDAP directory service using LDAP directory service System Lockdown Configuring iDRAC for Single Sign-On or smart card for Active Directory Single Sign-On or smart card iDRAC as a computer in Active Directory root Kerberos keytab Active Directory objects and providing iDRAC SSO login for Active Directory iDRAC SSO login for Active Directory users using web iDRAC SSO login for Active Directory users using iDRAC smart card login for local smart card user trusted CA certificate for smart iDRAC smart card login for Active Directory or disabling smart card or disabling smart card login using web or disabling smart card login using or disabling smart card login using iDRAC settings Configuring iDRAC to send or disabling or disabling alerts using web or disabling alerts using or disabling alerts using iDRAC settings alerts.

6 165 Filtering alerts using iDRAC web alerts using event event alerts using web event alerts using alert recurrence alert recurrence events using alert recurrence events using iDRAC web event event actions using web event actions using email alert, SNMP trap, or IPMI trap IP alert email alert WS Redfish chassis chassis events using the iDRAC web chassis events using message iDRAC 9 Group a New User Alerts .. Servers Information on a selected Manager Single Sign Manager Concepts Controlling Manager Concepts Backup Managing System Event System Event Log using web System Event Log using System Event Log using iDRAC settings Lifecycle log ..184 Viewing Lifecycle log using web Lifecycle log using Lifecycle Controller Lifecycle Controller logs using web Lifecycle Controller logs using work Remote system Remote system logging using web Remote system logging using Monitoring and managing performance index of CPU, memory, and I/O modules using web performance index for of CPU, memory, and I/O modules using warning threshold for power warning threshold for power consumption using web power control power control operations using web power control operations using capping in Blade and configuring power cap power supply power supply options using web power supply options using power supply options using iDRAC settings or disabling power Inventorying, monitoring.

7 And configuring network and monitoring network network devices using web network devices using and monitoring FC HBA FC HBA devices using web FC HBA devices using configuration of virtual addresses, initiator, and storage target cards for I/O Identity NIC firmware versions for I/O Identity Address and Persistence Policy behavior when iDRAC is set to Flex Address mode or Console behavior for FlexAddress and I/O or disabling I/O Identity persistence policy Managing storage RAID is RAID?..208 Organizing data storage for availability and RAID levels ..210 Comparing RAID level RAID non-RAID of supported features for storage and monitoring storage storage devices using web storage devices using backplane using iDRAC settings storage device physical or unassigning physical disk as global hot a physical disk to RAID or non-RAID Erase Secured Physical Physical virtual virtual virtual disk cache virtual virtual disk virtual virtual or unassigning dedicated hot virtual disks using web virtual disks using Controller or auto importing foreign foreign Controller the Controller Gbps SAS HBA adapter predictive failure analysis on operations in non-RAID (HBA)

8 RAID configuration jobs on multiple storage Preserved PCIe and monitoring PCIe to remove PCIe PCIe SSD device enclosures or backplane universal SGPIO Enclosure Asset Enclosure Asset operation mode to apply operation mode using web operation mode using and applying pending , applying, or deleting pending operations using web and applying pending operations using devices apply operation or unblinking component or unblinking component LEDs using web or unblinking component LEDs using BIOS Settings .. changes ..255 Apply and Reboot ..255 Apply At Next Reboot ..255 Delete All Pending Values ..256 Pending Value ..256 Modifying Bios Configuration ..25617 Configuring and using virtual screen resolutions and refresh virtual virtual console using web virtual console using virtual virtual virtual console using web virtual console using a warning messages while launching virtual console or virtual media using Java or ActiveX virtual console based virtual mouse all keystrokes through virtual console for Java or ActiveX Using iDRAC Service iDRAC Service iDRAC Service Module from iDRAC Express and iDRAC Service Module from iDRAC operating systems for iDRAC Service Service Module monitoring profile support for network system Lifecycle logs to OS system recovery Management Instrumentation iDRAC Hard Support for iDRAC SNMP Access via Host of OpenManage Server Administrator and iDRAC Service iDRAC Service Module from iDRAC web iDRAC Service Module from iDRAC Service

9 Module on Windows Nano Using USB port for server iDRAC interface over direct USB iDRAC using server configuration profile on USB USB management port server configuration profile from USB device ..28020 Using iDRAC Quick Sync iDRAC Quick Sync iDRAC Quick Sync 2 settings using web iDRAC Quick Sync 2 settings using iDRAC Quick Sync 2 settings using iDRAC settings mobile device to view iDRAC Managing virtual drives and virtual virtual media using iDRAC web virtual media using virtual media using iDRAC settings media state and system virtual virtual media using virtual virtual media without using virtual virtual media virtual device virtual virtual boot order through boot once for virtual Installing and using VMCLI VMCLI commands to Access virtual media ..293 VMCLI operating system shell options ..29323 Managing vFlash SD vFlash SD vFlash SD card or disabling vFlash vFlash SD the last status using vFlash an empty a partition using an image a available a or detaching existing partition to a Using management capabilities using SMCLP SMCLP the map address show the -display the -level the -output power target Deploying operating operating system using Remote file Remote file Remote file share using web Remote file share using operating system using virtual operating system from multiple embedded operating system on SD SD module and redundancy in Troubleshooting managed system using diagnostic iDRAC and Reset iDRAC to default.

10 320 Scheduling Remote automated Remote automated diagnostics using post boot and crash capture video capture last system crash System system front panel LCD system front panel LED trouble system server status screen for error iDRAC using iDRAC web iDRAC using system and user iDRAC to factory default iDRAC to factory default settings using iDRAC web iDRAC to factory default settings using iDRAC settings SupportAssist Integration in and Shipping Contact Contact User Lic