Owner's Manual

8 Contents
Managing Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Viewing the Current Firmware Versions
. . . . . 137
Updating CMC and iKVM Firmware
. . . . . . . . 137
Recovering iDRAC Firmware Using the CMC
. . . 139
Frequently Asked Questions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Troubleshooting the CMC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
6 Using the CMC With Microsoft Active Directory
145
Active Directory Schema Extensions . . . . . . . . . 145
Extended Schema Versus Standard Schema
. . . 145
Extended Schema Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Active Directory Schema Extensions
. . . . . . . 146
Overview of the RAC Schema Extensions
. . . . 146
Active Directory Object Overview
. . . . . . . . 147
Configuring Extended Schema Active Directory to Access Your
CMC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Extending the Active Directory Schema
. . . . . 151
Installing the Dell Extension to the Active Directory Users and
Computers Snap-In
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Adding CMC Users and Privileges to Active Directory
158
Configuring the CMC With Extended Schema Active Directory
and the Web Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Configuring the CMC With Extended Schema Active Directory
and RACADM
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Standard Schema Active Directory Overview. . . . . 165
Configuring Standard Schema Active Directory to Access Your
CMC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Configuring the CMC With Standard Schema Active Directory
and Web Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168