Users Guide
Setting Description
Enable iDRAC IPv4 DHCP Enables or disables DHCP for each iDRAC present in the chassis. If this option is enabled,
the fields QuickDeploy IP, QuickDeploy Subnet Mask, and QuickDeploy Gateway
are disabled, and cannot be modified since DHCP is used to automatically assign these
settings for each iDRAC. To select this option, you must select the Enable iDRAC IPv4
option. Quick Deploy IP address option is provided with two values 4 and 2.
Reserved QuickDeploy IP Address Select the number of static IPv4 addresses reserved for iDRACs in the chassis. The IPv4
addresses starting from Starting iDRAC IPv4 Address (Slot 1) are considered as
reserved and assumed to be unused elsewhere in the same network. Quick Deploy feature
does not work for servers that are inserted into slots for which there is no reserved static
IPv4 address.
Starting iDRAC IPv4 Address (Slot
1)
Specifies the static IP address of iDRAC in the server, in slot 1 of the enclosure. The IP
address of each subsequent iDRAC is incremented by 1 for each slot from slot 1's static IP
address. In the case where the IP address plus the slot number is greater than the subnet
mask, an error message is displayed.
NOTE: The subnet mask and the gateway are not incremented such as the IP
address.
For example, if the starting IP address is 192.168.0.250 and the subnet mask is
255.255.0.0 then the QuickDeploy IP address for slot 4c is 192.168.0.265. If the
subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, the QuickDeploy IP address range is not
fully within QuickDeploy Subnet error message is displayed when you click
Save QuickDeploy Settings or Auto-Populate Using QuickDeploy Settings.
iDRAC IPv4 Netmask Specifies the QuickDeploy subnet mask that is assigned to all newly inserted servers.
iDRAC IPv4 Gateway Specifies the QuickDeploy default gateway that is assigned to all the DRAC present in the
chassis.
Enable iDRAC IPv6 Enables IPv6 addressing for each iDRAC present in the chassis that is IPv6 capable.
Enable iDRAC IPv6
Autoconfiguration
Enables the iDRAC to obtain IPv6 settings (address and prefix length) from a DHCPv6
server and also enables stateless address auto configuration. By default, this option is
enabled.
iDRAC IPv6 Gateway Specifies the default IPv6 gateway to be assigned to the iDRACs. The default value is "::".
iDRAC IPv6 Prefix Length Specifies the prefix length to be assigned for the IPv6 addresses on the iDRAC. The
default value is 64.
Use CMC DNS Settings Enables the CMC DNS Server settings ( IPv4 and IPv6) that are propagated to iDRAC
when a blade server is inserted in the chassis.
Enable iDRAC DNS Name Select Enable iDRAC DNS Name to apply the iDRAC DNS name to the blade servers
inserted in the chassis. You can provide the iDRAC DNS prefix, which the CMC appends
with the slot name. For example, if the iDRAC DNS prefix is, "DNSNAME", then the iDRAC
DNS Name is appended with the slot name, "DNSNAME-SlotN".
By default, the Enable iDRAC DNS Name is disabled.
iDRAC DNS Name (Prefix) You can configure the iDRAC DNS name prefix only if Enable iDRAC DNS Name is
selected. The DNS name prefix can contain a maximum of 59 and a minimum of one
character. The supported characters are:
• Alphanumeric—"a-b" or "A-B"
• Numeric—"0-9"
• Hyphen—"–"
Ensure that the DNS name prefix does not begin with a hyphen. The default prefix is
"idrac". Only the prefix of the iDRAC DNS name is stored in the server profile.
3. Click Save QuickDeploy Settings to save the settings. If you have changed the iDRAC network setting, click Apply iDRAC
Network Settings to deploy the settings to the iDRAC.
The QuickDeploy feature only executes when it is enabled, and a server is inserted in the chassis.
To copy the QuickDeploy settings into the iDRAC Network Settings section, click Auto-Populate Using QuickDeploy Settings.
The QuickDeploy network configurations settings are copied into the corresponding fields in the iDRAC Network Configuration
Settings table.
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