Users Guide

Using the DRAC 4 With Microsoft Active Directory 127

Configuring Standard Schema Active Directory to Access Your DRAC 4

You need to perform the following steps to configure the Active Directory

before an Active Directory user can access the DRAC 4:

On an Active Directory server (domain controller), open the Active

Directory Users and Computers Snap-in.

Create a group or select an existing group. The name of the group and the

name of this domain will need to be configured on the DRAC 4 via the

racadm CLI tool (see "Configuring the DRAC 4 with Standard Schema

Active Directory and the racadm CLI").

Add the Active Directory user as a member of the Active Directory group

to access the DRAC 4.

Configuring the DRAC 4 with Standard Schema Active Directory and

the racadm CLI

Use the following commands to configure the DRAC 4 with Standard

Schema Active Directory using the racadm CLI tool.

Open a command prompt and type the following racadm commands:

racadm config -g cfgActiveDirectory -o cfgADEnable

racadm config -g cfgActiveDirectory -o cfgADType

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racadm config -g cfgActiveDirectory -o

cfgADRootDomain <

fully qualified root domain name

racadm config -g cfgStandardSchema -i <index> -o

cfgSSADRoleGroupName <

common name of the role

group

racadm config -g cfgStandardSchema -i <index> -o

cfgSSADRoleGroupDomain <

fully qualified domain

name

racadm config -g cfgStandardSchema -i <index> -o

cfgSSADRoleGroupPrivilege <Bit Mask Number for

specific user permissions>