Users Guide

ManualsBrandsDell ManualsActive System ManagerDRAC5 Version 1.00 with Dell OpenManage 5.0

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6 Using the DRAC 5 With Microsoft Active Directory . . . . . . 99

Active Directory Schema Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Overview of the RAC Schema Extensions

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Active Directory Object Overview

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Configuring Active Directory to Access Your DRAC 5

. . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Extending the Active Directory Schema

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Using the Dell Schema Extender

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Installing the Dell Extension to the Active Directory Users and

Computers Snap-In

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Opening the Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-In

. . . . . . 109

Adding DRAC 5 Users and Privileges to Active Directory

. . . . . . . . . . 109

Creating a RAC Device Object

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Creating a Privilege Object

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Creating an Association Object

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Adding Objects to an Association Object

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Enabling SSL on a Domain Controller

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Exporting the Domain Controller Root CA Certificate

. . . . . . . . . . 112

Importing the DRAC 5 Firmware SSL Certificate

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Configuring the DRAC 5

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Configuring the DRAC 5 Active Directory Settings

Using RACADM

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Using Active Directory to Log In To the DRAC 5

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Frequently Asked Questions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

7 Using GUI Console Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Using Console Redirection

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Supported Screen Resolutions Refresh Rates on the

Managed System

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Configuring Your Management Station

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Configuring Console Redirection

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Opening a Console Redirection Session

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121