Users Guide

ManualsBrandsDell ManualsActive System ManagerDRAC5 Version 1.00 with Dell OpenManage 5.1

6 Contents

Adding and Configuring DRAC 5 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Configuring and Managing Active Directory Certificates

. . . . . . . . . . . 75

Configuring Active Directory

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Uploading an Active Directory CA Certificate

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Downloading a DRAC Server Certificate

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Viewing an Active Directory CA Certificate

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Securing DRAC 5 Communications Using SSL and Digital Certificates

. . . . 78

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Accessing the SSL Main Menu

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Generating a New Certificate Signing Request

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Uploading a Server Certificate

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Viewing a Server Certificate

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Configuring Serial and Terminal Modes

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Configuring IPMI and RAC Serial

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Configuring Terminal Mode

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Configuring Serial Over LAN

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Configuring Services

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Frequently Asked Questions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

5 Recovering and Troubleshooting the Managed

System

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

First Steps to Troubleshoot a Remote System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Managing Power on a Remote System

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Selecting Power Control Actions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Viewing System Information

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Main System Chassis

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Remote Access Controller

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Using the System Event Log (SEL)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Viewing the Last System Crash Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Using the RAC Log

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Using the Diagnostic Console

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99