Users Guide

ManualsBrandsDell ManualsActive System ManageriDRAC6 for Blade Servers Version 2.1

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Configuring iDRAC6 NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Configuring the Network, IPMI

and VLAN Settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Configuring IP Filtering and IP Blocking

. . . . . . 92

Configuring Platform Events

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

Configuring Platform Event Filters (PEF)

. . . . . . 95

Configuring Platform Event Traps (PET)

. . . . . . 95

Configuring E-Mail Alerts

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

Configuring IPMI Over LAN

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

Adding and Configuring iDRAC6 Users

. . . . . . . . . 98

Securing iDRAC6 Communications Using

SSL and Digital Certificates

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

. . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

. . . . . . . . . 102

Accessing the SSL Main Menu

. . . . . . . . . . 103

Generating a New Certificate

Signing Request

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

Uploading a Server Certificate

. . . . . . . . . . . 105

Viewing a Server Certificate

. . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Configuring and Managing Active

Directory Certificates

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Configuring Active Directory (Standard

Schema and Extended Schema)

. . . . . . . . . . 108

Viewing an Active Directory

CA Certificate

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

Enabling or Disabling Local

Configuration Access

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

Enabling Local Configuration Access

. . . . . . . 113

Disabling Local Configuration Access

. . . . . . . 113