Users Guide

4 Contents
2 Getting Started With the iDRAC6 . . . . . . 35
3 Basic Installation of the iDRAC6 . . . . . . . 37
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing the iDRAC6 Express/Enterprise
Hardware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Configuring Your System to Use an iDRAC6
. . . . . . . 37
Software Installation and Configuration Overview
. . . 39
Installing Your iDRAC6 Software
. . . . . . . . . . 40
Configuring Your iDRAC6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Installing the Software on the Managed System . . . . 41
Installing the Software on the
Management Station
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing and Removing RACADM on a
Linux Management Station
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Installing RACADM
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Uninstalling RACADM
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Before You Begin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Downloading the iDRAC6 Firmware
. . . . . . . . 43
Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware Using
the Web-Based Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware
Using RACADM
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware Using
Dell Update Packages for Supported
Windows and Linux Operating Systems
. . . . . . 44
Clearing the Browser Cache
. . . . . . . . . . . . 45