Users Guide

Contents 5
Configuring IP Filtering and IP Blocking . . . . . . 62
Configuring Platform Events
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Configuring Platform Event Filters (PEF)
. . . . . . 65
Configuring Platform Event Traps (PET)
. . . . . . 66
Configuring E-Mail Alerts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Configuring IPMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Configuring iDRAC6 Users
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Securing iDRAC6 Communications Using SSL
and Digital Certificates
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
. . . . . . . . . 71
Accessing SSL Through the
Web-Based Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Generating a Certificate Signing Request
. . . . . 72
Uploading a Server Certificate
. . . . . . . . . . . 74
Configuring and Managing Active
Directory Certificates
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Configuring iDRAC6 Services
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware/System
Services Recovery Image
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
iDRAC6 Firmware Rollback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
5 Advanced iDRAC6 Configuration. . . . . . . 87
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Configuring iDRAC6 for Viewing Serial
Output Remotely Over SSH/Telnet
. . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Configuring the iDRAC6 Settings to
Enable SSH/Telnet
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88