Users Guide

Contents 5
Logging Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Configuring the iDRAC6 NIC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Configuring the Network and IPMI
LAN Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Configuring IP Filtering and IP Blocking
. . . . . . 60
Configuring Platform Events
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Configuring Platform Event Filters (PEF)
. . . . . . 63
Configuring Platform Event Traps (PET)
. . . . . . 64
Configuring E-Mail Alerts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Configuring IPMI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Configuring iDRAC6 Users
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Securing iDRAC6 Communications Using SSL
and Digital Certificates
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
. . . . . . . . . 69
Accessing SSL Through the Web-Based
Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Generating a Certificate Signing Request
. . . . . 70
Uploading a Server Certificate
. . . . . . . . . . . 72
Configuring and Managing Active Directory
Certificates
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Configuring iDRAC6 Services
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Updating the iDRAC6 Firmware/System Services
Recovery Image
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
iDRAC6 Firmware Rollback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
5 Advanced iDRAC6 Configuration. . . . . . . 85
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85