Users Guide

178 Using the iDRAC6 Directory Service
White space and special characters (such as \, /, or @) cannot be used in the
user name or the domain name.
NOTE: You cannot specify NetBIOS domain names, such as Americas, because
these names cannot be resolved.
If you log in from the Web-based interface and you have configured user
domains, the Web-based interface login page will list all the user domains in
the pull-down menu for your to choose. If you select a user domain from the
pull-down menu, you should only enter the user name. If you select This
iDRAC, you can still log in as an Active Directory user if you use the login
syntax described above in "Using Microsoft Active Directory to Log In to the
iDRAC6."
You can also log into the iDRAC6 using the Smart Card. For more
information, see "Logging Into the iDRAC6 Using the Smart Card."
NOTE: The Windows 2008 Active Directory server supports only a
<username>@<domain_name> string with a maximum length of 256 characters.
Using Microsoft Active Directory Single Sign-On
You can enable the iDRAC6 to use Kerberos—a network authentication
protocol—to enable single sign-on. For more information on setting up the
iDRAC6 to use the Active Directory single sign-on feature, see "Enabling
Kerberos Authentication."
Configuring the iDRAC6 to Use Single Sign-On
1 Click Remote Access → Network/Security tab → Directory Service tab →
Microsoft Active Directory → select Configure Active Directory .
2 On the Step 2 of 4 Active Directory Configuration and Management
page, select
Enable Single Sign-On . The Enable Single Sign-On option is
enabled only if you have selected the
Enable Active Directory option.
The
Enable Single Sign-On option enables you to log into the iDRAC6
directly after logging into your workstation without entering your domain
user authentication credentials, such as user name and password. To log
into the iDRAC6 using this feature, you should have already logged into
your system using a valid Active Directory user account. Also you should
have already configured the user account to log into the iDRAC6 using the