Users Guide

For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
Conguring USB management port using iDRAC settings utility
To congure the USB port:
1 In the iDRAC Settings Utility, go to Media and USB Port Settings.
The iDRAC Settings Media and USB Port Settings page is displayed.
2 From the USB Management Port Mode drop-down menu, do the following:
• Automatic — USB Port is used by iDRAC or the server’s operating system.
• Standard OS Use — USB port is used by the server OS.
• iDRAC Direct only — USB pot is used by iDRAC.
3 From the iDRAC Direct: USB Conguration XML drop-down menu, select options to congure a server by importing server
conguration prole stored on a USB drive:
• Disabled
• Enabled while server has default credential settings only
• Enabled
For information about the elds, see the iDRAC Settings Utility Online Help.
4 Click Back, click Finish and then click Yes to apply the settings.
Importing server conguration prole from USB device
Make sure to create a directory in root of the USB device called System_Conguration_XML which contains both the cong.xml and
control.xml les:
• Server Conguration Prole is in the System_Conguration_XML sub-directory under the USB device root directory. This le includes
all the attribute-value pairs of the server. This includes attributes of iDRAC, PERC, RAID, and BIOS. You can edit this le to congure
any attribute on the server. The le name can be <servicetag>-cong.xml, <modelnumber>-cong.xml, or cong.xml.
• Control XML le – Includes parameters to control the import operation and does not have attributes of iDRAC or any other component
in the system. The control le contain three parameters:
• ShutdownType – Graceful, Forced, No Reboot.
• TimeToWait (in secs) – 300 minimum and 3600 maximum.
• EndHostPowerState – on/o.
Example of control.xml le:
<InstructionTable> <InstructionRow> <InstructionType>Configuration XML
import Host control Instruction</InstructionType> <Instruction>ShutdownType</
Instruction> <Value>NoReboot</Value>
<ValuePossibilities>Graceful,Forced,NoReboot</ValuePossibilities> </InstructionRow>
<InstructionRow> <InstructionType>Configuration XML import Host control
Instruction</InstructionType> <Instruction>TimeToWait</
Instruction> <Value>300</Value> <ValuePossibilities>Minimum
value is 300 -Maximum value is 3600 seconds.</ValuePossibilities> </
InstructionRow> <InstructionRow> <InstructionType>Configuration XML
import Host control Instruction</InstructionType>
<Instruction>EndHostPowerState</Instruction> <Value>On</Value>
<ValuePossibilities>On,Off</ValuePossibilities> </InstructionRow></InstructionTable>
You must have Server Control privilege to perform this operation.
NOTE
: While importing the server conguration prole, changing the USB management settings in the XML le results in a failed
job or job completed with errors. You can comment out the attributes in the XML to avoid the errors.
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