Users Guide

Setting up managed system and management

station

To perform out-of-band systems management using iDRAC, you must congure iDRAC for remote accessibility, set up the management

station and managed system, and congure the supported web browsers.

NOTE: In case of blade servers, install CMC and I/O modules in the chassis and physically install the system in the chassis before

performing the congurations.

Both iDRAC Express and iDRAC Enterprise ship from the factory with a default static IP address. However, Dell also oers two options:

• Provisioning Server — Use this option if you have a provisioning server installed in the data center environment. A provisioning server

manages and automates the deployment or upgrade of an operating system and application for a Dell PowerEdge server. By enabling

the Provisioning Server option, the servers, upon rst boot, search for a provisioning server to take control and begin the automated

deployment or upgrade process.

• DHCP — Use this option if you have a Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol (DHCP) server installed in the data center environment or

if you are using iDRAC Auto Cong or OpenManage Essentials Conguration Manager to automate server provisioning. The DHCP

server automatically assigns the IP address, gateway, and subnet mask for iDRAC.

You can enable Provisioning Server or DHCP when you place an order for the server. There is no charge to enable either of these features.

However, only one setting is possible.

Topics:

• Setting up iDRAC IP address

• Setting up management station

• Setting up managed system

• Conguring supported web browsers

• Updating device rmware

• Viewing and managing staged updates

• Rolling back device rmware

• Backing up server prole

• Importing server prole

• Monitoring iDRAC using other Systems Management tools