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Integrating iDRAC7 with Active Directory
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Creating iDRAC Users and Groups
1. In the left pane of Server Manager, expand Roles > Active Directory Domain Services > Active
Directory Users and Computers > your domain name (test.lab).
2. In the Users container, create users that will be provided the three different iDRAC privilege
levels. (Right-click on Users and select New > User). For example, create three users and name
them:
• admin
• operator
• readonly
Note: Usernames must be an ASCII string of 1–256 bytes. Do not use white space and special
characters (such as \, /, or @) for the user name.
• For each user, assign a password and clear the User must change password at next
logon option.
• In addition, in the Users container, create groups based on iDRAC privilege levels that
the iDRAC users will belong to (right-click on Users and select New > Group). Keep the
default group type of Global, Security). For example, create three groups and name
them:
o iDRACAdministrators
o iDRACOperators
o iDRACReadOnlyUsers
When complete, it must display the new users similar to the following figure.