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Integrating iDRAC7 with Active Directory

Configuring iDRAC7 For Use With Active Directory Standard

Schema

At the management station, browse to https://<idrac_ip_address> using your Internet Explorer or

Firefox Web browser and log into the iDRAC GUI as an administrator (default username is root,

password is calvin). You will do the following in the next sections:

• Configure the iDRAC7 Network Settings

• Configure the iDRAC Directory Services Settings

• Test the Standard Schema Configuration

Configuring the iDRAC7 Network Settings

1. In the iDRAC GUI, go to iDRAC Settings > Network.

2. Under Common Settings:

• Register DRAC on DNS – (Optional, this can be selected if your DNS server is configured

for dynamic updates)

• DNS DRAC name (optional) - The default is idrac-<Dell service tag #>.

• Auto config domain name - Select this option only if the DCHP server provides the

domain name.

• Static DNS Domain Name – If you did not select the Auto config domain name option,

specify the FQDN of your domain. For example, test.lab.

3. Under IPv4 Settings:

• Enable IPv4 – Select this option.

• DHCP enabled - (optional, depending on your network configuration). This is selected

for the Dell test environment.

• Use DHCP to obtain DNS server address – Select this option only if you are using a

DHCP server and it is configured to point to the Active Directory Server running DNS.

This is not selected for the Dell test environment.

• Static Preferred DNS Server - Specify the IP address of your domain controller running

DNS if the Use DHCP to obtain DNS server address is not selected. For the Dell test

environment, it is 172.23.199.28.

• Alternate DNS server - Optional. The default is 0.0.0.0.

4. Click Apply. The iDRAC7 network settings are configured.

The following figure shows the iDRAC Network Settings for the Dell test environment set up.