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Integrating iDRAC7 with Active Directory
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Active Directory Login Syntax Options
There are different methods for authenticating as an Active Directory user. All the iDRAC interfaces
(GUI, racadm, WSMAN, SSH, and Telnet) accept the following domain-username formats:
Domain username formats Table 1.
Format
Example
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
domain.com/username
test.lab/admin
domain.com\username
test.lab\admin
Note: The domain name must be fully qualified. For example, test/admin does not work; it must be
test.lab/admin.
The login syntax is the same for both standard and extended schema.
Authentication Examples
For the following examples:
• iDRAC7 IP address - 172.26.9.56
• Domain - test.lab
• User - admin
• Password - Dell1234
Authenticating with Active Directory Credentials in a RACADM Command
racadm -r 172.26.9.56 -u test.lab\admin -p Dell1234 getsysinfo
Authenticating with Active Directory Credentials in a WSMAN (WinRM)
Command
winrm e cimv2/root/dcim/DCIM_PhysicalDiskView -u:test.lab/admin -p:Dell1234 -
r:https://172.26.9.56/wsman -SkipCNcheck -SkipCAcheck -encoding:utf-8 -
a:basic