Users Guide

Network security...............................................................................................................................339
Active Directory................................................................................................................................ 339
Single Sign-On..................................................................................................................................342
Smart card login................................................................................................................................343
Virtual console.................................................................................................................................. 343
Virtual media..................................................................................................................................... 347
vFlash SD card...................................................................................................................................350
SNMP authentication........................................................................................................................350
Storage devices.................................................................................................................................350
iDRAC Service Module......................................................................................................................350
RACADM............................................................................................................................................353
Miscellaneous....................................................................................................................................354
25 Use case scenarios......................................................................................... 357
Troubleshooting an inaccessible managed system.........................................................................357
Obtaining system information and assess system health............................................................... 358
Setting up alerts and configuring email alerts................................................................................. 358
Viewing and exporting Lifecycle log and System Event Log.......................................................... 358
Interfaces to update iDRAC firmware.............................................................................................. 358
Performing graceful shutdown........................................................................................................ 359
Creating new administrator user account.......................................................................................359
Launching server's remote console and mounting a USB drive.....................................................359
Installing bare metal OS using attached virtual media and remote file share................................359
Managing rack density......................................................................................................................360
Installing new electronic license......................................................................................................360
Applying I/O Identity configuration settings for multiple network cards in single host system
reboot ...............................................................................................................................................360
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