Users Guide

Contents
1 Overview........................................................................................................................15
Benets of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller............................................................................................................. 15
Key features......................................................................................................................................................................16
New in this release............................................................................................................................................................ 18
How to use this user's guide............................................................................................................................................. 19
Supported web browsers.................................................................................................................................................. 19
Managing licenses ............................................................................................................................................................19
Types of licenses.........................................................................................................................................................19
Methods for acquiring licenses....................................................................................................................................19
License operations...................................................................................................................................................... 19
Licensed features in iDRAC7 and iDRAC8......................................................................................................................... 21
Interfaces and protocols to access iDRAC........................................................................................................................26
iDRAC port information.................................................................................................................................................... 28
Other documents you may need...................................................................................................................................... 29
Social media reference..................................................................................................................................................... 30
Contacting Dell.................................................................................................................................................................30
Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site.....................................................................................................30
2 Logging in to iDRAC....................................................................................................... 31
Logging in to iDRAC as local user, Active Directory user, or LDAP user............................................................................. 31
Logging in to iDRAC using a smart card............................................................................................................................32
Logging in to iDRAC as a local user using a smart card...............................................................................................32
Logging in to iDRAC as an Active Directory user using a smart card...........................................................................33
Logging in to iDRAC using Single Sign-On .......................................................................................................................33
Logging in to iDRAC SSO using iDRAC web interface.................................................................................................33
Logging in to iDRAC SSO using CMC web interface.................................................................................................. 34
Accessing iDRAC using remote RACADM.........................................................................................................................34
Validating CA certicate to use remote RACADM on Linux.........................................................................................34
Accessing iDRAC using local RACADM.............................................................................................................................34
Accessing iDRAC using rmware RACADM......................................................................................................................34
Accessing iDRAC using SMCLP....................................................................................................................................... 35
Logging in to iDRAC using public key authentication........................................................................................................ 35
Multiple iDRAC sessions...................................................................................................................................................35
Changing default login password......................................................................................................................................35
Changing default login password using web interface................................................................................................ 36
Changing default login password using RACADM.......................................................................................................36
Changing default login password using iDRAC settings utility.....................................................................................36
Enabling or disabling default password warning message ................................................................................................ 36
Enabling or disabling default password warning message using web interface............................................................37
Enabling or disabling warning message to change default login password using RACADM......................................... 37
Invalid password credentials..............................................................................................................................................37
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