Users Guide

Table 12. iDRAC Roles
Current Generation Prior Generation Privileges
Administrator Administrator Login, Configure, Configure Users, Logs, System Control, Access Virtual
Console, Access Virtual Media, System Operations, Debug
Operator Power User Login, Configure, System Control, Access Virtual Console, Access Virtual
Media, System Operations, Debug
Read Only Guest User Login
None None None
Table 13. iDRAC User Privileges
Current Generation Prior Generation Description
Login Login to iDRAC Enables the user to log in to iDRAC.
Configure Configure iDRAC Enables the user to configure iDRAC.
Configure Users Configure Users Enables the user to allow specific users to access the system.
Logs Clear Logs Enables the user to clear the System Event Log (SEL).
System Control Execute Server Control
Commands
Allows power cycling the host system.
Access Virtual Console Access Virtual Console
Redirection (for blade servers)
Access Virtual Console (for
rack and tower servers)
Enables the user to run Virtual Console.
Access Virtual Media Access Virtual Media Enables the user to run and use Virtual Media.
System Operations Test Alerts Allows user initiated and generated events, and information is sent as an
asynchronous notification and logged.
Debug Execute Diagnostic Commands Enables the user to run diagnostic commands.
Related concepts
Prerequisites for Using Active Directory Authentication for iDRAC
Supported Active Directory Authentication Mechanisms
Prerequisites for Using Active Directory Authentication for
iDRAC
To use the Active Directory authentication feature of iDRAC, make sure that you have:
• Deployed an Active Directory infrastructure. See the Microsoft website for more information.
• Integrated PKI into the Active Directory infrastructure. iDRAC uses the standard Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) mechanism to
authenticate securely into the Active Directory. See the Microsoft website for more information.
• Enabled the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) on all domain controllers that iDRAC connects to for authenticating to all the domain
controllers.
Related tasks
Enabling SSL on Domain Controller
Configuring User Accounts and Privileges
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