Users Guide

IPv6 Settings
Alternately, based on the infrastructure setup, you can use IPv6 address protocol.
To configure the IPv6 settings:
1. Select Enabled option under Enable IPv6.
2. For the DHCPv6 server to automatically assign the IP address, gateway, and subnet mask to iDRAC, select Enabled option under
Enable Auto-configuration. If enabled, the static values are disabled. Else, proceed to the next step to configure using the static IP
address.
3. In the Static IP Address 1 box, enter the static IPv6 address.
4. In the Static Prefix Length box, enter a value between 0 and 128.
5. In the Static Gateway box, enter the gateway address.
6. If you are using DHCP, enable DHCPv6 to obtain DNS Server addresses to obtain Primary and Secondary DNS server addresses
from DHCPv6 server. Else, select Disabled and do the following:
• In the Static Preferred DNS Server box, enter the static DNS server IPv6 address.
• In the Static Alternate DNS Server box, enter the static alternate DNS server.
IPMI Settings
To enable the IPMI Settings:
1. Under Enable IPMI Over LAN, select Enabled.
2. Under Channel Privilege Limit, select Administrator, Operator, or User.
3. In the Encryption Key box, enter the encryption key in the format 0 to 40 hexadecimal characters (without any blanks characters.)
The default value is all zeros.
VLAN Settings
You can configure iDRAC into the VLAN infrastructure. To configure VLAN Settings:
1. Under Enable VLAN ID, select Enabled.
2. In the VLAN ID box, enter a valid number from 1 to 4094.
3. In the Priority box, enter a number from 0 to 7 to set the priority of the VLAN ID.
NOTE:
After enabling VLAN, the idrac IP is not accessible for sometime.
Setting Up iDRAC IP Using CMC Web Interface
To set up the iDRAC IP address using CMC Web interface:
NOTE:
You must have Chassis Configuration Administrator privilege to set up iDRAC network settings from CMC.
1. Log in to CMC Web interface.
2. Go to Server Overview > Setup > iDRAC.
The Deploy iDRAC page is displayed.
3. Under iDRAC Network Settings, select Enable LAN and other network parameters as per requirements. For more information, see
CMC online help.
4. For additional network settings specific to each blade server, go to Server Overview > <server name>.
The Server Status page is displayed.
5. Click Launch iDRAC and go to Overview > iDRAC Settings > Network.
6. In the Network page, specify the following settings:
• Network Settings
• Common Settings
• IPV4 Settings
• IPV6 Settings
• IPMI Settings
• VLAN Settings
NOTE:
For more information, see iDRAC Online Help .
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