Users Guide
Single Sign-On................................................................................................................................................................... 293
Smart card login................................................................................................................................................................ 293
Virtual console................................................................................................................................................................... 294
Virtual media...................................................................................................................................................................... 296
vFlash SD card...................................................................................................................................................................298
SNMP authentication....................................................................................................................................................... 298
Storage devices.................................................................................................................................................................298
iDRAC Service Module..................................................................................................................................................... 299
RACADM............................................................................................................................................................................300
Permanently setting the default password to calvin.....................................................................................................301
Miscellaneous..................................................................................................................................................................... 301
29 Use case scenarios..................................................................................................................304
Troubleshooting an inaccessible managed system....................................................................................................... 304
Obtaining system information and assess system health............................................................................................ 304
Setting up alerts and configuring email alerts............................................................................................................... 305
Viewing and exporting System Event Log and Lifecycle Log..................................................................................... 305
Interfaces to update iDRAC firmware............................................................................................................................ 305
Performing graceful shutdown........................................................................................................................................305
Creating new administrator user account......................................................................................................................305
Launching servers remote console and mounting a USB drive.................................................................................. 306
Installing bare metal OS using attached virtual media and remote file share............................................................306
Managing rack density......................................................................................................................................................306
Installing new electronic license...................................................................................................................................... 306
Applying IO Identity configuration settings for multiple network cards in single host system reboot .................. 306
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