Users Guide

NOTE: You cannot manually set the Network Speed to 1000 Mbps. This option is available only if Auto Negotiation

option is enabled.

6. Under Duplex Mode, select Half Duplex or Full Duplex option.

NOTE: If you enable Auto Negotiation, this option is grayed-out.

NOTE: If network teaming is configured for the host OS using the same network adapter as NIC Selection, then the

Failover Network should also be configured. NIC Selection and Failover Network should use the ports that are

configured as a part of the network team. If more than two ports are used as part of the network team, then the

Failover Network selection should be "All".

Common settings

If network infrastructure has DNS server, register iDRAC on the DNS. These are the initial settings requirements for advanced features

such as Directory services—Active Directory or LDAP, Single Sign On, and smart card.

To register iDRAC:

1. Enable Register DRAC on DNS.

2. Enter the DNS DRAC Name.

3. Select Auto Config Domain Name to automatically acquire domain name from DHCP. Else, provide the DNS Domain Name.

Configuring the IPv4 settings

To configure the IPv4 settings:

1. Select Enabled option under Enable IPv4.

NOTE:

In the 14th generation of the PowerEdge servers, DHCP is enabled by default.

2. Select Enabled option under Enable DHCP, so that DHCP can automatically assign the IP address, gateway, and subnet mask to

iDRAC. Else, select Disabled and enter the values for:

• Static IP Address

• Static Gateway

• Static Subnet Mask

3. Optionally, enable Use DHCP to obtain DNS server address, so that the DHCP server can assign the Static Preferred DNS

Server and Static Alternate DNS Server. Else, enter the IP addresses for Static Preferred DNS Server and Static Alternate

DNS Server.

Configuring the IPv6 settings

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.

NOTE:

You can configure both static IP and DHCP IP at the same time.

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.

NOTE:

If you configure static IP, the current IP address 1 displays static IP and the IP address 2 displays dynamic IP.

If you clear the static IP settings, the current IP address 1 displays dynamic IP.

6. If you are using DHCP, enable DHCPv6 to obtain DNS Server addresses to obtain Primary and Secondary DNS server addresses

from DHCPv6 server. You can configure the following if required:

• 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.

Setting up managed system