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option time-offset -18000; # Eastern Standard Time
option vendor-class-identifier "iDRAC";
set vendor-string = option vendor-class-identifier;
option myname "-f system_config.xml -i 192.168.0.130 -u user -p password -n cifs -s 2 -d 0 -t 500";
range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.128 192.168.0.254;
default-lease-time 21600;
max-lease-time 43200;
}
}
The following are the required and optional parameters that must be passed in the vendor class identifier string:
• Filename (–f) — Indicates the name of the exported Server Configuration Profile file.
NOTE: For more information on file naming rules, see Configuring servers and server components using Auto
Config.
• Sharename (-n) — Indicates the name of the network share.
• ShareType (-s) — Indicates the share type. 0 indicates NFS, 2 indicates CIFS, 5 indicates HTTP, and 6 indicates HTTPS.
NOTE: Example for Linux NFS, CIFS, HTTP, HTTPS share:
• NFS: -f system_config.xml -i 192.168.0.130 -n /nfs -s 0 -d 0 -t 500
Ensure that you use NFS2 or NFS3 for NFS network share.
• CIFS: -f system_config.xml -i 192.168.0.130 -n sambashare/config_files -s 2 -u user -p
password -d 1 -t 400
• HTTP: -f system_config.xml -i 192.168.1.101 -s http -n http_share
• HTTPS: -f system_config.json -i 192.168.1.101 -s https
• IPAddress (-i) — Indicates the IP address of the file share.
NOTE:
Sharename (-n), ShareType (-s), and IPAddress (-i) are required attributes that must be passed. -n is not
required for HTTP or HTTPS.
• Username (-u) — Indicates the user name required to access the network share. This information is required only for CIFS.
• Password (-p) — Indicates the password required to access the network share. This information is required only for CIFS.
• ShutdownType (-d) — Indicates the mode of shutdown. 0 indicates Graceful shutdown and 1 indicates Forced shutdown.
NOTE:
The default setting is 0.
• Timetowait (-t) — Indicates the time the host system waits before shutting down. The default setting is 300.
• EndHostPowerState (-e) — Indicates the power state of the host. 0 indicates OFF and 1 indicates ON. The default setting is 1.
NOTE:
ShutdownType (-d), Timetowait (-t), and EndHostPowerState (-e) are optional attributes.
The following is an example of a static DHCP reservation from a dhcpd.conf file:
host my_host {
host my_host {
hardware ethernet b8:2a:72:fb:e6:56;
fixed-address 192.168.0.211;
option host-name "my_host";
option myname " -f r630_raid.xml -i 192.168.0.1 -n /nfs -s 0 -d 0 -t 300";
}
NOTE: After editing the dhcpd.conf file, make sure to restart the dhcpd service to apply the changes.
Prerequisites before enabling Auto Config
Before enabling the Auto config feature, make sure that following are already set:
• Supported network share (NFS,CIFS,HTTP and HTTPS) is available on the same subnet as the iDRAC and DHCP server. Test the
network share to ensure that it can be accessed and that the firewall and user permissions are set correctly.
• Server configuration profile is exported to the network share. Also, make sure that the necessary changes in the XML file are complete
so that proper settings can be applied when the Auto Config process is initiated.
• DHCP server is set and the DHCP configuration is updated as required for iDRAC to call the server and initiate the Auto Config
feature.
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