User's Manual

Remote Services Operations 19

Remote Services Operations

This section describes the Remote Services features with high-level

descriptions and sample tasks. For more information on the tasks, see the Use

Cases section in the individual profile documents at

delltechcenter.com/page/DCIM.Library.

Managing Auto-Discovery

The Auto-Discovery feature allows newly installed servers to automatically

discover the remote management console that hosts the Provisioning Server.

The Provisioning Server provides custom administrative user credentials to

the iDRAC so that the unprovisioned server can be discovered and managed

by the management console.

When Auto-Discovery is enabled, the iDRAC6 requests an IP address from

DHCP and either acquires the name of the Provisioning Server host and/or

subsequently resolves the address through DNS. After acquiring the

Provisioning Server host address, the iDRAC6 securely handshakes with the

Provisioning Server before acquiring custom administrative account

credentials. The iDRAC can now be managed through its newly acquired

credentials to perform operations, such as remote operating system

deployment.

If you ordered a Dell system with the Auto-Discovery feature Enabled

(factory default setting is Disabled), then the iDRAC will be delivered with

DHCP-enabled and no enabled user accounts. If the auto-discovery feature is

set to Disabled, you can manually enable this feature and disable the default

administrative account from the iDRAC6 Configuration Utility when

booting your system.

For more information on auto-discovery, see the "Lifecycle Controller

Management Profile" on page 56.

Configuring DHCP/DNS

Before adding your Dell system to the network and utilizing the Auto-

Discovery feature, ensure that Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

(DHCP) server/Domain Name System (DNS) are configured with added

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