User's Manual

DRAC 4 Security Features
The DRAC 4 provides the following security features:
l Authentication for users through Microsoft Active Directory (optional) or hardware-stored user IDs and passwords
l Role-based authority allows specific privileges to be configured for each user
l User ID and password configuration through the Web-based interface or racadm CLI
l racadm CLI and Web-based interface operation supports SSL encryption of 128 bit and 40 bit (for countries where 128 bit is not acceptable)
l Session time-out configuration (in minutes) through the Web-based interface or racadm CLI
l Many of the commonly known DRAC 4 IP ports are configurable
Supported Platforms
The DRAC 4/I is supported on the following systems:
l PowerEdge 1850
l PowerEdge 2800
l PowerEdge 2850
The DRAC 4/P is supported on the PowerEdge 1800.
Supported Operating Systems
The DRAC 4 currently supports the following operating systems:
l Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, and Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
l Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server
l Novell®NetWare®6.5 (Service Pack [SP] 1 or later) and NetWare 5.1 (SP 7 or later) operating systems
l Red Hat®Enterprise Linux AS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (version 2.1) operating systems
l Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (version 3.0) operating systems
Supported Web Browsers
l Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows
l Mozilla 1.5 or later on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
l Netscape Navigator 7.02 and 7.1 on Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Features
The following is a list of features available on the DRAC 4.
l Remote management and monitoring of a system through the DRAC 4 Web–based interface, serial connection, or telnet connection.
NOTE: Telnet does not support SSL encryption.
NOTICE: Currently, the Virtual Media feature is not supported under any version of the Novell NetWare operating system. NetWare drivers ignore the
virtual drives and do not make them available to the system.
NOTE: The Console Redirection feature requires that you have installed a supported Java Virtual Machine (JVM). For a list of the supported JVM plug-ins,
see the DRAC 4 readme on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com on the Systems Management documentation web page.
NOTICE: The Virtual Media client requires that you use Microsoft Internet Explorer if using a Windows operating system.
NOTICE: The Virtual Media client is not supported on Netscape 7.02.
NOTE: When you are using Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator on systems running Microsoft Windows, to view localized versions of the
DRAC 4 Web–based interface, open the Windows Control Panel, double-click the Regional Options icon, and select the desired locale from the
Your locale (location) drop-down menu.