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Disabling account access
You must disable administrative account access to the iDRAC and if there are any iDRAC accounts with
administrator privileges, you must disable them first from within the iDRAC Web console. Note that the
discovery process does not run if the admin accounts are enabled. Once Auto-Discovery completes
successfully, the administrative iDRAC account is enabled.
Disabling administrative account access
For Dell PowerEdge 11
th
Generation servers:
1. Reboot the system and enter <CTRL-E> during the system boot when the “Press CTRL-E for
Remote Access Setup within 5 seconds….” message appears to enter the iDRAC
Configuration Utility.
2. Make sure the Auto-Discovery setting is enabled and the Account Access setting is disabled.
The following screenshot depicts the iDRAC Configuration settings needed.
iDRAC LAN user configuration screen Figure 2.
For Dell PowerEdge 12
th
Generation servers:
1) Reboot the server and enter F2 to enter System Services.
2) Navigate to the iDRAC Settings -> Remote Enablement.
3) Click the Enabled option button for the Enable Auto Discovery item.
4) Enter the provisioning Server information as Dell Management Center Plug-in appliance IP.
5) Save the changes and exit the System services.