Users Guide

Field Description
if you selected Hourly, then this task
continuously runs every hour from the start
time.
• End By—To stop the task at the specified date
and time.
Enter User Name and Password User Name—Provide in the format domain\user
name or local host\user name.
Password—Provide the password.
Power On works only on target systems with
iDRAC; use the IPMI credentials to perform Power
On task.
If you selected Power On, then provide the KG
key.
KG Key—Enter the KG Key. DRAC also supports
IPMI KG Key. Each BMC is configured to require an
access key in addition to user credentials. The KG
key is prompted only for power-on task and not
other power tasks because it is an IPMI task.
NOTE: The KG key is a public key that is used
to generate an encryption key for use
between the firmware and the application;
and is available only on Dell PowerEdge 9G
and later systems. The KG key value is an even
number of hexadecimal characters. In the
format, yxxx, y denotes alphanumeric
characters and x denotes numbers.
Related References
Managing Server Power Options
Device Capability Matrix
Deployment Task
Select this option to create tasks to deploy either Server Administrator or iDRAC Service Module on
selected servers.
Field Description
General
Deployment Type Select the type of deployment from the following
options:
• Server Administrator
• iDRAC Service Module
Task Name Provide a name for the task.
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