Users Guide

Field Description
• Set schedule — Select this option to set a date and time
for the task to run.
• Run Once — Select this option tot run the task on the
planned schedule only once.
• Periodic — Select this option to run the task frequently at
specified intervals:
– Hourly — Select this option to run the task once every
hour.
– Daily — To run the task once every day.
– Weekly — To run the task once every week.
– Monthly — To run the task once every month.
Range of Recurrence:
• Start — To specify the date and time at which the task
should begin.
• No End Date — To continuously run this task based on the
selected frequency. For example, 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 links
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.
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