Users Guide

● Additional network settings: If using DHCP, enable the Get DNS server address from DHCP setting so that DNS name
resolution can occur.
● Provisioning service location: The iDRAC must know the IP address or host name of the provisioning service server.
● Account access disabled: Enable the administrative account access to the iDRAC and if there are any iDRAC accounts
with administrator privileges, first disable them from within the iDRAC web console. Once Auto-Discovery completes
successfully, the administrative iDRAC account is re-enabled.
● Auto-Discovery enabled: The server’s iDRAC must have Auto-Discovery enabled so that the Auto-Discovery process can
begin.
Enabling or Disabling Administrative Accounts on iDRAC Servers
Before you can set up Auto-Discovery, disable all administrative accounts other than root. The root account is disabled during
the Auto-Discovery procedure. Once you have successfully set up Auto-Discovery, return to the Integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller 6 GUI and re-enable the accounts that were turned off. This procedure is for 11th, 12th, and 13th generation of Dell
PowerEdge servers.
NOTE: To guard against a failed Auto-Discovery, you may want to enable a non-admin account on the iDRAC. This allows
remote access in the event the Auto-Discovery fails.
1. In a browser, type the iDRAC IP address.
2. Log in to the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller GUI.
3. Do one of the following:
● For iDRAC6: In the left pane, select iDRAC Settings > Network/Security > Users tab.
● For iDRAC7: In the left pane, select iDRAC Settings > User Authentication > Users tab.
4. In the Users tab, locate any administrative accounts other than root.
5. To disable the account, under User ID, select the ID.
6. Click Next.
7. In the User Configuration page, under General, clear the Enable User check box.
8. Click Apply.
9. After you have successfully set up Auto-Discovery, to re-enable each account, repeat steps 1 to 8, but this time select the
Enable User check box and click Apply.
Manually Configuring a PowerEdge 11th Generation Server for
Auto-Discovery
You must have the iDRAC and host IP addresses.
If you have not ordered your bare metal appliance to use Auto-Discovery from the factory, you can set it up manually. iDRAC
has two user interfaces, both are reached using the IP address of the iDRAC you want to set up.
On successful Auto-Discovery of bare-metal servers, the new administrator account is created or an existing account is enabled
with the credentials returned by the handshake service. All the other administrative accounts that were disabled prior to
Auto-Discovery will not be enabled. You must re-enable these administrator accounts after a successful Auto-Discovery. See
Enabling or Disabling Administrative Accounts on iDRAC.
NOTE:
If for some reason the Auto-Discovery did not complete successfully, there is no way to connect to the iDRAC
remotely. Remote connection would require that you have enabled a non-admin account on the iDRAC. If there is no
enabled account present on the iDRAC, then the only way to access the iDRAC is to login to the box locally and enabling
the account on the iDRAC.
1. Enter the iDRAC IP address into a browser.
2. Log in to the iDRAC Enterprise GUI.
3. In the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 — Enterprise > System Summary tab, in the Virtual Console
Preview, click Launch.
4. In the Warning — Security dialog, click Yes.
5. In the iDRAC Utility Console, press F12 once or twice to bring up the Authentication Required dialog box.
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