Users Guide

94 Remote Access Service
To configure the network properties of your DRAC, perform the following steps:
1
Click the Main System Chassis object on the Server Administrator home page, and then click the
Remote Access Controller object.
2 Click the Configuration tab.
The
Configure Network Properties window appears.
3 Click the check box next to Enable NIC (this option is selected by default).
4 To have the DHCP system assign the NIC information, click the check box next to Use DHCP
(For NIC IP Address)
. If you do not, clear (deselect) this check box and enter the DRAC's NIC
information in the
Static IP Address , Static Subnet Mask , and Static Gateway Address fields.
5 Enable dial-in networking (for DRAC III users only):
a Click the check box next to Enable Dial-In (this option is selected by default).
b To have the DHCP system assign the dial-in information, click the check box next to Use DHCP
(For Dial-In IP Address)
. If you do not, clear (deselect) this check box and enter the DRAC III
modem's base IP Address in the
Base IP Address field.
c Specify the Dial-In Authentication settings that dial-in connections require:
•
Any — Allows the connection to use any type of encryption, including no encryption
•
Encrypted — Requires the connection to use some type of encryption
•
CHAP — Requires the connection to use the CHAP
6 To enable SMTP server address control, click the check box next to Enable SMTP , and type the
SMTP server address in the
SMTP (Email) Server Address field.
7 Click Apply Changes and click OK to save your changes.
Configuring the DRAC Alert Properties
DRACs can be configured to respond to alert conditions from the system's ESM or to other conditions
such as operating-system crashes or power failures.
DRACs offer the following types of alert actions:
• Alphanumeric paging (DRAC IIIs only) (See "Adding and Configuring DRAC Users" for information
about configuring this type of alert action.)
• Numeric paging (DRAC IIIs only) (See "Adding and Configuring DRAC Users" for information about
configuring this type of alert action.)
• E-mail (See "Adding and Configuring DRAC Users" for information about configuring this type of
alert action.)
• SNMP traps (See the following subsection for information about configuring this type of alert action.)