Users Guide

NOTE: For information about license management, see the Dell License Manager User’s Guide available at dell.com/
openmanagemanuals.
Conguring Remote Access Device Users
To congure Remote Access Device users using the Remote Access page:
1 Click the Modular Enclosure > System/Server Module > Main System Chassis/Main System > Remote Access object.
2 Click the Users tab.
The Remote Access Users window displays information about users that can be congured as BMC/iDRAC users.
3 Click User ID to congure a new or existing BMC/iDRAC user.
The Remote Access User Conguration window allows you to congure a specic BMC/iDRAC user.
4 Specify the following general information:
• Select Enable User to enable the user.
• Enter the name for the user in the User Name eld.
• Select the Change Password check box.
• Enter a new password in the New Password eld.
• Re-enter the new password in the Conrm New Password eld.
5 Specify the following user privileges:
• Select the maximum LAN user privilege level limit.
• Select the maximum serial port user privilege granted.
6 Specify the User group for DRAC/iDRAC user privileges.
7 Click Apply Changes to save changes.
8 Click Back to Remote Access User Window to go back to the Remote Access Users window.
NOTE
: Six additional user entries are congurable when DRAC is installed. This results in a total of 16 users. The same
username and password rules apply to BMC/iDRAC and RAC users. When DRAC/iDRAC6 is installed, all the 16 users
entries are allocated to DRAC.
Setting Platform Event Filter Alerts
To congure the most relevant BMC features, such as Platform Event Filter (PEF) parameters and alert destinations using Server
Administrator Instrumentation Service:
1 Click the System object.
2 Click the Alert Management tab.
3 Click Platform Events.
The Platform Events window allows you to take individual action on specic platform events. You can select those events for which
you want to take shutdown actions and generate alerts for selected actions. You can also send alerts to specic IP address
destinations of your choice.
NOTE
: You must be logged in with Administrator privileges to congure the BMC PEF
Alerts.
NOTE: The Enable Platform Event Filters Alerts setting disables or enables PEF alert generation. It is independent of
the individual platform event alert settings.
NOTE: System Power Probe Warning and System Power Probe Failure are not supported on the PowerEdge systems
without PMBus support although Server Administrator allows you to congure them.
4 Choose the platform event for which you want to take shutdown actions or generate alerts for selected actions and click Set
Platform Events.
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