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changes. If the adproductname is not present in the productoem.ini file, a default name will be assigned. The default value will be system name-software-
product name, where system name is the name of the system running Server Administrator, and software-product name refers to the name of the software
product defined in omprv32.ini (that is, computerName-omsa).
Table8-16 shows the valid parameters for the command.
Table 8-16. Active Directory Service Configuration Parameters
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Configuring Active Directory on Systems Running IT Assistant
By default, the Active Directory product name corresponds to the machinename-ita, where machinename is the name of the system on which IT Assistant is
installed. To configure a different name, locate the itaoem.ini file in your installation directory. Edit the file to add the line "adproductname=text" where text is
the name of the product object that you created in Active Directory. For example, the itaoem.ini file will contain the following syntax if the Active Directory
product name is configured to mgmtStationITA.
productname=IT Assistant
startmenu=Dell OpenManage Applications
autdbid=ita
accessmask=3
startlink=ITAUIServlet
adsupport=true
adproductname=mgmtStationITA
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Configuring the DRAC 4 Using the Web-Based Interface
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1. Log in to the Web-based interface using the default user, root, and its password.
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2. Click the Configuration tab and select the Active Directory.
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3. Select the Enable Active Directory check box.
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4. Type the DRAC 4 Name.ThisnamemustbethesameasthecommonnameoftheRACobjectyoucreatedinyourDomainController(see"Installing the
Dell Extension to the Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-In").
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5. Type the Root Domain Name. The Root Domain Name is the fully qualified root domain name for the forest.
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6. Type the DRAC 4 Domain Name (for example, drac4.com).DonotusetheNetBIOSname.TheDRAC 4 Domain Name is the fully qualified domain name
ofthesubdomainwheretheRACDeviceObjectislocated.
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7. Click Apply to save the Active Directory settings.
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8. Click Upload Active Directory CA Certificate to upload your domain forest Root CA certificate into the DRAC 4. Your domain forest domain controllers'
SSL certificates need to have signed this root CA certificate. Have the root CA certificate available on your local system (see "Exporting the Domain
Controller Root CA Certificate (RAC Only)"). Specify the full path and filename of the root CA certificate and click UploadtouploadtherootCAcertificate
to the DRAC 4 firmware. The DRAC 4 Web server automatically restarts after you click Upload. You must log in again to complete the DRAC 4 Active
Directoryfeatureconfiguration.
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9. Click the Configuration tab and select Network.
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10. If DRAC 4 NIC DHCP is enabled, place a check next to Use DHCP to obtain DNS server address.IfyouwanttoinputaDNSserverIPaddress
manually, remove the check next to Use DHCP to obtain DNS server addressandinputyourprimaryandalternateDNSServerIPaddresses.
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11. Click Apply to complete the DRAC 4 Active Directory feature configuration.
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Configuring the DRAC 4 Active Directory Settings Using the racadm CLI
NOTE: This command is applicable only on systems running the Windows operating system.
NOTE: Restart the Server Administrator service after you have configured Active Directory.
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name=value pair
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Description
prodname=<text>
Specifies the software product to which you want to apply the Active Directory configuration changes. Prodname refers to the name of
the product defined in omprv32.ini. For Server Administrator, it is omsa.
enable=<true |
false>
true: Enables Active Directory service authentication support.
false: Disables Active Directory service authentication support
adprodname=<text>
Specifies the name of the product as defined in the Active Directory service. This name links the product with the Active Directory
privilege data for user authentication.
NOTE: Restart the IT Assistant services after saving the itaoem.ini file to the disk.