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Introducing Dell Remote Access Configuration Tool 5

Introducing Dell Remote Access

Configuration Tool

Dell™ Remote Access Configuration Tool (DRACT) discovers and configures

Remote Access Controllers (RACs) for systems on your network from a single

console. You can use this tool to perform the following:

• Discover or import RAC IP addresses on the network.

• Update firmware for selected RAC IP addresses.

• Configure standard or extended schema-based Active Directory

(AD)

settings for selected RAC IP addresses.

• Create RAC objects on the AD server for extended schema-based AD.

Supported RACs

DRACT supports the following types of RACs that support RACADM

commands:

• Dell Remote Access Controller 4 (DRAC 4)

• Dell Remote Access Controller 5 (DRAC 5)

• Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) Enterprise for

blade servers

• Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) Enterprise for rack

and tower servers

• Chassis Management Controller (CMC)

NOTE: DRACT does not support iDRAC6 installed on xx0x systems.

Supported Operating Systems

You can install DRACT only on 32-bit Microsoft

Windows

operating

systems like Windows XP, Windows Vista

, Windows 7, and Windows

Server

2008.