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35 Zero-touch, bare-metal server provisioning using the Dell EMC iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller Auto Config
Note: Test the network share first and make sure that it can be accessed without any issues.
The figure shows the screen shot of Windows DHCP console scope options after all editing is complete. Both
the 043 and 060 options must be listed.
DHCP console with scope options
Note: After configuring the DHCP server, DHCP services must be restarted.
6.3 Configuring the Linux DHCP server
1. Open the Linux DHCP configuration file (For example, dhcpd.conf) by using a text editor and add these lines:
1.1 Add this string at the top of the DHCP configuration file, outside the braces:
option myname code 43 = text;
2. Add these strings inside subnet entry braces:
option vendor-class-identifier "iDRAC";
set vendor-string = option vendor-class-identifier;
option myname "-f system_config.xml –i 192.168.0.130 –u user –p
password –n sambashare/config_files –s 2 –d 0 –t 500";
The last string is an example of entering network share information for access to the Server Configuration
Profile file. Edit this information by using the filename and network share information.