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36 Zero-touch, bare-metal server provisioning using the Dell EMC iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller Auto Config

Required and optional parameters to be entered:

-f (Filename): name of exported Server Configuration Profile file (REQUIRED for

iDRAC firmware versions prior to 2.20.20.20)Required and optional parameters to

be entered:

Note: If the

-f

parameter is not used, refer to File Naming Behavior with iDRAC firmware 2.20.20.20 or later section.

 -n (Sharename): name of network share (mandatory)

 -s (ShareType): type 0 for NFS or 2 for CIFS (mandatory)

 -i (IPAddress): IP address of the network share (mandatory)

 -u (Username): username that has access to network share (mandatory only for CIFS)

 -p (Password): user password that has access to network share (mandatory only for CIFS)

 -d (ShutdownType): either 0 for graceful or 1 for forced (default setting: 0) (OPTIONAL)

 -t (Timetowait): time to wait for the host to shutdown (default setting: 300) (OPTIONAL)

 -e (EndHostPowerState): either 0 for OFF or 1 for ON (default=1) (OPTIONAL)

The HTTP and HTTPS file sharing options are supported for iDRAC9 3.00.00.00 and later versions. The -s

option flag is updated as follows:

-s (ShareType): Type nfs or 0 for NFS; cifs or 2 for CIFS; http or 5 for HTTP; or https or 6 for HTTPS

(mandatory).

Note: HTTPS Certificates are not supported with Auto Config. Auto Config will ignore certificate warnings.

These additional option flags are supported in iDRAC9 firmware 3.00.00.00 and later versions to enable the

configuration of HTTP proxy parameters and set the retry timeout for accessing the Profile file:

 -pd (ProxyDefault): Use default proxy setting. (OPTIONAL)

 -pt (ProxyType): Type http or socks (default=http) (OPTIONAL)

 -ph (ProxyHost): IP address of the proxy host (OPTIONAL)

 -pu (ProxyUserName): username that has access to the proxy server (REQUIRED for proxy support)

 -pp (ProxyPassword): user password that has access to the proxy server (REQUIRED for proxy

support)

 -po (ProxyPort): port for the proxy server (default=80) (OPTIONAL)

 -to (Timeout): specifies the retry timeout in minutes for obtaining the configuration file (default=60)

For more information about HTTP, see the 14G Support for HTTP and HTTPS across IDRAC/LC Interface

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