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43 Zero-touch, bare-metal server provisioning using the Dell EMC iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller Auto Config
8. When the new R730 server arrives from the factory, connect the A/C power (do not turn on the server but leave in the OFF state)
and connect a network cable to the dedicated iDRAC port.
9. Assuming that the network subnet is on the same subnet as the default iDRAC IP address (192.168.0.120), start an SSH session to
the iDRAC and initiate a racadm command session.
10. Set the iDRAC.NIC.AutoConfig attribute to “Enable Once” and enable the iDRAC DHCP. After DHCP is enabled, iDRAC
will obtain an IP address from the DHCP server and initiate the Auto Config process:
[root@sandXD ~]# ssh 192.168.0.120
The authenticity of host '192.168.0.120 (192.168.0.120)' can't be
established.
RSA key fingerprint is e5:3d:24:6d:91:93:2b:9c:e0:34:69:f3:f7:1b:1d:a0.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '192.168.0.120' (RSA) to the list of known
hosts.
root@192.168.0.120's password:
WARNING: Default password is configured. Dell highly recommends changing
user root's password immediately
/admin1-> racadm
racadm>>set idrac.nic.autoconfig "enable once"
racadm set idrac.nic.autoconfig "enable once"
[Key=idrac.Embedded.1#NIC.1]
Object value modified successfully
racadm>>get idrac.nic.autoconfig
racadm get idrac.nic.autoconfig
[Key=idrac.Embedded.1#NIC.1]
AutoConfig=Enable Once
racadm>>setniccfg -d
racadm setniccfg -d
DHCP is now ENABLED
racadm>>exit
/admin1->
Note: If the DHCP subnet is not on the same subnet as the default IP address of the iDRAC (192.168.0.120), use either
the server front LCD panel (if the server supports it) or access the servers configuration settings by using the BIOS F2 /
iDRAC Settings / Network interface and enable DHCP.
11. After a DHCP IP address is obtained for iDRAC, start an SSH to the iDRAC by using the DHCP IP address and set
iDRAC.NIC.AutoConfig to “Enable Once”. After setting Auto Config to “Enable Once”, the Auto Config process will start
within a few moments.
12. On the Linux DHCP/NFS server, view the /var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases file to ensure that a DHCP IP address has
been assigned to the iDRAC. If the new server is locally accessible and the server supports an LCD panel, the iDRAC IP address
can be verified by using the LCD panel:
[root@sandXD ~]# tail -n 11 /var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases
lease 192.168.0.125 {