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• Additional network settings: If using DHCP, enable the

Get DNS server address from DHCP

setting so that DNS

name resolution can occur.

• Provisioning service location: The iDRAC must know the IP address or host name of the provisioning service

server.

• Account access disabled: Enable the administrative account access to the iDRAC and if there are any iDRAC

accounts with administrator privileges, first disable them from within the iDRAC web console. Once Auto-

Discovery completes successfully, the administrative iDRAC account is re-enabled.

• Auto-Discovery enabled: The server’s iDRAC must have Auto-Discovery enabled so that the Auto-Discovery

process can begin.

Enabling or Disabling Administrative Accounts on iDRAC Servers

Before you can set up Auto-Discovery, disable all administrative accounts other than root. The root account is disabled

during the Auto-Discovery procedure. Once you have successfully set up Auto-Discovery, return to the Integrated Dell

Remote Access Controller 6 GUI and re-enable the accounts that were turned off. This procedure is for PowerEdge 11th

and 12th generation servers.

NOTE: To guard against a failed Auto-Discovery, you may want to enable a non-admin account on the iDRAC. This

allows remote access in the event the Auto-Discovery fails.

1. In a browser, type the iDRAC IP address.

2. Log in to the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller GUI.

3. Do one of the following:

– For iDRAC6: In the left pane, select iDRAC Settings → Network/Security → Users tab.

– For iDRAC7: In the left pane, select iDRAC Settings → User Authentication → Users tab.

4. In the Users tab, locate any administrative accounts other than root.

5. To disable the account, under User ID, select the ID.

6. Click Next.

7. In the User Configuration page, under General, clear the Enable User check box.

8. Click Apply.

9. After you have successfully set up Auto-Discovery, to re-enable each account, repeat steps 1 to 8, but this time

select the

Enable User check box and click Apply.

Manually Configuring a PowerEdge 11th Generation Server for

Auto-Discovery

You must have the iDRAC and host IP addresses.

If you have not ordered your bare metal appliance to use Auto-Discovery from the factory, you can set it up manually.

iDRAC has two user interfaces, both are reached using the IP address of the iDRAC you want to set up.

On successful Auto-Discovery of bare-metal servers, the new administrator account is created or an existing account is

enabled with the credentials returned by the handshake service. All the other administrative accounts that were

disabled prior to Auto-Discovery will not be enabled. You must re-enable these administrator accounts after a

successful Auto-Discovery. See Enabling or Disabling Administrative Accounts on iDRAC.

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