Dell iDRAC 8 - Prerequisites for using Active Directory authentication for iDRAC

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NOTE: Using Active Directory to recognize iDRAC users is supported on the Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Server

2003, and Windows Server 2008 operating systems.

You can configure user authentication through Active Directory to log in to the iDRAC. You can also provide role-based authority,

which enables an administrator to configure specific privileges for each user.

The iDRAC role and privilege names have changed from earlier generation of servers. The role names are:

Table 19. iDRAC roles

Current Generation Prior Generation Privileges

Administrator Administrator Login, Configure, Configure Users, Logs, System Control, Access Virtual

Console, Access Virtual Media, System Operations, Debug

Operator Power User Login, Configure, System Control, Access Virtual Console, Access Virtual

Media, System Operations, Debug

Read Only Guest User Login

None None None

Table 20. iDRAC user privileges

Current Generation Prior Generation Description

Configure Configure iDRAC Enables the user to configure iDRAC.

Configure Users Configure Users Enables the user to allow specific users to access the system.

Logs Clear Logs Enables the user to clear the System Event Log (SEL).

System Control Execute Server Control

Commands

Allows power cycling the host system.

Access Virtual Console Access Virtual Console

Redirection (for blade

servers)

Access Virtual Console (for

rack and tower servers)

Enables the user to run Virtual Console.

Access Virtual Media Access Virtual Media Enables the user to run and use Virtual Media.

System Operations Test Alerts Allows user initiated and generated events, and information is sent as an

asynchronous notification and logged.

Debug Execute Diagnostic

Commands

Enables the user to run diagnostic commands.

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