Dell iDRAC 8 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
1 Overview........................................................................................................................15
Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller.............................................................................................................15
Key features..................................................................................................................................................................... 16
New in this release............................................................................................................................................................18
How to use this user's guide............................................................................................................................................. 19
Supported web browsers..................................................................................................................................................19
Managing licenses ............................................................................................................................................................19
Types of licenses.........................................................................................................................................................19
Methods for acquiring licenses....................................................................................................................................19
License operations...................................................................................................................................................... 19
Licensed features in iDRAC7 and iDRAC8.........................................................................................................................21
Interfaces and protocols to access iDRAC....................................................................................................................... 26
iDRAC port information....................................................................................................................................................28
Other documents you may need...................................................................................................................................... 29
Social media reference.....................................................................................................................................................30
Contacting Dell.................................................................................................................................................................30
Accessing documents from Dell support site....................................................................................................................30
2 Logging in to iDRAC......................................................................................................32
Logging in to iDRAC as local user, Active Directory user, or LDAP user........................................................................... 32
Logging in to iDRAC using a smart card........................................................................................................................... 33
Logging in to iDRAC as a local user using a smart card.............................................................................................. 33
Logging in to iDRAC as an Active Directory user using a smart card..........................................................................34
Logging in to iDRAC using Single Sign-On .......................................................................................................................34
Logging in to iDRAC SSO using iDRAC web interface................................................................................................34
Logging in to iDRAC SSO using CMC web interface..................................................................................................35
Accessing iDRAC using remote RACADM........................................................................................................................35
Validating CA certificate to use remote RACADM on Linux....................................................................................... 35
Accessing iDRAC using local RACADM............................................................................................................................ 35
Accessing iDRAC using firmware RACADM..................................................................................................................... 35
Accessing iDRAC using SMCLP....................................................................................................................................... 36
Logging in to iDRAC using public key authentication........................................................................................................36
Multiple iDRAC sessions...................................................................................................................................................36
Changing default login password......................................................................................................................................36
Changing default login password using web interface................................................................................................ 37
Changing default login password using RACADM.......................................................................................................37
Changing default login password using iDRAC settings utility.....................................................................................37
Enabling or disabling default password warning message ................................................................................................37
Enabling or disabling default password warning message using web interface...........................................................38
Enabling or disabling warning message to change default login password using RACADM.........................................38
Invalid password credentials.............................................................................................................................................38
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