Configuring Idrac Network Settings; Configuring Idrac Quickdeploy Network Settings - Dell PowerEdge FX2 User Manual

For more information about the OMSA agent, see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User's Guide available at
dell.com/support/manuals.
4. To use the iDRAC DNS name as slot name, select Use iDRAC DNS Name for Slot Name option. This option replaces the static
slot names with the respective iDRAC DNS names, if it is available. If iDRAC DNS names are not available, the default or edited
slot names are displayed.
NOTE: To use the Use iDRAC DNS Name for Slot Name option, you must have the Chassis Configuration
Administrator privilege.
5. To save the settings, click Apply.
To restore the default slot name (SLOT-01 through SLOT-4) on the basis of a server's slot position) to a server, click Restore
Default Value.

Configuring iDRAC network settings

To use this feature, you must have an Enterprise License. You can configure the iDRAC network configuration setting of a server.
You can use the QuickDeploy settings to configure the default iDRAC network configuration settings and root password for severs
that are installed later. These default settings are the iDRAC QuickDeploy settings.
For more information about iDRAC, see the iDRAC User's Guide at dell.com/support/manuals.

Configuring iDRAC QuickDeploy network settings

Use the QuickDeploy Settings to configure the network settings for newly inserted servers.
To enable and set the iDRAC QuickDeploy settings:
1. In the left pane, click Server Overview → Setup → iDRAC.
2. On the Deploy iDRAC page, in the QuickDeploy Settings section, specify the settings mentioned in the following table. For
more information about the fields, see the Online Help.
Table 9. QuickDeploy settings
Setting
Action When Server is Inserted
Set iDRAC Root Password on Server Insertion
iDRAC Root Password
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Description
Select one of the following options from the list:
• No Action — No action is performed when the server is
inserted.
• QuickDeploy Only — Select this option to apply iDRAC
network settings when a new server is inserted in the
chassis. The specified auto-deployment settings are used
to configure the new iDRAC, which includes the root user
password if Change Root Password is selected.
• Server Profile Only — Select this option to apply server
profile assigned when a new server is inserted in the
chassis.
• Quick Deploy and Server Profile — Select this option to
first apply the iDRAC network settings, and then to apply
the server profile assigned when a new server is inserted
in the chassis.
Select the option to change iDRAC root password to match
the value provided in the iDRAC Root Password field, when a
server is inserted.
When the Set iDRAC Root Password on Server Insertion
and QuickDeploy Enabled options are selected, this
password value is assigned to a server's iDRAC root user
password when the server is inserted into a chassis. The
password can have 1 to 20 printable (including white spaces)
characters.