Manually configuring PowerEdge 11th generation servers for auto discovery
Prerequisites
About this task
On successful auto discovery of bare-metal servers, a 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 are not enabled. Ensure that you re-enable the administrator accounts after a successful auto discovery. See Enabling or disabling administrative accounts on iDRAC.
Steps
Enter the iDRAC IP address into a browser.
Log in to the iDRAC Enterprise GUI.
In the Launch.
tab, in the Virtual Console Preview, clickIn the Warning — Security dialog box, click Yes.
In the iDRAC Utility Console, press F12 once or twice.
The Authentication Required dialog box is displayed.In the Authentication Required dialog box, view the name that is displayed, and press Enter.
Enter Password.
Press Enter.
When the Shutdown/Restart dialog box is displayed, press F11.
The host restarts and the screen displays information about loading memory, then RAID, then when it shows iDRAC and prompts you to press CTRL + E, immediately press CTRL + E.
If you view the following dialog box, the action is successful, else, go to the Power menu, Power Off and Power On again, and repeat this step.Figure 1. iDRAC configuration utility In the iDRAC6 Configuration Utility, use the arrow keys to select LAN Parameters.
Press Enter.
If this host is a blade, to configure NIC, use the space bar to toggle the options to Enabled.
If you are using DHCP, use the arrow keys to select Domain Name from DHCP.
Use the space bar to toggle the option to On.
If you are using DHCP, use the arrow keys to navigate to the IPv4 settings and select DNS Servers from DHCP.
Use the spacebar to toggle the option to On.
To Exit, on your keyboard, press ESC.
Use the arrow keys to select LAN User Configuration.
Use the arrow Keys to select Provisioning Server.
Press Enter.
Enter the IP address of the host.
Press ESC.
Use arrow keys to select Account Access.
Use the space bar to toggle the option to Disable.
Use the arrow keys to select Auto-Discovery.
Use the space bar to toggle the option to Enabled.
From your keyboard, press ESC.
Press ESC again.