Contents1 Overview........................................................................................................................15Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller.............................................................................................................15Key features..................................................................................................................................................................... 16New in this release............................................................................................................................................................18How to use this user's guide............................................................................................................................................. 19Supported web browsers..................................................................................................................................................19Managing licenses ............................................................................................................................................................19Types of licenses.........................................................................................................................................................19Methods for acquiring licenses....................................................................................................................................19License operations...................................................................................................................................................... 19Licensed features in iDRAC7 and iDRAC8.........................................................................................................................21Interfaces and protocols to access iDRAC....................................................................................................................... 26iDRAC port information.................................................................................................................................................... 28Other documents you may need...................................................................................................................................... 29Social media reference..................................................................................................................................................... 30Contacting Dell.................................................................................................................................................................30Accessing documents from Dell support site....................................................................................................................302 Logging in to iDRAC...................................................................................................... 32Logging in to iDRAC as local user, Active Directory user, or LDAP user........................................................................... 32Logging in to iDRAC using a smart card........................................................................................................................... 33Logging in to iDRAC as a local user using a smart card.............................................................................................. 33Logging in to iDRAC as an Active Directory user using a smart card.......................................................................... 34Logging in to iDRAC using Single Sign-On .......................................................................................................................34Logging in to iDRAC SSO using iDRAC web interface................................................................................................ 34Logging in to iDRAC SSO using CMC web interface..................................................................................................35Accessing iDRAC using remote RACADM........................................................................................................................ 35Validating CA certificate to use remote RACADM on Linux....................................................................................... 35Accessing iDRAC using local RACADM............................................................................................................................ 35Accessing iDRAC using firmware RACADM..................................................................................................................... 35Accessing iDRAC using SMCLP....................................................................................................................................... 36Logging in to iDRAC using public key authentication........................................................................................................ 36Multiple iDRAC sessions................................................................................................................................................... 36Changing default login password......................................................................................................................................36Changing default login password using web interface................................................................................................ 37Changing default login password using RACADM.......................................................................................................37Changing default login password using iDRAC settings utility.....................................................................................37Enabling or disabling default password warning message ................................................................................................ 37Enabling or disabling default password warning message using web interface........................................................... 38Enabling or disabling warning message to change default login password using RACADM.........................................38Invalid password credentials.............................................................................................................................................383
