iDRAC logs you in with appropriate Microsoft Active Directory privileges, using your credentials that were cached in theoperating system when you logged in using a valid Active Directory account.Logging in to iDRAC SSO using CMC web interfaceUsing the SSO feature, you can launch iDRAC web interface from CMC web interface. A CMC user has the CMC user privilegeswhen launching iDRAC from CMC. If the user account is present in CMC and not in iDRAC, the user can still launch iDRAC fromCMC.If iDRAC network LAN is disabled (LAN Enabled = No), SSO is not available.If the server is removed from the chassis, iDRAC IP address is changed, or there is a problem in iDRAC network connection, theoption to Launch iDRAC is grayed-out in the CMC web interface.For more information, see the Chassis Management Controller User’s Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.Accessing iDRAC using remote RACADMYou can use remote RACADM to access iDRAC using RACADM utility.For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.If the management station has not stored the iDRAC’s SSL certificate in its default certificate storage, a warning message isdisplayed when you run the RACADM command. However, the command is executed successfully.NOTE: The iDRAC certificate is the certificate iDRAC sends to the RACADM client to establish the secure session. Thiscertificate is either issued by a CA or self-signed. In either case, if the management station does not recognize the CA orsigning authority, a warning is displayed.Related linksValidating CA certificate to use remote RACADM on LinuxValidating CA certificate to use remote RACADM on LinuxBefore running remote RACADM commands, validate the CA certificate that is used for secure communications.To validate the certificate for using remote RACADM:1. Convert the certificate in DER format to PEM format (using openssl command-line tool):openssl x509 -inform pem -in [yourdownloadedderformatcert.crt] –outform pem -out[outcertfileinpemformat.pem] –text2. Find the location of the default CA certificate bundle on the management station. For example, for RHEL5 64 bit, itis /etc/pki/tls/cert.pem.3. Append the PEM formatted CA certificate to the management station CA certificate.For example, use the cat command: cat testcacert.pem >> cert.pem4. Generate and upload the server certificate to iDRAC.Accessing iDRAC using local RACADMFor information to access iDRAC using local RACADM, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide availableat dell.com/idracmanuals.Accessing iDRAC using firmware RACADMYou can use SSH or Telnet interfaces to access iDRAC and run firmware RACADM commands. For more information, see theiDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.35
