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Dell Technologies VxRail: iDRAC settings that cannot be changed

Summary: iDRAC is the backend of PTAgent which provides hardware monitoring functionality on VxRail Gen3 appliance. This article describes required settings on iDRAC.

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Instructions

Part of VxRail Manager hardware monitor function relies on the proper communication with PTAgent and iDRAC.

This article lists the default iDRAC settings that cannot be changed.
  • OS to iDRAC Pass-through // iDRAC management GUI > Overview > iDRAC settings > Network > OS
    • State: Enabled
    • Pass-through mode: USB NIC
    • USB NIC IP address: 169.254.0.1
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  • Password Settings //  iDRAC management GUI > Overview > iDRAC settings > Users > Global User Settings > Password Settings

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Changing the minimum length to value greater than 9 may cause VxRail to not able to connect to the node correctly and the RASR to fail. Consult support prior to make any changes to the user password policy.
  • Services // iDRAC management GUI > Overview > iDRAC settings > Network > Services
    • Web Server
      • HTTPS: 443
      • SSL Encryption: 128-bits or higher
      • TLS Protocol: TLS 1.1 and higher
    • SSH
      • Status: Enabled
      • Port number: 22
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  • Remote RACADM
    • Status: Enabled
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4.0.0 - 4.0.310:      
  • iDRAC users // iDRAC management GUI > Overview > iDRAC settings > User Authentication > Local Users
    • vxadmin, assigned as Administrator
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4.0.400 - 4.5.x:      
  • iDRAC users // iDRAC management GUI > Overview > iDRAC settings > User Authentication > Local Users
    • vxpsvc, assigned as Administrator
    • PTAdmin, assigned as Administrator
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User privileges for above users:      
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  • Special needs for G560/560F
iDRAC Settings > Connectivity > Network > Network Settings > NIC Selection = LOM1
iDRAC GUI configuration > BIOS settings > Integrated Devices: Embedded NIC1 = enabled

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**Note: After making the above changes, run command "esxcfg-nics -l " on the node to verify that the embedded NIC appears as vmnic0. If it does not, then a RASR reset of the node may be necessary (see: VxRail: Build validation fails on VxRail G560 with error message: "An unknown validation error occurred in VlanLiveValidator" for more information).

A good example:     
  
#esxcfg-nics -l

Name PCI Device Driver Admin Status Link Status Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description ------ ------------ --------- ------------ ----------- ----- ------ ----------------- ---- ------------------------------------------------- vmnic0 0000:04:00.0 igbn Up Up 1000 Full 50:9a:4c:69:41:de 1500 Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection <<<<< vmnic1 0000:18:00.0 i40en Up Up 10000 Full 3c:fd:fe:54:8f:e0 1500 Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ vmnic2 0000:18:00.1 i40en Up Up 10000 Full 3c:fd:fe:54:8f:e2 1500 Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ vmnic3 0000:5e:00.0 i40en Up Down 0 Half 3c:fd:fe:2d:fd:e0 1500 Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ vmnic4 0000:5e:00.1 i40en Up Down 0 Half 3c:fd:fe:2d:fd:e2 1500 Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ vusb0 Pseudo cdc_ether Up Up 10 Half 50:9a:4c:69:3b:27 1500 Unknown Unknown

Affected Products

VxRail Appliance Family

Products

CloudArray Virtual Edition for VxRail Appliance, VxRail 460 and 470 Nodes, VxRail Appliance Series, VxRail G410, VxRail G Series Nodes, VxRail E Series Nodes, VxRail E460, VxRail E560, VxRail E560F, VxRail G560, VxRail G560F, VxRail Gen2 Hardware , VxRail P Series Nodes, VxRail P470, VxRail P570, VxRail P570F, VxRail S Series Nodes, VxRail S470, VxRail S570, VxRail Software, VxRail V Series Nodes, VxRail V470, VxRail V570, VxRail V570F ...
Article Properties
Article Number: 000157690
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 04 Jan 2023
Version:  4
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