On the DHCP server, go to
Start > Administration Tools > DHCP to open the DHCP server administration tool.
Find the server and expand the items under it.
Right-click on
IPv4 and choose
Define Vendor Classes.
Click
Add.
A dialog box with the following fields is displayed:
Display name:
Description:
ID: Binary: ASCII:
In the Display name: field, type
iDRAC.
In the Description: field, type
Vendor Class.
Click in the
ASCII: section and type
iDRAC.
Click
OK and then
Close.
On the DHCP window, right-click
IPv4 and select
Set Predefined Options.
From the
Option class drop-down menu, select
iDRAC (created in step 4) and click
Add.
In the
Option Type dialog box, enter the following information:
Name —
iDRAC
Data Type — String
Code — 060
Description — Dell vendor class identifier
Click
OK to return to the
DHCP window.
Expand all items under the server name, right-click
Scope Options and select
Configure Options.
Click the
Advanced tab.
From the
Vendor class drop-down menu, select
iDRAC. The
060 iDRAC is displayed in the
Available Options column.
Select
060 iDRAC option.
Enter the string value that must be sent to the iDRAC (along with a standard DHCP provided IP address). The string value helps in importing the correct SCP file.
For the option’s
DATA entry, String Value setting, use a text parameter that has the following letter options and values:
Filename (–f) — Indicates the name of the exported Server Configuration Profile XML file. Specifying this filename is optional with iDRAC version 2.20.20.20 or later.
Sharename (-n) — Indicates the name of the network share.
ShareType (-s) — Indicates the share type. 0 indicates NFS and 2 indicates CIFS.
NOTE Alongside supporting NFS and CIFS-based file sharing, iDRAC firmware also supports accessing profile files by using HTTP and HTTPS. The -s option flag is updated as follows: -s (ShareType): type nfs or 0 for NFS; cifs or 2 for CIFS; http or 5 for HTTP; or https or 6 for HTTPS.
IPAddress (-i) — Indicates the IP address of the file share.
NOTE Sharename (-n), ShareType (-s), and IPAddress (-i) are required attributes that must be passed.
Username (-u) — Indicates the user name required to access the network share. This information is required only for CIFS.
Password (-p) — Indicates the password required to access the network share. This information is required only for CIFS.
ShutdownType (-d) — Indicates the mode of shutdown. 0 indicates Graceful shutdown and 1 indicates Forced shutdown.
NOTE The default setting is 0.
Timetowait (-t) — Indicates the time the host system waits before shutting down. The default setting is 300.
EndHostPowerState (-e) — Indicates the power state of the host. 0 indicates OFF and 1 indicates ON. The default setting is 1.
NOTE ShutdownType (-d), Timetowait (-t), and EndHostPowerState (-e) are optional attributes.
ProxyDefault (-pd) — Indicates to use default proxy setting (Optional).
ProxyType (-pt) — type http or socks(default setting http) (Optional).
ProxyHost (-ph) — IP address of the proxy host (Optional).
ProxyUserName — (-pu) Indicates the user name that has access to the proxy server (mandatory for proxy support).
ProxyPassword — (-pp) Indicates the user password that has access to the proxy server (mandatory for proxy support).
ProxyPort (-po) — port for the proxy server (default setting 80) (Optional).
Timeout (to) — indicates the retry timeout in minutes for obtaining Profile file (default setting=60)
NOTE On DHCP servers running Windows the operating system with iDRAC version prior to 2.20.20.20, make sure that you add a space before the (–f).