DHCP Auto Conf for iDRAC9 - How to determine Mac addresses

Hello

There will be a sticker on the server with the iDRAC MAC address if you purchase the enterprise license at point of sale. I'm not sure if it will be listed on any other documentation that you will receive.

Thanks

Hi Daniel.

Thanks for confirming there is sticker on new servers with the iDRAC MAC address. What do you think of this proposed deployment workflow:

1) Purchase new Dell systems with zero touch Auto Config enabled from factory.

2) Technicians rack, cable and label the new systems with hostnames

3) Technicians enter the iDRAC mac addresses for each hostname into DHCP (there is a factory sticker on each chassis with the mac address)

4) Technicians power on the new systems for the first time. The iDRACs are assigned their correct IPs via DHCP

5) Optional step: DHCP entry includes a reference to a server configuration file. The BIOS is automatically configured for the class of server (ie: GPFS, Oracle Database, Batch compute, etc)

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Yemi

Sounds fine to me, I would also ask your sales rep if the MAC addresses will be on some documentation that you receive when you make the purchase. I have documentation that states a list of iDRAC MAC addresses is available, but I'm not sure how it is provided. Your sales rep should be able to let you know.

Thanks