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Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) Version 1.50.50 User's Guide
Supported Operating Systems for USB NIC
- Windows Server 2008 SP2 (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 SP2 R2 (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2012 SP1
- SLES 10 SP4 (64-bit)
- SLES 11 SP2 (64-bit)
- RHEL 5.9 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- RHEL 6.4
- vSphere v5.0 U2 ESXi
- vSphere v5.1 U1 ESXi
- vSphere v5.5 ESXi
On servers with Windows 2008 SP2 64-bit operating system, the iDRAC Virtual CD USB Device is not discovered automatically (or enabled). You must enable this manually. For more information, see steps recommended by Microsoft to manually update the Remote Network Driver Interface Specification (RNDIS) driver for this device.
For Linux operating systems, configure the USB NIC as DHCP on the host operating system before enabling USB NIC.
If the host operating system is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, then after enabling the USB NIC in iDRAC, you must manually enable DHCP client on the host operating system. For information to enable DHCP, see the documents for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating systems.
For vSphere, you must install the VIB file before enabling USB NIC.
For the following operating systems, if you install the Avahi and nss-mdns packages, then you can use https://idrac.local to launch the iDRAC from the host operating system. If these packages are not installed, use https://169.254.0.1 to launch the iDRAC.
| Operating System | Firewall Status | Avahi Package | nss-mdns Package |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 5.9 32–bit | Disable | Install as a separate package ( avahi-0.6.16-10.el5_6.i386.rpm) | Install as a separate package ( nss-mdns-0.10-4.el5.i386.rpm) |
| RHEL 6.4 64–bit | Disable | Install as a separate package ( avahi-0.6.25-12.el6.x86_64.rpm) | Install as a separate package ( nss-mdns-0.10-8.el6.x86_64.rpm) |
| SLES 11 SP3 64–bit | Disable | Avahi package is the part of operating system DVD | nss-mdns is installed while installing Avahi |
- Configure the USB NIC interface using Network Manager tool. Navigate to and select Dell computer corp.iDRAC Virtual NIC USB Device. Click the Activate icon to activate the device. For more information, see the RHEL 5.9 documentation.
- Create corresponding interface’s config file as ifcfg-ethX in /etc/sysconfig/network-script/ directory. Add the basic entries DEVICE, BOOTPROTO, HWADDR, ONBOOT. Add TYPE in the ifcfg-ethX file and restart the network services using the command service network restart.
- Reboot the system.
- Turn off and turn on the system.
On systems with RHEL 5.9 operating system, if the USB NIC was disabled and if you turn off the system or vice-versa, when the system is turned on and if the USB NIC is enabled, the USB NIC device is not active automatically. To make it active, check if any ifcfg-ethX.bak file is available in the /etc/sysconfig/network-script directory for the USB NIC interface. If it is available, rename it to ifcfg-ethX and then use the ifup ethX command.