Users Guide

Logging into iDRAC7

You can log in to iDRAC7 as an iDRAC7 user, as a Microsoft Active Directory user, or as a Lightweight Directory Access

Protocol (LDAP) user. The default user name and password is root and calvin, respectively. You can also log in using

Single Sign-On or Smart Card.

NOTE:

You must have Login to iDRAC privilege to log in to iDRAC7.

Related Links

Logging into iDRAC7 as Local User, Active Directory User, or LDAP User

Logging into iDRAC7 Using Smart Card

Logging into iDRAC7 Using Single Sign-on

Changing Default Login Password

Logging into iDRAC7 as Local User, Active Directory User, or LDAP

User

Before you log in to iDRAC7 using the Web interface, make sure that you have configured a supported Web browser and

the user account is created with the required privileges.

NOTE:

The user name is

not

case-sensitive for an Active Directory user. The password is case-sensitive for all

users.

NOTE:

In addition to Active Directory, openLDAP, openDS, Novell eDir, and Fedora based directory services are

supported. "<" and ">" characters are not allowed in the user name.

To log in to iDRAC7 as local user, Active Directory user, or LDAP user:

1. Open a supported Web browser.

2. In the Address

field, type https://[iDRAC7-IP-address] and press <Enter>.

NOTE: If the default HTTPS port number (port 443) was changed, enter: https://[iDRAC7-IP-

address]:[port-number] where,

[iDRAC7-IP-address] is the iDRAC7 IPv4 or IPv6 address and

[port-number] is the HTTPS port number.

The

page is displayed.

3. For a local user:

– In the Username

and Password fields, enter your iDRAC7 user name and password.

– From the Domain

drop-down menu, select This iDRAC.

4. For an Active Directory user, in the Username and Password fields, enter the Active Directory user name and

password. If you have specified the domain name as a part of the username, select This iDRAC from the drop-down

menu. The format of the user name can be: <domain>\<username>, <domain>/<username>, or <user>@<domain>.

For example, dell.com\john_doe, or JOHN_DOE@DELL.COM.

If the domain is not specified in the user name, select the Active Directory domain from the Domain

drop-down

menu.