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Home Screen, Setup Menu, View Menu, Gateway Gtw - idrac configuration

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Item Button Description During message scrolling: • Press once to increase scrolling speed • Press again to stop • Press again to return to default scrolling speed • Press again to repeat the cycle Home Screen The Home screen displays user-configurable information about the system. This screen is displayed during normal system operation when there are no status messages or errors. When the system is in standby mode, the LCD backlight turns off after five minutes of inactivity if there are no error messages. Press one of the three navigation buttons (Select, Left, or Right) to view the Home screen. To navigate to the Home screen from another menu, continue to select the up arrow until the Home icon is displayed, and then select the Home icon. From the Home screen, press the Select button to enter the main menu. Setup Menu NOTE: When you select an option in the Setup menu, you must confirm the option before proceeding to the next action. Option Description iDRAC Select DHCP or Static IP to configure the network mode. If Static IP is selected, the available fields are IP, Subnet (Sub), and Gateway (Gtw). Select Setup DNS to enable DNS and to view domain addresses. Two separate DNS entries are available. Set error Select SEL to display LCD error messages in a format that matches the IPMI description in the SEL. This is useful when trying to match an LCD message with an SEL entry. Select Simple to display LCD error messages in a simplified user-friendly description. See System Error Messages for a list of messages in this format. Set home Select the default information to be displayed on the LCD Home screen. See View Menu to see the options and option items that can be set as the default on the Home screen. View Menu NOTE: When you select an option in the View menu, you must confirm the option before proceeding to the next action. Option iDRAC IP Description Displays the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses for the iDRAC7. Addresses include DNS (Primary and Secondary), Gateway, IP, and Subnet (IPv6 does not have Subnet). 13

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Item
Button
Description
During message scrolling:
•
Press once to increase
scrolling speed
•
Press again to stop
•
Press again to return to
default scrolling speed
•
Press again to repeat the
cycle
Home Screen
The Home screen displays user-configurable information about the system. This screen is displayed during normal
system operation when there are no status messages or errors. When the system is in standby mode, the LCD backlight
turns off after five minutes of inactivity if there are no error messages. Press one of the three navigation buttons (Select,
Left, or Right) to view the Home screen.
To navigate to the Home screen from another menu, continue to select the up arrow
until the Home icon
is
displayed, and then select the Home icon.
From the Home screen, press the Select button to enter the main menu.
Setup Menu
NOTE:
When you select an option in the Setup menu, you must confirm the option before proceeding to the next
action.
Option
Description
iDRAC
Select
DHCP
or
Static IP
to configure the network mode. If
Static IP
is selected, the available fields are
IP
,
Subnet (Sub)
, and
Gateway (Gtw)
. Select
Setup DNS
to enable DNS and to view domain addresses. Two
separate DNS entries are available.
Set error
Select
SEL
to display LCD error messages in a format that matches the IPMI description in the SEL. This is
useful when trying to match an LCD message with an SEL entry.
Select
Simple
to display LCD error messages in a simplified user-friendly description. See System Error
Messages for a list of messages in this format.
Set home
Select the default information to be displayed on the LCD Home screen. See
View Menu
to see the options
and option items that can be set as the default on the Home screen.
View Menu
NOTE:
When you select an option in the View menu, you must confirm the option before proceeding to the next
action.
Option
Description
iDRAC IP
Displays the
IPv4
or
IPv6
addresses for the iDRAC7. Addresses include
DNS
(
Primary
and
Secondary
),
Gateway
,
IP
, and
Subnet
(IPv6 does not have Subnet).
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