SMSR: remote admin

Your machine will likely be equipped with a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC). This might be called a 'Lights Out Management processor' (LOM) or a 'Dell Remote Access Controller' (DRAC). This allows remote system administration of the machine, a remote console via IPMI, and so on.

There's a dedicated subnet and VLAN for these devices. To use it, please contact support.

• ⇒ The computing support form.

If your machine has such a device, you must configure it, whether or not you intend to use it. Don't leave it set to its factory default configuration.

Specifically:

• Disable its networking capability (preferable) or configure it so that it does not issue DHCP requests.
• Change the passwords of the device's privileged accounts.

More info

Find out more about the self-managed server rooms:

• ⇒ Self-managed server rooms.