Interfaces
/ Standards | | | | |
iDRAC RESTful API and Redfish |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
IPMI 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
DCMI 1.5 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Web-based GUI |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
RACADM command line (local/remote) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
SMASH-CLP (SSH-only) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Telnet |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
SSH |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Serial Redirection |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
WSMan |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Network Time Protocol |
No |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Connectivity |
Shared NIC (LOM) |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A | Yes1 |
Dedicated NIC2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes2 |
VLAN tagging |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
IPv4 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
IPv6 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
DHCP |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
DHCP with zero touch |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Dynamic DNS |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
OS pass-through |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
iDRAC Direct -Front panel USB |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Connection View |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
NFS v4 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
SMB2 with NTLMv1 and NTLMv2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Security |
Role-based authority |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Local users |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
SSL encryption |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
IP blocking |
No |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Directory services (AD, LDAP) |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Two-factor authentication (smart card) |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Single sign-On |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
PK authentication (for SSH) |
No |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
FIPS 140-2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Secure UEFI boot - certificate management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Lock down mode |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Customizable Security Policy Banner - login page |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 - optional auth for read operations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 - add mobile device number to
LCL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Remote
Presence |
Power control |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Boot control |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Serial-over-LAN |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Virtual Media |
No |
No |
Yes | Yes |
Virtual Folders |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Remote File Share |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
HTML5 access to Virtual Console |
No |
No |
Yes | Yes |
Virtual Console |
No |
No |
Yes | Yes |
VNC connection to OS |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Quality/bandwidth control |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Virtual Console collaboration (up to six simultaneous users) |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Virtual Console chat |
No |
No |
No | Yes 2,3 |
Virtual Flash partitions |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Group Manager |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
HTTP / HTTPS support along with NFS/CIFS |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Power and Thermal |
Real-time power meter |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Power thresholds and alerts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Real-time power graphing |
No |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Historical power counters |
No |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Power capping |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Power Center integration |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Temperature monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Temperature graphing |
No |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Health Monitoring |
Full agent-free monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Predictive failure monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
SNMPv1, v2, and v3 (traps and gets) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Email Alerting |
No |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Configurable thresholds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Fan monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Power Supply monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Memory monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
CPU monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
RAID monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
NIC monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
HD monitoring (enclosure) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Out of Band Performance Monitoring |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Alerts for excessive SSD wear |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Customizable settings for Exhaust
Temperature |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Update |
Remote agent-free update |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Embedded update tools |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Sync with repository (scheduled updates) |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Auto-update |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Improved PSU firmware updates |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Deployment and Configuration |
Local configuration via F10 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Embedded OS deployment tools |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Embedded configuration tools |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Auto-Discovery |
No |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Remote OS deployment |
No |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Embedded driver pack |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Full configuration inventory |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Inventory export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Remote configuration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Zero-touch configuration |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
System Retire/Repurpose |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Server Configuration Profile in GUI |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Diagnostics, Service, and Logging |
Embedded diagnostic tools |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Part Replacement | No | Yes |
Yes | Yes |
NOTE: After performing part
replacement on RAID hardware, once the process is complete for replacing
firmware and configuration, Lifecycle Logs reports double part replacement
entries which is expected behavior. |
Server Configuration Backup |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Easy Restore (system configuration) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Server Configuration Restore |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Easy Restore Auto Timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
LED Health status indicators |
Yes 5 |
Yes 5 |
N/A | Yes 5 |
LCD screen (iDRAC9 requires optional) |
Yes 5 |
Yes 5 |
N/A | Yes 5 |
Quick Sync (require NFC bezel, 13G only) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A | N/A |
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 (BLE/Wi-Fi hardware) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
iDRAC Direct (front USB management port) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
iDRAC Service Module (iSM) embedded |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
iSM to in-band alert forwarding to consoles |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
SupportAssist Collection (embedded) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Crash screen capture |
No |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Crash video capture4 |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Boot capture |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
Manual reset for iDRAC (LCD ID button) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Remote reset for iDRAC (requires iSM) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Virtual NMI |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
OS watchdog4 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
System Event Log |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Lifecycle Log |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Enhanced Logging in Lifecycle Controller Log |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Work notes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |
Remote Syslog |
No |
No |
No | Yes |
License management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes |