Openmanage Systems Management; Idrac Lifecycle Controller; Idrac Features And Comparison - Dell PowerEdge R640 Manual

• Agent-based management
• Dell EMC consoles
• OpenManage systems management tools, utilities and protocols
• Integration with third-party consoles
• OpenManage connections with third-party consoles
• Dell EMC server management operations

OpenManage systems management

The Dell EMC OpenManage systems management portfolio includes powerful hardware and software management tools and consoles.
OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring and maintaining your Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.

iDRAC Lifecycle controller

The PowerEdge server provides storage expandability that allows you to adapt to your workload and operational demands. With
comprehensive storage options, the server offer various drive types, internal and external storage controllers, and different backplanes for
varied number of drives. The microcontroller is responsible for acting as an interface or gateway between the host system (i.e., server
management software) and the peripheral devices. These peripheral devices, which may or may not be Intelligent Platform Management
Interface (IPMI) compliant, consist of the power supplies, the storage backplane, integrated storage controllers, control panel with semi-
intelligent display, and Lifecycle Controller.

iDRAC features and comparison

iDRAC9 is available in basic, express, and enterprise options.
Table 19. iDRAC feature comparison
Features
Interface/Standards
Redfish
IPMI 2.0
DCMI 1.5
Web-based GUI—HTML5
Racadm command line—
local/remote
SMASH-CLP—SSH-only
Telnet
SSH
Serial redirection
WSMAN
Network Time Protocol
Connectivity
Shared NIC
iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8
Basic Basic Express
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yesses Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
No Yes
Yes Yes Yes
iDRAC9 iDRAC8
Express Express for
Blades
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes N/A
Dell EMC OpenManage systems management
iDRAC9 iDRAC8
Express for Enterprise
Blades
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
N/A Yes
iDRAC9
Enterprise
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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