Table 24. Feature Comparison For Idrac7 Express And Enterprise - Dell PowerEdge R820 Technical Manual

Feature Function
Upgrades to iDRAC7 Express or
iDRAC7 Enterprise by software
Electronic
licensing key and license portal (may
licensing
require installation of hardware option
for 300-500 series servers)
iDRAC7 feature comparison
iDRAC7 Enterprise is available for the PowerEdge R820, and Dell also offers an option of iDRAC7
Express. A detailed feature comparison for iDRAC7 Enterprise and iDRAC7 Express is shown in
Table 24.
Table 24.
Feature (function)
Local configuration with Lifecycle Controller GUI
IPMI 2.0
Embedded diagnostics
Local OS install
Local updates
Driver pack
Shared NIC (LOM)
Remote update
Power control
Encryption
Crash screen capture
IPv6
Auto-discovery
Auto-recovery
Web GUI
Remote CLI
Local/SSH CLI
Serial redirection
Remote configuration
Email alerts
SNMP alerts
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Feature comparison for iDRAC7 Express and Enterprise
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Benefit
Digital license installed in factory; free 30-
day trial versions are available; uses a license
management portal versus paper-based
licenses and simplifies license management.
For most server models, embedded server
management and electronic licensing
enables feature enhancements that do not
require installation of additional hardware or
system downtime.
iDRAC7
Enterprise
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
iDRAC7
Express
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
∞
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