Hello,

I'm sorry you see less preference on iDRAC which has come a long way in stability plus enriching its features to help with real needs such as yours.  It would help immensely if you keep all firmware levels up to the latest version so you don't see issues or problems that have been resolved.

You definitely can get detailed hardware settings via Remote Enablement in iDRAC. If you don't have this already, you can learn more starting at en.community.dell.com/.../1979.lifecycle-controller.aspx

Give it a try.

You may look at OpenManage Essentials.  www.delltechcenter.com/ome

good luck!

Rob

If Dell System Inventory Agent (DSIA) is already installed on the server then look at the inventory results at following location 32bit OS:  C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\xcim\xslroot\cm\xml\dellinv.xml

64 bit OS: C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\SysMgt\xcim\xslroot\cm\xml\dellinv.xml.  

if it is not installed then install the DSIA via SCCM or manual then start the DSIA service.  you can find the inventory results at above location.  

I am not sure why I didn't see your response until now. I am going to give DSIA a try. Thanks.

WSMAN directly to the idrac is definitely the way to go on this.

11th gen idracs needs CSIOR enabled for the hardware inventory to work.

idrac6 since FW 1.90 has been more stable and functional. Before that it was a mess.

idrac7 minus some memory leaks has also been more stable.