Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) and iDRAC7 v2.20.20.20 User's Guide
Licensed features in iDRAC7 and iDRAC8
The following table lists the iDRAC7 and iDRAC8 features that are enabled based on the license purchased:
|
Feature |
Basic Management (iDRAC7) |
iDRAC8 Basic |
iDRAC7 Express |
iDRAC8 Express |
iDRAC7 Express for Blades |
iDRAC8 Express for Blades |
iDRAC7 Enterprise |
iDRAC8 Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Interfaces / Standards |
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|
IPMI 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
DCMI 1.5 |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Web-based GUI |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Racadm command line (local/remote) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
SMASH-CLP (SSH-only) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Telnet |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
SSH |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
WS-MAN |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Network Time Protocol |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Connectivity |
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|
Shared NIC (LOM) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Dedicated NIC 2 |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes 1 |
|
VLAN tagging |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
IPv4 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
IPv6 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
DHCP |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Dynamic DNS |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
OS pass-through |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Front panel USB |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Security |
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|
Role-based authority |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Local users |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
SSL encryption |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
IP blocking |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Directory services (AD, LDAP) |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Two-factor authentication (smart card) |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Single sign-On (kerberos) |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
PK authentication (for SSH) |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Remote Presence |
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|
Power control |
Yes 4 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Boot control |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Serial-over-LAN |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Virtual Media |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Virtual Folders |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Remote File Share |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Virtual Console |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Single user |
Single user |
Yes |
6 users |
|
VNC connection to OS |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Quality/bandwidth control |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Virtual Console collaboration (up to six simultaneous users) |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Virtual Console chat |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Virtual Flash partitions |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes 1,2 |
|
Power and Thermal |
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|
Automatic power on after loss |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Real-time power meter |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Power thresholds and alerts (includes headroom) |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Real-time power graphing |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Historical power counters |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Power capping |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Power Center integration |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Temperature monitoring |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Temperature graphing |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Health Monitoring |
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|
Full agent-free monitoring |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Predictive failure monitoring |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
SNMPv1, v2, and v3 (traps and gets) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Email Alerting |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Configurable thresholds |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Fan monitoring |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Power Supply monitoring |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Memory monitoring |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
CPU monitoring |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
RAID monitoring |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
NIC monitoring |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
HD monitoring (enclosure) |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Out of Band Performance Monitoring |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Update |
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|
Remote agent-free update |
Yes 3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Embedded update tools |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Sync with repository (scheduled updates) |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Auto-update |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Deployment and Configuration |
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|
Embedded OS deployment tools |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Embedded configuration tools (iDRAC Settings Utility) |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Embedded configuration wizards (Lifecycle Controller wizards) |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Auto-Discovery |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Remote OS deployment |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Embedded driver pack |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Full configuration inventory |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Inventory export |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Remote configuration |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Zero-touch configuration |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
System Retire/Repurpose |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Diagnostics, Service, and Logging |
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|
Embedded diagnostic tools |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Part Replacement |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Server Configuration Backup |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Server Configuration Restore |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Easy Restore (system configuration) |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Health LED / LCD |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Quick Sync (require NFC bezel) |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
No |
Yes |
|
iDRAC Direct (front USB management port) |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
iDRAC Service Module (iSM) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Embedded Tech Support Report |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Crash screen capture 5 |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Crash video capture 5 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Boot capture |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Manual reset for iDRAC |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Virtual NMI |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
OS watchdog |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Embedded Health Report |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
System Event Log |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Lifecycle Log |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Work notes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Remote Syslog |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
License management |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
[1] 500 series and lower rack and tower servers require a hardware card to enable this feature; this hardware is offered at additional cost.
[2] Requires vFlash SD card media.
[3] Remote agent-free update feature is available only using IPMI.
[4] Available only using IPMI.
[5] Requires OMSA agent on target server.
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