Users Guide

Feature Basic
Manage
ment
(iDRAC
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iDRAC8
Basic
iDRAC7
Express
iDRAC8
Express
iDRAC7
Express
for
Blades
iDRAC8
Express for
Blades
iDRAC7
Enterprise
iDRAC8
Enterprise
Health Monitoring
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
Remote agent-free
update
Yes
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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
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
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