Administrator Guide

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Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................................................... 2
Table of contents ................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 iDRAC9 — Server industry leading Embedded Management solution ........................................................................ 6
2.1 iDRAC Service Module (iSM) ............................................................................................................................. 6
2.2 OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) ...................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Limitations that are related to agent-based systems management .................................................................... 7
2.4 Advantages of out of band management ........................................................................................................... 7
2.5 iDRAC Agent free management ......................................................................................................................... 8
3 iDRAC9 enhancements — Deep dive into storage and networking ............................................................................ 9
3.1 Enhancements for real-time storage management ............................................................................................ 9
3.2 Enhancements for real-time network management .......................................................................................... 10
4 Comparison Matrix – iDRAC, iDRAC with iSM, and OMSA ....................................................................................... 11
5 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................................. 14
A Technical support and resources ............................................................................................................................... 15