Concept Guide

9 Side-by-side comparison of the features of Dell EMC iDRAC9 and iDRAC8
Feature
iDRAC8
Basic
iDRAC9
Basic
iDRAC8
Express
iDRAC9
Express
iDRAC8
Express
for
Blades
iDRAC9
Express
for Blades
iDRAC8
Enterprise
iDRAC9
Enterprise
Quick Sync 2.0 (requires
BLE/WiFi hardware)
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N/A
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iDRAC Direct (front USB
management port)
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iDRAC Service Module
(iSM) embedded
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iSM to inband alert
forwarding to consoles
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Crash screen capture
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Crash video capture
4
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Boot capture
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Manual reset for iDRAC
(LCD ID button)
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Remote reset for iDRAC
(requires iSM)
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Virtual NMI
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OS watchdog
4
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SupportAssist Report
(embedded)
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System Event Log
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Lifecycle Log
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Enhanced Logging in
Lifecycle Controller Log
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Work notes
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Remote Syslog
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License management
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Improved Customer
Experience
iDRAC -Faster processor,
more memory
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GUI rendered in HTML5
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Add BIOS configuration to
iDRAC GUI
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iDRAC support for SW
RAID licensing
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1. Not available with blade servers
2. 500 series and earlier rack and tower servers require a hardware card to enable this feature; this hardware
is offered at an additional cost.