Specifications

50 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
Feature
Function
Benefit
Electronic
licensing
Upgrades to iDRAC7 Express or
iDRAC7 Enterprise by software
licensing key and license portal (may
require installation of hardware option
for 300–500 series servers)
Digital license installed in factory; free 30-
day trial versions are available; uses a license
management portal versus paper-based
licenses and simplifies license management.
For most server models, embedded server
management and electronic licensing
enables feature enhancements that do not
require installation of additional hardware or
system downtime.
iDRAC7 feature comparison
iDRAC7 Enterprise is available for the PowerEdge R720 and R720xd, and Dell also offers an option of
iDRAC7 Express. A detailed feature comparison for iDRAC7 Enterprise and iDRAC7 Express is shown
in Table 28.
Table 28. Feature comparison for iDRAC7 Express and Enterprise
Feature (function)
iDRAC7
Enterprise
iDRAC7
Express
Local configuration with Lifecycle Controller GUI
∞
∞
IPMI 2.0
∞
∞
Embedded diagnostics
∞
∞
Local OS install
∞
∞
Local updates
∞
∞
Driver pack
∞
∞
Shared NIC (LOM)
∞
∞
Remote update
∞
∞
Power control
∞
∞
Encryption
∞
∞
Crash screen capture
1
∞
∞
IPv6
∞
∞
Auto-discovery
∞
∞
Auto-recovery
∞
∞
Web GUI
∞
∞
Remote CLI
∞
∞
Local/SSH CLI
∞
∞
Serial redirection
∞
∞
Remote configuration
∞
∞
Email alerts
∞
∞
SNMP alerts
∞
∞