White Papers

5 Implementation of the DMTF Redfish API on Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers
Executive summary
The growing scale of cloud- and web-based data center infrastructure is reshaping the requirements of IT
administrators world-wide. New approaches to systems management are needed to keep up with the growing
and changing market.
The Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) Scalable Platforms Management Forum (SPMF) has
published Redfish, an open industry-standard specification and schema designed to meet the needs of IT
administrators for simple, modern, and secure management of scalable platform hardware. Dell EMC is a key
contributor to the Redfish standard, acting as co-chair of the SPMF, promoting the benefits of Redfish, and
working to deliver those benefits within Dell EMC industry-leading systems management solutions.
This technical white paper provides an overview of the Redfish Scalable Platforms Management API standard
and describes the Dell implementation of Redfish for the12th, 13th, and 14th generation PowerEdge
servers—delivered by the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller.