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4 Improved security of iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller via SMB2 Protocol
Executive summary
Security is critical to the operational success of any data center. Dell EMC is committed to continually improve
the code to provide the most secure solution to its customers. With the latest firmware release of iDRAC with
Lifecycle Controller, support for CIFS/SMBv1 is deprecated and is replaced with SMB Protocol 2 support.
SMB2 includes SMBv2 and SMBv3 and, in this document, the term SMB2 referred to both. The updated
protocol provides more secure connections and flexibility for future improvements.
This document provides some of the security aspects that are enhanced with SMB2.
Commonly used terms
Commonly used terms in this document:
• iDRAC – Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller
• CIFS – Common Internet File System
• SMB – Server Message Block
For a list of more terms, see Glossary.