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4 Telemetry Streaming with iDRAC9 – Storage Reports | ID 430
Executive summary
Beginning with iDRAC9 v4.00.00.00 firmware and a Datacenter license, IT managers can integrate advanced
server hardware operation telemetry into their existing analytics solutions. Telemetry is provided as granular,
timeseries data that is streamed, or pushed, compared to inefficient, legacy polling, or pulled, methods. The
advanced agent-free architecture in iDRAC9 provides over 180 data metrics that are related to server and
peripherals operations. Metrics are precisely timestamped and internally buffered to allow highly efficient data
stream collection and processing with minimal network loading. This comprehensive telemetry can be fed into
analytics tools to predict failure events, optimize server operation, and enhance cyber resiliency.
This paper details the telemetry data from SSD SMART drives and NVMe SMART drives, which could be
used to assess the health and state of the drives on the server.