Dell iDRAC8 manual Interfaces and Protocols to Access iDRAC

Feature	iDRAC8 Basic	iDRAC8 Express	iDRAC8 Express	iDRAC8 Enterprise
			for Blades
Crash screen capture	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Crash video capture	No	No	No	Yes
Boot capture	No	No	No	Yes
Manual reset for iDRAC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Virtual NMI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
OS watchdog	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Embedded Health Report	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
System Event Log	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lifecycle Log	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Work notes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Remote Syslog	No	No	No	Yes
License management	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

[1]Not available with blade servers.

[2]500 series and lower rack and tower servers require a hardware card to enable this feature; this hardware is offered at additional cost.

[3]Requires vFlash SD card media.

Interfaces and Protocols to Access iDRAC

The following table lists the interfaces to access iDRAC.

NOTE: Using more than one interface at the same time may generate unexpected results.

Table 2. Interfaces and Protocols to Access iDRAC

Interface or	Description
Protocol
iDRAC Settings	Use the iDRAC Settings utility to perform pre-OS operations. It has a subset of the
Utility	features that are available in iDRAC Web interface along with other features.
	To access iDRAC Settings utility, press <F2> during boot and then click iDRAC
	Settings on the System Setup Main Menu page.
iDRAC Web	Use the iDRAC Web interface to manage iDRAC and monitor the managed system.
Interface	The browser connects to the Web server through the HTTPS port. Data streams

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