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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Dell iDRAC8 manual Interfaces and Protocols to Access iDRAC