Dell iDRAC8 manual Vmcli

Interface or	Description
Protocol
	Reference Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals. For details about SMCLP,
	see Using SMCLP.
	NOTE: Telnet is not a secure protocol and is disabled by default. Telnet
	transmits all data, including passwords in plain text. When transmitting
	sensitive information, use the SSH interface.
SSH	Use SSH to run RACADM and SMCLP commands. It provides the same capabilities
	as the Telnet console using an encrypted transport layer for higher security. The
	SSH service is enabled by default on iDRAC. The SSH service can be disabled in
	iDRAC. iDRAC only supports SSH version 2 with DSA and the RSA host key
	algorithm. A unique 1024-bit DSA and 1024-bit RSA host key is generated when
	you power-up iDRAC for the first time.
IPMITool	Use the IPMITool to access the remote system’s basic management features
	through iDRAC. The interface includes local IPMI, IPMI over LAN, IPMI over Serial,
	and Serial over LAN. For more information on IPMITool, see the Dell OpenManage
	Baseboard Management Controller Utilities User’s Guide at dell.com/support/
	manuals.
	NOTE: IPMI version 1.5 is not supported.
VMCLI	Use the Virtual Media Command Line Interface (VMCLI) to access a remote media
	through the management station and deploy operating systems on multiple
	managed systems.
SMCLP	Use Server Management Workgroup Server Management-Command Line Protocol
	(SMCLP) to perform systems management tasks. This is available through SSH or
	Telnet. For more information about SMCLP, see Using SMCLP.
WS-MAN	The LC-Remote Services is based on the WS-Management protocol to do one-to-
	many systems management tasks. You must use WS-MAN client such as WinRM
	client (Windows) or the OpenWSMAN client (Linux) to use the LC-Remote Services
	functionality. You can also use Power Shell and Python to script to the WS-MAN
	interface.
	Web Services for Management (WS-Management) is a Simple Object Access
	Protocol (SOAP)–based protocol used for systems management. iDRAC uses WS–
	Management to convey Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) Common
	Information Model (CIM)–based management information. The CIM information
	defines the semantics and information types that can be modified in a managed
	system. The data available through WS-Management is provided by iDRAC
	instrumentation interface mapped to the DMTF profiles and extension profiles.

For more information, see the following:

•Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services User’s Guide available at dell.com/ support/manuals.

•Lifecycle Controller Integration Best Practices Guide available at dell.com/ support/manuals.

•Lifecycle Controller page on Dell TechCenter — delltechcenter.com/page/ Lifecycle+Controller

•Lifecycle Controller WS-Management Script Center — delltechcenter.com/ page/Scripting+the+Dell+Lifecycle+Controller

•MOFs and Profiles — delltechcenter.com/page/DCIM.Library

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