Users Guide

28 iDRAC6 Overview
• Monitoring — Provides access to system information and status of
components
• Access to system logs — Provides access to the system event log,
the iDRAC6 log, and the last crash screen of the crashed or unresponsive
system, that is independent of the operating system state
• Dell OpenManage™ software integration — Enables you to launch the
iDRAC6 Web interface from Dell OpenManage Server Administrator or
Dell OpenManage IT Assistant
• iDRAC6 alert — Alerts you to potential managed node issues through an
e-mail message or SNMP trap
• Remote power management — Provides remote power management
functions, such as shutdown and reset, from a management console
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) support
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption — Provides secure remote system
management through the Web interface
• Password-level security management — Prevents unauthorized access to a
remote system
• Role-based authority — Provides assignable permissions for different
systems management tasks
• IPv6 support — Adds IPv6 support such as: provides access to the iDRAC6
Web interface using an IPv6 address, specifies the IPv6 address for the
iDRAC NIC, specifies a destination number to configure an IPv6 SNMP
alert destination
• WS-MAN support —
Provides network accessible management using the
Web Services for Management (WS-MAN) protocol.
• SM-CLP support — Adds Server Management-Command Line Protocol
(SM-CLP) support, which provides standards for systems management
CLI implementations.
• Firmware rollback and recovery — Allows you to boot from (or rollback to)
the firmware image of your choice.
For more information about iDRAC6 Express, see your Hardware Owner’s
Manual at support.dell.com\manuals.