Users Guide

20 iDRAC6 Overview
• Improved System Field Replaceable Unit(FRU) data (Product name, serial
number, asset tag, and version in product information area of FRU).
• Identify in Command Line Interface (CLI).
• OEM SEL Event filtering.
• Plain English SEL events.
• Default web certificate update through Command Line Interface.
• Display Life Cycle Controller firmware version display on CLI and GUI.
• Support for platforms PowerEdge(TM) R415, and EqualLogic(TM)
DX6000G.
• Support for operating system Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 x64.
• Virtual MAC support.
iDRAC6 Express Management Features
The iDRAC6 Express provides the following management features:
• Provides Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) registration.
• Provides remote system management and monitoring using a Web
interface and the Server Management Command Line Protocol (SM-CLP)
command line over a serial, Telnet, or SSH connection.
• Provides support for Microsoft Active Directory authentication —
Centralizes iDRAC6 user IDs and passwords in Active Directory using an
extended schema or a standard schema.
• Provides a generic solution to support Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP) based authentication — This feature does not require
any schema extension on your directory services.
• Provides access to system information and status of components for
monitoring.
• 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.
• Provides option to add work notes to the Lifecycle Controller Log through
the GUI or the CLI.