Users Guide

iDRAC6 Overview 21
• Enables you to launch the iDRAC6 Web interface from Dell OpenManage
Server Administrator or Dell OpenManage IT Assistant.
• Alerts you to potential managed node issues through an e-mail message or
SNMP trap.
• Provides remote power management functions, such as shutdown and
reset, from a management console.
• Provides Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) support.
• Provides secure remote system management through the Web interface.
• Prevents unauthorized access to a remote system through password-level
security management.
• Provides assignable permissions for different systems management tasks
through role-based authority.
• Adds IPv6 support such as providing access to the iDRAC6 Web interface
using an IPv6 address, specifies iDRAC6 NIC IPv6 address, and specifies a
destination number to configure an IPv6 SNMP alert destination.
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Provides network accessible management using the Web Services for
Management (WS-MAN) protocol.
•Adds Server Management-Command Line Protocol (SM-CLP) support,
which provides standards for systems management CLI
implementations.
• Allows you to boot from (or rollback to) the firmware image of your choice
through Firmware rollback and recovery.
For more information about iDRAC6 Express, see your Hardware Owner’s
Manual at support.dell.com/manuals.
iDRAC6 Enterprise and vFlash Media
iDRAC6 Enterprise with vFlash Media adds support for RACADM, Virtual
Console, Virtual Media features, a dedicated NIC, and vFlash (with an
optional Dell vFlash Media card). vFlash allows you to store emergency boot
images and diagnostic tools on the vFlash Media. For more information about
the iDRAC6 Enterprise and vFlash Media, see your Hardware Owner’s
Manual at support.dell.com/manuals.
Table 1-1 lists the features available for BMC, iDRAC6 Express, iDRAC6
Enterprise, and vFlash Media.