Users Guide

Overview

The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) is designed to make server administrators more productive and improve the overall

availability of Dell servers. iDRAC alerts administrators to server issues, helps them perform remote server management, and reduces the

need for physical access to the server.

iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller technology is part of a larger data center solution that helps keep business critical applications and

workloads available always. The technology allows administrators to deploy, monitor, manage, congure, update, troubleshoot and remediate

Dell servers from any location, and without the use of agents. It accomplishes this regardless of operating system or hypervisor presence or

state.

Several products work with the iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller to simplify and streamline IT operations, such as:

• Dell Management plug-in for VMware vCenter

• Dell Repository Manager

• Dell Management Packs for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) and Microsoft System Center Conguration

Manager (SCCM)

• BMC Bladelogic

• Dell OpenManage Essentials

• Dell OpenManage Power Center

The iDRAC is available in the following variants:

• Basic Management with IPMI (available by default for 200-500 series servers)

• iDRAC Express (available by default on all 600 and higher series of rack or tower servers, and all blade servers)

• iDRAC Enterprise (available on all server models)

For more information, see the iDRAC Overview and Feature Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.

Topics:

• Benets of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller

• Key features

• New in this release

• How to use this user guide

• Supported web browsers

• Supported OS, Hypervisors

• Managing licenses

• Licensed features in iDRAC7 and iDRAC8

• Interfaces and protocols to access iDRAC

• iDRAC port information

• Other documents you may need

• Social media reference

• Contacting Dell

• Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site

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