Users Guide

Benets of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
The benets include:
• Increased Availability — Early notication of potential or actual failures that help prevent a server failure or reduce recovery time after
failure.
• Improved Productivity and Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) — Extending the reach of administrators to larger numbers of distant
servers can make IT sta more productive while driving down operational costs such as travel.
• Secure Environment — By providing secure access to remote servers, administrators can perform critical management functions while
maintaining server and network security.
• Enhanced Embedded Management through Lifecycle Controller – Lifecycle Controller provides deployment and simplied serviceability
through Lifecycle Controller GUI for local deployment and Remote Services (WS-Management) interfaces for remote deployment
integrated with Dell OpenManage Essentials and partner consoles.
For more information on Lifecycle Controller GUI, see Lifecycle Controller User’s Guide and for remote services, see Lifecycle Controller
Remote Services User’s Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
Key features
The key features in iDRAC include:
NOTE: Some of the features are available only with iDRAC Enterprise license. For information on the features available for a
license, see Managing licenses.
Inventory and Monitoring
• View managed server health.
• Inventory and monitor network adapters and storage subsystem (PERC and direct attached storage) without any operating system
agents.
• View and export system inventory.
• View sensor information such as temperature, voltage, and intrusion.
• Monitor CPU state, processor automatic throttling, and predictive failure.
• View memory information.
• Monitor and control power usage.
• Support for SNMPv3 gets and alerts.
• For blade servers: launch Chassis Management Controller (CMC) web interface, view CMC information, and WWN/MAC addresses.
NOTE
: CMC provides access to iDRAC through the M1000E Chassis LCD panel and local console connections. For more
information, see Chassis Management Controller User’s Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.
• View network interfaces available on host operating systems.
• View inventory and monitor information and congure basic iDRAC settings using iDRAC Quick Sync feature and a mobile device.
Deployment
• Manage vFlash SD card partitions.
• Congure front panel display settings.
• Manage iDRAC network settings.
• Congure and use virtual console and virtual media.
• Deploy operating systems using remote le share, virtual media, and VMCLI.
• Enable auto-discovery.
• Perform server conguration using the export or import XML prole feature through RACADM and WS-MAN. For more information,
see the Lifecycle Controller Remote Services Quick Start Guide.
• Congure persistence policy for virtual addresses, initiator, and storage targets.
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