API Guide

Overview

The Redsh Scalable Platforms Management API is a standard dened by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). Redsh is a

next-generation systems management interface standard, which enables scalable, secure, and open server management. It is a new

interface that uses RESTful interface semantics to access data that is dened in model format to perform out-of-band systems

management. It is suitable for a wide range of servers ranging from stand-alone servers to rack mount and bladed environments and for

large scale cloud environments.

Dell PowerEdge servers oer a comprehensive range of embedded systems management functions enabled by the Integrated Dell Remote

Access Controler (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller. These functions are designed by adhering industry standard application programming

interfaces (APIs) including Redsh.

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 an operating system or a

Hypervisor presence or state.

This document provides a brief overview on Redsh and information on various aspects of Redsh protocol, supported schema, and

Redsh Eventing implemented in iDRAC. It also provides guidelines for using the Dell Redsh APIs.

Topics:

• New in this release

• Benets

• Key technologies

• Other documents you may need

New in this release

• Support for Redsh specication v1.0.2.

• Added Redsh support for storage inventory and monitoring.

• Added Redsh support for network inventory and monitoring.

• Added Redsh support for memory (DIMMs) inventory and statistics.

• Added Redsh support for Update Service.

Benets

Redsh is a new global standard for open server management. It has the capabilities to support single servers, converged infrastructure,

and hyper—scale architecture. It provides the following benets over existing server management methods:

• Increased simplicity and usability

• High data security

• Programmable interface that can be easily scripted

• Widely-used standard

6 Overview