Users Guide

Feature Basic
Mana
geme
nt
(iDRA
C7)
iDRAC
8 Basic
iDRAC
7
Expres
s
iDRAC
8
Expres
s
iDRAC
7
Expre
ss for
Blades
iDRAC8
Express
for Blades
iDRAC7
Enterprise
iDRAC8
Enterprise
System Event Log No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lifecycle Log No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Work notes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Remote Syslog No No No No No No Yes Yes
License
management
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
[1] 500 series and lower rack and tower servers require a hardware card to enable this feature; this
hardware is offered at additional cost.
[2] Requires vFlash SD card media.
[3] Remote agent-free update feature is available only using IPMI.
[4] Available only using IPMI.
[5] Requires OMSA agent on target server.
Interfaces and protocols to access iDRAC
The following table lists the interfaces to access iDRAC.
NOTE: Using more than one interface at the same time may generate unexpected results.
Table 2. Interfaces and protocols to access iDRAC
Interface or
Protocol
Description
iDRAC Settings
Utility
Use the iDRAC Settings utility to perform pre-OS operations. It has a subset of the
features that are available in iDRAC web interface along with other features.
To access iDRAC Settings utility, press <F2> during boot and then click iDRAC
Settings on the System Setup Main Menu page.
iDRAC web
Interface
Use the iDRAC web interface to manage iDRAC and monitor the managed system.
The browser connects to the web server through the HTTPS port. Data streams are
encrypted using 128-bit SSL to provide privacy and integrity. Any connection to the
HTTP port is redirected to HTTPS. Administrators can upload their own SSL
certificate through an SSL CSR generation process to secure the web server. The
default HTTP and HTTPS ports can be changed. The user access is based on user
privileges.
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