Users Guide

Feature iDRAC8 Basic iDRAC8 Express iDRAC8 Express
for Blades
iDRAC8 Enterprise
License management Yes Yes Yes Yes
[1] Not available with blade servers.
[2] 500 series and lower rack and tower servers require a hardware card to enable this feature; this
hardware is offered at additional cost.
[3] Requires vFlash SD card media.
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.
RACADM Use this command line utility to perform iDRAC and server management. You can
use RACADM locally and remotely.
• Local RACADM command line interface runs on the managed systems that
have Server Administrator installed. Local RACADM communicates with iDRAC
through its in-band IPMI host interface. Since it is installed on the local
managed system, users are required to log in to the operating system to run
this utility. A user must have a full administrator privilege or be a root user to
use this utility.
• Remote RACADM is a client utility that runs on a management station. It uses
the out-of-band network interface to run RACADM commands on the
managed system and uses the HTTPs channel. The –r option runs the RACADM
command over a network.
• Firmware RACADM is accessible by logging in to iDRAC using SSH or telnet.
You can run the firmware RACADM commands without specifying the iDRAC
IP, user name, or password.
• You do not have to specify the iDRAC IP, user name, or password to run the
firmware RACADM commands. After you enter the RACADM prompt, you can
directly run the commands without the racadm prefix.
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