Users Guide

Table 1. Licensed features in iDRAC7 and iDRAC8 (continued)
Feature Basic
Manage
ment
(iDRAC
7)
iDRAC8
Basic
iDRAC7
Express
iDRAC8
Express
iDRAC7
Express
for
Blades
iDRAC8
Express for
Blades
iDRAC7
Enterprise
iDRAC8
Enterprise
Server Configuration
Restore
No No No No No No Yes Yes
Easy Restore (system
configuration)
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Health LED / LCD No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Quick Sync (require NFC
bezel)
No Yes No Yes No N/A No Yes
iDRAC Direct (front USB
management port)
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
iDRAC Service Module
(iSM)
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SupportAssist Collection
(embedded)
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Crash screen capture
5
No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Crash video capture
5
No No No No No No Yes Yes
Boot capture No No No No No No Yes Yes
Manual reset for iDRAC No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Virtual NMI No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
OS watchdog No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Embedded Health
Report
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
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] Requires vFlash SD card media.
[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] Remote agent-free update feature is available only using IPMI.
[4] Available only using IPMI.
[5] Requires OMSA agent on target server.
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