Users Guide

Feature iDRAC9
Basic
iDRAC9
Express
iDRAC9 Express for
Blades
iDRAC9 Enterprise
Out of Band Performance
Monitoring
No No No Yes
Alerts for excessive SSD wear
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Customizable settings for Exhaust
Temperature
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Update
Remote agent-free update
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Embedded update tools
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sync with repository (scheduled
updates)
No No No Yes
Auto-update
No No No Yes
Improved PSU firmware updates Yes Yes Yes Yes
Deployment and Configuration
Local configuration via F10 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Embedded OS deployment tools
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Embedded configuration tools
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Auto-Discovery
No Yes Yes Yes
Remote OS deployment
No Yes Yes Yes
Embedded driver pack
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Full configuration inventory
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Inventory export
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Remote configuration
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Zero-touch configuration
No No No Yes
System Retire/Repurpose
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Server Configuration Profile in GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes
Diagnostics, Service, and Logging
Embedded diagnostic tools
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Part Replacement
No Yes Yes Yes
NOTE: After performing part replacement on RAID hardware, once the process is complete for replacing firmware and
configuration, Lifecycle Logs reports double part replacement entries which is expected behavior.
Server Configuration Backup
No No No Yes
Easy Restore (system
configuration)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
24 Overview