Install Guide

Server Minimum Version
T440 1.0.0 or later
R540 1.0.0 or later
FC640 1.0.0 or later
R6415 1.0.0 or later
R7425 1.0.0 or later
R7415 1.0.0 or later
Table 6. iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller for deployment
Generation Version
iDRAC Lifecycle Controller
PowerEdge 11th generation servers 3.35 for Modular, 1.85 for Rack or Tower 1.5.2 or later
PowerEdge 12th generation servers 1.00.0 or later 1.0.0.3017 or later
PowerEdge 13th generation servers 2.30.30.30 or later 2.30.30.30 or later
PowerEdge 14th generation servers 3.00.00.00 and later 3.00.00.00 and later
Table 7. BIOS and iDRAC requirements for cloud server
Model BIOS iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
C6320 1.0.2 2.30.30.30 or later
C4130 1.0.2 2.30.30.30 or later
C6420 1.0.0 or later 3.00.00.00 or later
C4140 1.0.0 or later 3.00.00.00 or later
Supported features on PowerEdge servers
The following features are supported on the hosts managed by OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter:
Table 8. Supported features on PowerEdge servers
Resource
Platform
11th 12th and 13th 14th
Hardware Inventory Y Y Y
Events and Alarms Y (SNMP v1 only) Y (SNMP v1 and
v2)
Y (SNMP v1 and v2)
Component wise Health Monitoring
*
Y Y Y
BIOS/Firmware Updates
#
Y Y Y
Proactive HA
$
N Y Y
Warranty Information Y Y Y
Host Compliance Y Y Y
Auto/Manual discovery of bare-metal server Y Y Y
Bare-Metal compliance Y Y Y
Hardware Configuration Y Y Y
Bare-Metal Hypervisor Deployment Y Y Y
Blink Server LED Y Y Y
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