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Table 6. BIOS and iDRAC requirements for cloud server (continued)

Model BIOS iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller

C4130 1.0.2 2.50.50.50 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

C6525 1.0.0 or later 3.42.42.42 or later

Supported features on PowerEdge servers

The following features are supported on the hosts that are managed by OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter:

Table 7. Supported features on PowerEdge servers

Features 12G and 13G iDRAC9-based Servers

Hardware Inventory Y Y

Events and Alarms Y (SNMP v1 and v2) Y (SNMP v1 and v2)

Component wise Health Monitoring

Y Y

BIOS/Firmware Updates

Y Y

Proactive HA Y Y

Warranty Information Y Y

Management Compliance Y Y

Configuration Compliance Y Y

Auto/Manual discovery of bare-metal

server

Y Y

Bare-Metal compliance Y Y

Hardware Configuration Y Y

OS Deployment Y Y

Blink Server LED Y Y

View/Clear SEL logs Y Y

Link and Launch iDRAC Y Y

iDRAC reset Y Y

System Lockdown Mode N Y

System Profile Y Y

Cluster Profile Y Y

Host management using unified chassis IP N Y

Support for OEM server Y

vSphere Lifecycle Manager Y

* In Cloud with model number C6320, health monitoring is not supported for the mezzanine cards.

# In Cloud with model number C6320, firmware updates are not supported for the mezzanine cards.

@ Applicable only for an MX chassis host. Inventory, monitoring, Proactive HA, and firmware update features are supported.

~ Supported only for Rack servers.

^ Only platforms certified for vSphere 7.0 and 7.0 U1

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