Users Guide

16 Introduction
Dell Remote Access Controller Console
The Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) console is a management station
software designed to provide remote management capabilities for your
Dell systems. You can remotely connect to the RAC hardware and access the
following RAC features either by using a Web browser or the racadm CLI:
• Hardware sensor monitors, such as temperature, voltage, and fans
• Access to hardware and alert logs
• Ability to generate alerts, even when the system is down
• Remote system power up and power down
• Remote floppy boot operations
See the Dell Remote Access Controller 4 User’s Guide, Dell Remote Access
Controller 5 User’s Guide, or Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s
Guide
for more information.
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Management Utility
The BMC Management Utility provides a command line based remote
management application to manage all supported BMC functions. Use the
BMC Management Utility to manage a BMC from a remote management
station, and as a managed system's emergency management console.
This utility gives you the option of using a command line interface (either
Intelligent Platform Management Interface [IPMI shell] or a Serial-Over-LAN
proxy [SOL Proxy]) to access and manage the BMC.
The BMC monitors the system for critical events by communicating with
various sensors on the system board and sending alerts and logs events when
certain parameters exceed their preset thresholds. The BMC supports the
industry-standard IPMI specification, enabling you to configure, monitor, and
recover systems remotely.
The BMC provides the following features:
• Management access through the system's serial port and integrated NIC
• Fault logging and SNMP alerting
• Access to the system event log (SEL) and sensor status
• System function controls, including power on and off
• Support that is independent of the system's power or operating state