Reference Guide

– xx is the iDRAC firmware version

– yy is the power & thermal table version

– zz is the Lifecycle Controller version

For Dell’s 13th generation of PowerEdge server, the iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller firmware is a single

image.

Auto Discovery

The Auto Discovery option is for customers who have some type of provisioning server already installed

in their data center environment. A provisioning server manages and automates the deployment or

upgrade of an operating system and applications to a Dell PowerEdge server. By enabling Auto Discovery,

the servers will — upon first boot — search for a provisioning server to take control and begin the

automated deployment or update process. Select this option if you want to ensure that this feature is

enabled at the Dell factory. There is no charge to enable Auto Discovery at the time of order.

DHCP

The DHCP option is for customers who have a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server

already installed in their data center environment. The DHCP server automatically assigns the IP address,

gateway, and subnet mask to iDRAC8. Select this option if you want to ensure that this feature is enabled

at the Dell factory. There is no charge to enable DHCP at the time of order.

NOTE: Auto Configuration will be enabled as a one-time activity.

DRAC also logs event data and the most recent crash screen (for systems running the Microsoft Windows

operating system only) to help diagnose the probable cause of a system crash.

For more information, see the Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide or the Integrated Dell Remote

Access Controller User's Guide at dell.com/support/manuals.

Table below “Remote Access Controllers and Solutions for Blade Servers” and Table “For Rack and Tower

Servers” list the following:

• Supported Remote Access Controller versions and firmware for iDRAC8

• Supported Chassis Management Controller versions and firmware

• Supported BMC firmware versions

• Supported IPMI protocol versions

iDRAC Service Module 2.0

The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller(iDRAC) Service Module is a lightweight optional software

application that can be installed on Dell 12G Server or later with minimum Firmware version of 1.57.57 for

iDRAC7 and 2.05.05.05 or later for iDRAC8. The iDRAC Service Module complements iDRAC interfaces –

Graphical User Interface (GUI), RACADM CLI and Web Service Management (WS-MAN) with additional

monitoring data. You can configure the features on the supported operating system depending on the

features to be installed and the unique integration needs in a work environment.

The iDRAC Service Module architecture uses IP socket communication and provides additional Server

Management data (OS/device driver) to iDRAC and presents one-to-many consoles with access to

Systems Management data through OS standard interfaces.