Support Matrix

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 2.1
The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller(iDRAC) Service Module is a lightweight optional software application that can be installed
on 12
th
generation of Dell PowerEdge servers 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.
Supported Remote Access Controllers and
Solutions for Blade Servers
The following table lists the supported Remote Access Controllers and Solutions for blade servers.
Dell System
DRACs CMC Firmware BMC Firmware
Version
Supported IPMI
Protocol Versions
DRAC Type Supported DRAC
FW version
M1000e CMC VRTX CMC
M600 DRAC 1.65 5.0 N/A N/A
2.0
M605 DRAC 1.65 5.0 N/A N/A
2.0
M805 DRAC 1.65 5.0 N/A N/A
2.0
M905 DRAC 1.65 5.0 N/A N/A
2.0
M610 iDRAC6 3.65 5.0 N/A N/A
2.0
M610x iDRAC6 3.65 5.0 N/A N/A
2.0
M710 iDRAC6 3.65 5.0 N/A N/A
2.0
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