Administrator Guide

iDRAC9 — Server industry leading Embedded Management solution
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2.5 iDRAC Agent free management
Dell EMC provides the option to for complete real-time agent free management of server. This means that no
agents must be installed in the operating system or hypervisor for complete monitoring and management of
the components. iDRAC uses Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP), a low-level protocol used
to inventory, monitoring, and configuration of hardware components like storage controllers and network
cards. MCTP is an industry standard protocol that the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)
maintains. The iDRAC provides user an ability to deploy, update, configure, and monitor various devices and
functions such as:
• Temperatures
• CPUs
• Memory
• Fans
• Power supplies and voltages
• System information
o BIOS
o Operating system
o Name
o Model
• RAID controllers and battery charges
• HBAs
• Network Controllers
• Hard Disks
o SAS/SATA HDDs
o SAS/SATA/PCIe SSDs
o NVMe SSDs