Feature Comparison
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Dell BMC |
iDRAC Basic |
iDRAC Express |
iDRAC Enterprise |
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Interfaces / Standards |
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IPMI 2.0 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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DCMI 1.5 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Web-based GUI |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Racadm command line (local/remote) |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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SMASH-CLP (SSH-only) |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Telnet |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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SSH |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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WSMAN |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Network Time Protocol |
P |
P |
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Connectivity |
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Shared NIC |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Dedicated NIC (with Ports card) |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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VLAN tagging |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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IPv4 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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IPv6 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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DHCP |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Dynamic DNS |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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OS pass-through |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Front panel USB |
P |
P |
P |
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Security |
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Role-based authority |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Local users |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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SSL encryption |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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IP blocking |
P |
P |
P |
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Directory services (AD, LDAP) |
P |
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Two-factor authentication |
P |
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Single sign-on |
P |
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PK authentication |
P |
P |
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Remote Presence |
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Power control |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Boot control |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Serial-over-LAN |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Virtual Media |
P |
P |
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Virtual Folders |
P |
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Remote File Share |
P |
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Virtual Console |
P |
P |
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VNC connection to OS |
P |
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Quality/bandwidth control |
P |
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Virtual Console collaboration (6 users) |
P |
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Virtual Console chat |
P |
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Virtual Flash partitions |
P |
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Power and Thermal |
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Real-time power meter |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Power thresholds & alerts |
P |
P |
P |
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Real-time power graphing |
P |
P |
P |
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Historical power counters |
P |
P |
P |
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Power capping |
P |
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Power Center integration |
P |
P |
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Temperature monitoring |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Temperature graphing |
P |
P |
P |
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Health Monitoring |
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Full agent-free monitoring |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Predictive failure monitoring |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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SNMPv1, v2 and v3 (traps and gets) |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Email alerting |
P |
P |
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Configurable thresholds |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Fan monitoring |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Power Supply monitoring |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Memory monitoring |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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CPU monitoring |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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RAID monitoring (PERC) |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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NIC monitoring |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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HD monitoring (enclosure) |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Out of Band Performance Monitoring |
P |
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Update |
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Remote agent-free update |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Embedded update tools |
P |
P |
P |
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Sync with repository (scheduled updates) |
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P |
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Auto-update |
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P |
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Deployment and Configuration |
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Embedded OS deployment tools |
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P |
P |
P |
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Embedded configuration tools |
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P |
P |
P |
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Auto-Discovery |
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P |
P |
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Remote OS deployment |
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P |
P |
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Embedded driver pack |
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P |
P |
P |
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Full configuration inventory |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Inventory export |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Remote configuration |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Zero-touch configuration |
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P |
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System Retire/Repurpose |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Diagnostics, Service and Logging |
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Embedded diagnostic tools |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Part Replacement |
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P |
P |
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Server Configuration Backup |
Via Scripting |
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P |
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Server Configuration Restore |
Via Scripting |
P |
P |
P |
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Easy Restore (system configuration) |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Health LED / LCD |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Quick Sync (require NFC bezel) |
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P |
P |
P |
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iDRAC Direct (front USB mgmt port) |
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P |
P |
P |
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iDRAC Service Module (iSM) |
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P |
P |
P |
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Embedded Tech Support Report |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Crash screen capture |
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P |
P |
P |
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Crash video capture |
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P |
P |
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Boot capture |
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P |
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Manual reset for iDRAC |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Virtual NMI |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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OS watchdog |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Embedded Health Report |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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System Event Log |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Lifecycle Log |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Work notes |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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Remote Syslog |
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P |
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License management |
P |
P |
P |
