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Feature iDRAC8 Basic iDRAC8 Express iDRAC8 Express
for Blades
iDRAC8 Enterprise
Crash screen capture No Yes Yes Yes
Crash video capture No No No Yes
Boot capture No No No Yes
Manual reset for iDRAC Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual NMI Yes Yes Yes Yes
OS watchdog Yes Yes Yes Yes
Embedded Health Report Yes Yes Yes Yes
System Event Log Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lifecycle Log Yes Yes Yes Yes
Work notes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Remote Syslog No No No Yes
License management Yes Yes Yes Yes
[1] Not available with blade servers.
[2] 500 series and lower rack and tower servers require a hardware card to enable this feature; this
hardware is offered at additional cost.
[3] Requires vFlash SD card media.
Interfaces and Protocols to Access iDRAC
The following table lists the interfaces to access iDRAC.
NOTE: Using more than one interface at the same time may generate unexpected results.
Table 2. Interfaces and Protocols to Access iDRAC
Interface or
Protocol
Description
iDRAC Settings
Utility
Use the iDRAC Settings utility to perform pre-OS operations. It has a subset of the
features that are available in iDRAC Web interface along with other features.
To access iDRAC Settings utility, press <F2> during boot and then click iDRAC
Settings on the System Setup Main Menu page.
iDRAC Web
Interface
Use the iDRAC Web interface to manage iDRAC and monitor the managed system.
The browser connects to the Web server through the HTTPS port. Data streams
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