iDRAC6

The Integrated Dell™ Remote Access Controller6 (iDRAC6) is a systems management hardware and software solution that provides remote management capabilities, crashed system recovery, and power control functions for Dell PowerEdge™ systems.

The iDRAC6 uses an integrated System-on-Chip microprocessor for the remote monitor/control system. The iDRAC6 co-exists on the system board with the managed PowerEdge server. The server operating system is concerned with executing applications; the iDRAC6 is concerned with monitoring and managing the server's environment and state outside of the operating system.

You can configure the iDRAC6 to send you an e-mail or Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap alert for warnings or errors. To help you diagnose the probable cause of a system crash, iDRAC6 can log event data and capture an image of the screen when it detects that the system has crashed.

The iDRAC6 network interface is enabled with a static IP address of 192.168.0.120 by default. It must be configured before the iDRAC6 is accessible. After the iDRAC6 is configured on the network, it can be accessed at its assigned IP address with the iDRAC6 Web interface, Telnet, or Secure Shell (SSH), and supported network management protocols, such as Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI).

iDRAC6 Express Management Features

The iDRAC6 Express provides the following management features:

• Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) registration
• Remote system management and monitoring using a Web interface and the SM-CLP command line over a serial, Telnet, or SSH connection
• Support for Microsoft® Active Directory® authentication — Centralizes iDRAC6 user IDs and passwords in Active Directory using an extended schema or a standard schema
• Monitoring — Provides access to system information and status of components 
• Access to system logs — Provides access to the system event log, the iDRAC6 log, and the last crash screen of the crashed or unresponsive system, that is independent of the operating system state
• Dell OpenManage™ software integration — Enables you to launch the iDRAC6 Web interface from Dell OpenManage Server Administrator or Dell OpenManage IT Assistant
• iDRAC6 alert — Alerts you to potential managed node issues through an e-mail message or SNMP trap
• Remote power management — Provides remote power management functions, such as shutdown and reset, from a management console
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) support
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption — Provides secure remote system management through the Web interface
• Password-level security management — Prevents unauthorized access to a remote system
• Role-based authority — Provides assignable permissions for different systems management tasks
• IPv6 support — Adds IPv6 support such as providing access to the iDRAC6 Web interface using an IPv6 address, specifies iDRAC6 NIC IPv6 address, and specifies a destination number to configure an IPv6 SNMP alert destination.
• WS-MAN support — Provides network accessible management using the Web Services for Management (WS-MAN) protocol.
• SM-CLP support — Adds Server Management-Command Line Protocol (SM-CLP) support, which provides standards for systems management CLI implementations.
• Firmware rollback and recovery — Allows you to boot from (or rollback to) the firmware image of your choice.

Source: Dell.com