Dell PowerEdge R630 Technical Manual

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42 PowerEdge R630 Technical Guideportfolio and works as a stand-alone or in conjunction with other components such asOpenManage Essentials, OpenManage Mobile, OpenManage Power Center, Chassis ManagementController, and OpenManage Integrations for Microsoft, VMware and BMC consoles to simplify,automate and streamline IT operations.Table 26 describes some of the iDRAC8 features. For more iDRAC8 features, see the “IntroducingiDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller for Dell 13th Generation PowerEdge Servers” white paper.Table 26. iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefitsFeature Function BenefitOut of band(OOB)iDRAC8 offers real-time OOBdiscovery, inventory, deploymentmonitoring, alerting and updates forservers, factory-installed peripheralsand internal storageManage servers independently fromhypervisor/OS type or status. Allows forbare-metal deployment and monitoring.Email alertsSimplified, more informative, andexpanded coverage than previousversions of iDRACMore detail allows IT administrators to bemore efficient in diagnosing and remediatingan issue; alerts include a direct, embeddedURL in the email notification to further speedresolutionvFlash mediaEnabled with iDRAC8 Enterprise,vFlash or virtual flash allows the userto store CD, floppy and hard driveimages directly on the iDRAC8. Userscan store emergency boot images,diagnostic tools, or anything else thatcan fit in a 4GB partition. Users cancreate up to 16 partitions.Administrators can use virtual flash to housea persistent image for future general oremergency use without relying on networkresources or the constant presence of aclient as with Virtual Media. Content can bestored permanently on vFlash or can bedeleted and added as necessary. This is idealfor customers with slow bandwidthconnections to the DRAC.Enhanced powermanagementIntegration with Intel Node Managerprovides data-center level powermonitoring and capping(requires iDRAC8 Enterprise)Fine tune data center power policies,capping and usage. Report on historicalpower usage by rack, row or room usingPower Center Manager.ElectroniclicensingUpgrades to iDRAC8 Express oriDRAC8 Enterprise by softwarelicensing key and license portalDigital licenses are installed at the Dellfactory; free 30-day trial versions areavailable; Dell uses a license managementportal versus paper-based licenses, whichsimplifies license management.For most server models, embedded servermanagement and electronic licensingenables feature enhancements that do notrequire installation of additional hardware orsystem downtime.