Table 7. iDRAC feature comparison
Features iDRAC8
Basic
iDRAC9
Basic
iDRAC8
Express
iDRAC9
Express
iDRAC8
Express for
Blades
iDRAC9
Express
for Blades
iDRAC8
Enterprise
iDRAC9
Enterprise
Interface/Standards
Redsh Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IPMI 2.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DCMI 1.5 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Web-based GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Racadm command line—
local/remote
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SMASH-CLP—SSH-only Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Telnet Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SSH Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Serial redirection Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WSMAN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Network Time Protocol No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Connectivity
Shared NIC Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A N/A Yes Yes
Dedicated NIC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
VLAN tagging Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IPv4 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IPv6 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DHCP (new default; no
static IP)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DHCP with Zero Touch No No No No No No No Yes
Dynamic DNS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
OS pass-through Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
iDRAC Direct-Front panel
USB
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Connection View No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
NFS v4 No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
NTLM v1 and NTLM v2 No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Security
Role-based authority Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Local users Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SSL encryption Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IP blocking No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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