iDRAC features and comparison
This table shows features by license. The R740xd2 ships with iDRAC9 Express. The iDRAC9 Enterprise license is available for an
additional fee.
NOTE: The features listed in bold in the below table are new for iDRAC9.
Features iDRAC9 Basic iDRAC9 Express iDRAC9 Express for
Blades
iDRAC9 Enterprise
Interface/Standards
Redsh Yes Yes Yes Yes
IPMI 2.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes
DCMI 1.5 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Web-based GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes
Racadm command line—local/
remote
Yes Yes Yes Yes
SMASH-CLP—SSH-only Yes Yes Yes Yes
Telnet Yes Yes Yes Yes
SSH Yes Yes Yes Yes
Serial redirection Yes Yes Yes Yes
WSMAN Yes Yes Yes Yes
Network Time Protocol No Yes Yes Yes
Connectivity
Shared NIC Yes Yes N/A Yes
Dedicated NIC Yes Yes Yes Yes
VLAN tagging Yes Yes Yes Yes
IPv4 Yes Yes Yes Yes
IPv6 Yes Yes Yes Yes
DHCP (new default; no static IP) Yes Yes Yes Yes
DHCP with Zero Touch No No No Yes
Dynamic DNS Yes Yes Yes Yes
OS pass-through Yes Yes Yes Yes
iDRAC Direct-Front panel USB Yes Yes Yes Yes
Connection View Yes Yes Yes Yes
NFS v4 Yes Yes Yes Yes
NTLM v1 and NTLM v2 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Security
Role-based authority Yes Yes Yes Yes
Local users Yes Yes Yes Yes
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