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Features
iDRAC8
Basic
iDRAC9
Basic
iDRAC8
Express
iDRAC9
Express
iDRAC8
Express for
Blades
iDRAC9
Express
for Blades
iDRAC8
Enterprise
iDRAC9
Enterprise
VNC connection to OS
No
No No No No No Yes Yes
Quality/bandwidth control
No
No No No No No Yes Yes
Virtual Console
collaboration—6 users
No
No No No No No Yes Yes
Virtual Console chat No
No No No No No Yes Yes
Virtual Flash partitions
No
No No No No No Yes Yes
Group manager
No
No No No No No No Yes
HTTP/HTTPS support
along with NFS/CIFS
No Yes No Yes No
Yes No Yes
Power and Thermal
Real-time power meter
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power thresholds & alerts
No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Real-time power graphing
No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Historical power counters
No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power capping
No
No No No No No Yes Yes
Power Center integration
No
No No No No No Yes Yes
Temperature monitoring
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Temperature graphing
No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Health Monitoring
Predictive failure
monitoring
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SNMPv1, v2 and v3—traps
and gets
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Email alerting
No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Configurable
thresholds
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Fan monitoring
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power Supply monitoring
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Memory monitoring Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CPU monitoring
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RAID monitoring
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NIC monitoring
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
HD monitoring—enclosure
Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Out of Band Performance
Monitoring
No
No No No No No Yes Yes
Alerts for excessive SSD
wear
No Yes No Yes No
Yes No Yes
