Features
iDRAC8
Basic
iDRAC9
Basic
iDRAC8
Express
iDRAC9
Express
iDRAC8
Express for
Blades
iDRAC9
Express
for Blades
iDRAC8
Enterprise
iDRAC9
Enterprise
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
Customizable settings for
Exhaust Temperature
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Update
Remote agent-free update
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Embedded update tools
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sync with repository—
scheduled updates
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Auto update
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Improved PSU firmware
updates
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
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