20 iDRAC6 Overview
• Provides support for Microsoft Active Directory authentication —
Centralizes iDRAC6 user IDs and passwords in Active Directory using an
extended schema or a standard schema
• Provides a generic solution to support Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP)-based authentication — This feature does not require
any schema extension on your directory services.
• Monitoring — Provides access to system information and status of
components
• Access to system logs — Provides access to the system event log,
the iDRAC6 log, and the last crash screen of the crashed or unresponsive
system, that is independent of the operating system state
• Dell OpenManage software integration — Enables you to launch the
iDRAC6 Web interface from Dell OpenManage Server Administrator or
Dell OpenManage IT Assistant
• iDRAC6 alert — Alerts you to potential managed node issues through an
e-mail message or SNMP trap
• Remote power management — Provides remote power management
functions, such as shutdown and reset, from a management console
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) support
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption — Provides secure remote system
management through the Web interface
• Password-level security management — Prevents unauthorized access to a
remote system
• Role-based authority — Provides assignable permissions for different
systems management tasks
• IPv6 support — Adds IPv6 support such as providing access to the
iDRAC6 Web interface using an IPv6 address, specifies iDRAC6 NIC IPv6
address, and specifies a destination number to configure an IPv6 SNMP
alert destination.
•WS-MAN support —
Provides network accessible management using
the Web Services for Management (WS-MAN) protocol.
