Dell BMC FAQ September 2015 Dell | Datacenter Scalable Solutions
What is Dell BMC? Dell Baseboard Management Controller is a simplified remote management solution utilized on the DSS 1500 / 1510 / 2500 products. It is standards based: IPMI 2.0, and DCMI 1.5 compliant. What is the difference between Dell BMC & iDRAC? Dell BMC is based on iDRAC 8, supporting an optimized for Hyperscale, set of features from iDRAC. Specifically Dell BMC supports Virtual KVM & Media, while the Lifecycle Controller Pre-Boot environment has been removed.
Feature Comparison Dell BMC iDRAC Basic iDRAC Express iDRAC Enterprise Interfaces / Standards IPMI 2.0 DCMI 1.
Directory services (AD, LDAP) Two-factor authentication Single sign-on PK authentication Remote Presence Power control Boot control Serial-over-LAN Virtual Media Virtual Folders Remote File Share Virtual Console VNC connection to OS Quality/bandwidth control Virtual Console collaboration (6 users) Virtual Console chat Virtual Flash partitions Power and Thermal Real-time power meter Power thresholds & alerts Real-time power graphing Historical power counters Power capping Power Center integration Temperatu
Configurable thresholds Fan monitoring Power Supply monitoring Memory monitoring CPU monitoring RAID monitoring (PERC) NIC monitoring HD monitoring (enclosure) Out of Band Performance Monitoring Update Remote agent-free update Embedded update tools Sync with repository (scheduled updates) Auto-update Deployment and Configuration Embedded OS deployment tools Embedded configuration tools Auto-Discovery Remote OS deployment Embedded driver pack Full configuration inventory Inventory export Remote configurati
Health LED / LCD Quick Sync (require NFC bezel) iDRAC Direct (front USB mgmt port) iDRAC Service Module (iSM) Embedded Tech Support Report Crash screen capture Crash video capture Boot capture Manual reset for iDRAC Virtual NMI OS watchdog Embedded Health Report System Event Log Lifecycle Log Work notes Remote Syslog License management
