Administrator Guide

RACADM is supported by iDRAC and by the Chassis Management Controller of the M1000e, VRTX, and FX2 modular systems.
Local and remote RACADM is supported on Windows Server, the Windows clients, and on Red Hat, SuSe, and Ubuntu Linux.
Using a text-based interface for all iDRAC functions, RACADM supports the viewing and changing of all server attributes. This
includes BIOS, iDRAC, PERC, NIC, and HBA settings as well as server cooling and power-status and settings. RACADM also
supports profile-based server configuration management, detailed hardware and firmware inventory, and access to server logs.
For more information, see the RACADM command line Reference Guide for iDRAC and RACADM command line Reference Guide
for CMC available at https://www.dell.com/manuals.
OpenManage RESTful APIs
There is a strong need for well-supported APIs for minimizing or eliminating human errors from operational processes which
drive innovation since it reduces TCO and frees up resources, for rapid scale up and down of the infrastructure based on the
organizational needs by creating replicable scripting and DevOps, for integrating new solutions to the existing ones and also
managing a heterogenous HW environment.
To achieve this flexibility, scalability, consistency, and unified experience OpenManage products support northbound RESTful
APIs.
The embedded management APIs or the iDRAC APIs are conformant to the Redfish DMTF standards and are responsible for
automating end to end server management functionalities. Other value added capabilities like Telemetry streaming, and Server
configuration Profiles use the Dell Proprietary RESTful APIs.
The console APIs for OpenManage Enterprise and all the plugins to OME like PowerManager Plugin or the SupportAssist
Enterprise Plugin or the Update Manager Plugin and also the OpenManage Enterprise Modular and OMIVV products are modeled
after the Redfish standards and are Dell proprietary RESTful APIs.
GitHub Scripting Libraries
To help in automating system management tasks and simplify API integration, Dell EMC provides the PowerShell and Python
libraries and script examples using the OpenManage RESTful APIs and iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish and WSMan interfaces.
These libraries and examples are available in the Dell GitHub repository at https://www.github.com/dell. The iDRAC pages offer
a library of technical white papers detailing the use of the embedded management APIs. For more information, see https://
www.dell.com/support/article/sln311300 and https://www.dell.com/support/article/sln311809.
Integration With Third-Party Consoles
The Dell integrations are:
● Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
● Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) for System Center Configuration Manager
● Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
● Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) for System Center Virtual Machine Manager
● Dell EMC Server PRO Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
● Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
● Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter (OMIVV)
● Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with ServiceNow
● BMC Software
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center
(OMIMSSC) for System Center Operations Manager(SCOM)
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System (OMIMSSC) for System Center Operations Manager(SCOM)
appliance, the Dell EMC Server Management Pack suite helps you to discover, monitor, and accurately depict the status on
a defined network segment in agent-free and agent-based approach.
● Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers, Integrated Dell Remote Access Controllers (iDRAC)
● Dell EMC Chassis Management Controller (CMC)
● OpenManage Enterprise - Modular Edition (OME-M)
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