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Ironic supports the following hardware types that are shown in the following table for managing PowerEdge servers.
Hardware type |
Comment |
ipmi |
Basic features. Supported by the community. |
redfish |
In active development, with additional features added. Supported by the community. |
idrac |
More features and latest enhancements. Can be configured to use either the WS-Man or Redfish protocol, or a mix of the two per server, for managing a server through its iDRAC. Supported by Dell Technologies. |
The following table compares the benefits of using either the WS-Man or Redfish protocols with the iDRAC driver.
Protocol |
Benefits |
WS-Man |
Extended support for deploying nodes using WS-Man, including:
|
Redfish |
Basic support for deploying nodes using Redfish, including:
Advanced support for deploying nodes using Redfish, including:
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NOTE: The iDRAC driver team is working on upgrading Redfish support to reach parity with WS-Man support. New features only support Redfish.