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Cloud operators must manage bare metal server hardware as it is brought into their environments. Ironic is an open-source project within the OpenStack Foundation that provides all bare metal management needs for all platforms and workloads.
Ironic provides three drivers that can be used to manage Dell EMC hardware:
These drivers have differing capabilities. See Hardware types on page 8 for more information.
The Ironic iDRAC driver is an open source Ironic sub-project that provides extended capabilities for managing Dell EMC hardware beyond that provided by the generic IPMI or Redfish drivers.
The OpenStack Marketplace is a searchable, linked list of drivers that support managing Dell EMC hardware. You can filter your search by OpenStack project, vendor, and/or OpenStack release version.
Dell EMC provides third party continuous integration to ensure that all changes to Ironic work with PowerEdge server hardware.