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While the generic Ironic IPMI and Redfish drivers can be used to manage Dell EMC hardware, the Ironic iDRAC driver provides more features and flexibility.
As the industry transitions to Redfish, the Ironic iDRAC driver is transitioning to Redfish as well. The iDRAC driver now enables operators to select using the Redfish protocol for some Ironic interfaces, while using the existing WS-Man protocol for other Ironic interfaces. Operators can start using Redfish while still retaining access to the extended WS-Man RAID and BIOS configuration capabilities.
Future releases of the iDRAC driver will upgrade Redfish support to parity with WS-Man support.