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Ironic supports the following hardware types that are shown in Table 2 for managing Dell EMC server hardware.
Hardware type |
Comment |
ipmi |
Fewest features. |
redfish |
More features. In active development, new features being added. |
idrac |
Most features. Can be configured to use WS-Man, Redfish, or a mix of the two per server. |
Table 3 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:
|
Note: The iDRAC driver team is working on upgrading Redfish support to parity with WS-Man support. New features only support Redfish.