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Operators require some basic information before provisioning Dell EMC server hardware with the Ironic iDRAC driver, including supported hardware, hardware types, and firmware. The terms iDRAC driver, and iDRAC hardware type, are used interchangeably throughout this document.
Note: This document assumes that Ironic has been installed. For information about installing Ironic, see https://docs.openstack.org/ironic/ussuri/install/index.html.