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While the generic Ironic IPMI and Redfish drivers can be used to manage PowerEdge servers, the Ironic iDRAC driver provides additional features and more flexibility.
As the industry transitions to the Redfish protocol, the Ironic iDRAC driver is also transitioning to Redfish. 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 WS-Man.
Future releases of the iDRAC driver will upgrade Redfish support to reach full parity with WS-Man support. New features will only support Redfish.