Which two iDRAC license types allow for the use of the virtual console? (Select 2)

The iDRAC Virtual Console provides remote access to the server's video, keyboard, and mouse, enabling full graphical control. This feature is considered an advanced remote presence capability. According to Dell's licensing model, the Virtual Console is available starting with the iDRAC Enterprise license. The iDRAC Datacenter license is a superset of the Enterprise license, inheriting all its features, including the Virtual Console, while adding advanced capabilities like telemetry streaming and thermal management. Therefore, both Enterprise and Datacenter licenses permit the use of the virtual console.

A. iDRAC Basic: This license offers only fundamental, non-remote-presence management such as power cycling and health status monitoring via IPMI, but lacks the virtual console.

C. iDRAC Express: This license adds features like the web GUI and remote OS installation support but does not include the interactive virtual console or virtual media features.

1. Dell Technologies White Paper: iDRAC9 Licensing. (September 2023). See Table 1

"iDRAC9 feature and license comparison

" page 5. This table explicitly shows the "Virtual Console" feature is available for "Enterprise" and "Datacenter" licenses but not for "Basic" or "Express".

2. Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) 11 User's Guide: iDRAC license determination. Section: "iDRAC licenses". This guide states

"The iDRAC Enterprise license includes all the features of Express and also enables features such as virtual console

virtual media

and other advanced features." This confirms that Virtual Console is an Enterprise-level feature.

3. Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 (iDRAC9) Version 7.00.00.00 User's Guide: Managing Licenses. Section: "Upgrading the iDRAC license". The document notes that upgrading to Enterprise or Datacenter is required to enable advanced features

with Virtual Console being a primary example of such a feature.