Dell Remote Assistant Card discovery

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated March 11, 2026
  • 1 minute to read

    • The Dell™ Remote Assistant Card (DRAC) and Integrated Remote Assistance Card (iDRAC) provide users with tools and functionality to monitor, troubleshoot, and repair servers. You can generate DNS URLs to access out-of-band devices when security prevents access from IP addresses.

    To identify the DRAC, Discovery uses the SNMP – DRAC probe. This probe uses SNMPv1 and SMNPv2c. Out-of-band devices have a dedicated management channel for device maintenance. System administrators can remotely monitor and manage devices with the dedicated management channel, including hardware sensor monitoring, access to local media drives, or adjusting BIOS settings. DNS URLs can be generated for out-of-band devices to access the out-of-band device page when the SSL certificate forbids navigating through the IP address.

    Prerequisites

    Create SNMP credentials
    SNMP credentials are required to discover DRAC devices. For more information, see SNMP credentials.
    Run network discovery
    For information on configuring and running network discovery to discover DRAC devices, see Run network Discovery.

    Data collected

    Table 1. Data collected by Discovery for Dell DRAC
    Label Table Name Command
    Firmware version cmdb_ci_outofband_device firmware_version SNMP walk: drsFirmwareVersion (racFirmwareVersion for iDRAC7)
    Host * cmdb_ci_outofband_device host SNMP walk: drsSystemServiceTag (systemServiceTag for iDRAC7)
    IP Address cmdb_ci_outofband_device ip_address DNS probe
    Name cmdb_ci_outofband_device name SNMP Identity probe
    Product version cmdb_ci_outofband_device product_version SNMP walk: drsProductVersion (racVersion for iDRAC7)
    Type cmdb_ci_outofband_device type SNMP walk: drsProductType (racType for iDRAC7)
    URL cmdb_ci_outofband_device url SNMP walk: drsProductURL (racURL for iDRAC7)
    * Host is a reference to the cmdb_ci_computer table via the serial number. For the cmdb_ci_outofband_device.host field to be populated correctly, the host machine must be discoverable or exist within the CMDB with the appropriate serial number.

    Out-of-band devices

    A DNS URL is generated for configuration items in the Out-Of-Band Device list if the configuration item has a Name and DNS Domain. The DNS URL enables you to access the out-of-band device page when the SSL certificate forbids navigating through the IP URL. The DNS URL has the format https://Name.DNS_Domain. If either the Name or DNS Domain field is empty, the DNS URL contains the value in the URL field.