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Dell Technologies is a multinational technology company that emerged from the merger of Dell and EMC Corporation in September 2016.

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The Evolution of Dell iDRAC

Graham
Dell iDRAC, or Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller, is a hardware and software solution for out-of-band management of Dell PowerEdge servers. The iDRAC is designed for secure local and remote server management, which allows IT administrators to deploy, update, monitor, and maintain Dell PowerEdge servers from any location, without requiring...
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Dell iDRAC7 – Record boot process to video file

Graham
Everyone has been around for the aftermath of a server crashing. Usually servers are configured to reboot automatically after a crash caused by a power failure for example. Sometimes you don't know the cause. iDRAC7 to the rescue! - Now you can set the iDRAC to record the boot process...
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Dell iDRAC Automation with RACADM

Graham
Since as far back as I can remember, Dell have made available a CLI for their iDRACs. This means we can easily automate the configuration of the Dell iDRAC remotely. This is key for a number of reasons: Speed of server deployment. We can deploy servers much faster by automating...
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Dell PowerEdge Range – Naming scheme

Graham
Dell PowerEdge has been a main competitor in the server compute market for some years. Support for VMware's ESXi Hypervisor is forever strong and the HCL always updated. Support for the latest generation CPUs is always included with new releases and the online customization tool is a real selling point...
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Dell and EMC Merge into Dell EMC

Graham
Since I started working in IT I've always had a preference for Dell for compute and EMC for storage. Why? Probably because I was first introduced to the Dell Server range before HP and Cisco etc, I liked their build quality and logical placement of components. Furthermore I got hands...