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The<a href="http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/os_to_bmc_passthrough_a_new_chapter_in_system_management.pdf" rel="ugc"> iDrac pass-through allows you to access management protocols and features of the integrated management controller from the server operating system</a>. &nbsp;You wouldn't be able to backup the OS, but could backup the system configuration.
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Thanks, what is the reason for the idrac to os passthrough. In what situations would it need to be used.
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My idrac card has ip 192.168.1.1 and sits on my lan. The actual server OS sits on a segmented network `with IP 10.0.0.1. In this scenario what does the OS to idrac pass through option give me. Could I backup to the 192.168.1.1 from the OS?
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My idrac card has ip 192.168.1.1 and sits on my lan. The actual server OS sits on a segmented network `with IP 10.0.0.1. In this scenario what does the OS to idrac pass through option give me. Could I backup to the 192.168.1.1 from the OS?

The iDrac pass-through allows you to access management protocols and features of the integrated management controller from the server operating system (http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/os_to_bmc_passthrough_a_new_chapter_in_system_management.pdf).  You wouldn&amp;#39;t be able to backup the OS, but could backup the system configuration.

Thanks, what is the reason for the idrac to os passthrough. In what situations would it need to be used.

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