Users Guide

Remote Task Type
All Servers (except
ESXi) With Server
Administrator and
Discovered Using
SNMP/WMI
Windows-based
Servers without
Server
Administrator and
discovered using
WMI
Linux-based
Servers without
Server
Administrator and
discovered using
SSH
DRAC/iDRAC
discovered using
IPMI
DRAC/iDRAC
discovered using
SNMP/WS-Man
DRAC/iDRAC is not discovered Server operating system is not
discovered
Create F/W &
Driver Inventory
task
Not supported Supported Supported Not supported Not supported
The following table lists the device discovery requirements for the iDRAC Service Module deployment task. To deploy the iDRAC
Service Module, the server and the iDRAC must discovered using the appropriate protocols specied. For example, to deploy the
iDRAC Service Module on a Windows-based server running Server Administrator that is discovered using SNMP/WMI, the iDRAC
must be discovered using SNMP/WS-Man.
Table 242. Discovery Requirements for the iDRAC Service Module
Remote Task Type
Server/in-band discovery iDRAC/out-of-
band discovery
All Windows-based
Servers With
Server
Administrator and
Discovered Using
SNMP/WMI
All Windows-based
Servers With
Server
Administrator and
Discovered Using
WMI
Linux-based
Servers With
Server
Administrator and
discovered using
SNMP/SSH
Linux-based
Servers With
Server
Administrator and
discovered using
SSH
DRAC/iDRAC
discovered using
SNMP/WS-Man
iDRAC Service
Module deployment
task
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
Device capabilities for a server or DRAC/iDRAC device are populated during discovery and is leveraged by remote tasks to determine
applicable targets for each task type. The capability is populated based on the following parameters:
• Protocol used to discover the server and DRAC/iDRAC. For example, IPMI, SNMP, and so on.
• If Server Administrator is installed on the server.
• Settings enabled on the DRAC/iDRAC.
Selecting the Enable All check box allows you to override device capability and allows all the available devices for selection as task
targets.
The following device capability matrix provides information about the type of remote tasks supported on devices when the device
capabilities are overridden.
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