Administrator Guide

15. Click Remediate and follow the instructions once the staging is completed.

Server Administrator installation is complete.

16. Reboot the host.

NOTE: For more information on VMWare Update Manager, see the VMWare official website.

NOTE: You can install Server Administrator from the VUM repository https://vmwaredepot.dell.com/.

Using The Power CLI

To install the iDRAC Service Module using Power CLI:

1. Install the supported PowerCLI of ESXi on Windows System.

2. Copy the ISM-Dell-Web-1.0.0-<bldno>.VIB-<version>i.zip file to the ESXi host.

3. Navigate to the bin directory.

4. Run Connect-VIServer and provide the server and other credentials.

5. Log on to the ESXi host using supported vSphere CLI of ESXi 5.1 or ESXi 5.5 and create a datastore.

6. Create a folder ISM-Dell-Web-1.0.0-<bldno>.VIB-<version>I on ESXi 5.1 or ESXi 5.5 host under /vmfs/volumes/

<datastore_name> directory.

7. Copy the ESXi zip file on ESXi 5.0 U1 host to /vmfs/volumes/<datastore_name>ISM-Dell-Web-1.0.0-<bldno>.VIB-

<version>I directory.

8. Unzip the zip file in the above specified directory.

9. Run the following command in Power CLI Install-VMHostPatch -VMHost <VMHost I.P address>-

HostPath /vmfs/volumes/<datastore_name>name>/ISM-Dell-Web-1.0.0-<bldno>.VIB-

<version>i/ cross_oem-dell-iSM-esxi_1.0.ESXi510-0000-metadata.zip for ESXi 5.1.

Install-VMHostPatch -VMHost 10.94.171.97 - HostPath /vmfs/volumes/

<datastore_name>name>/ISM-Dell-Web-1.0.0-<bldno>.VIB-<version>i/ cross_oem-

dell-iSM-esxi_1.0.ESXi550-0000-metadata.zip for ESXi 5.5.

10. Reboot the ESXi host.

11. Run the following command to check if the iDRAC Service Module is installed successfully on the host. esxcli

software vib list|grep -i open.

12. iDRAC Service Module is displayed.

NOTE: For more information on Power CLI, see the VMWare official website.