Install Guide

Contents
1 Introduction..................................................................................................................... 6
New in this release............................................................................................................................................................. 6
iDRAC Service Module monitoring features........................................................................................................................ 6
Operating system information.......................................................................................................................................6
Lifecycle Controller log replication into operating system.............................................................................................. 7
SupportAssist Collection...............................................................................................................................................7
Windows Management Instrumentation Providers........................................................................................................7
SupportAssist Collection...............................................................................................................................................7
Prepare to remove NVMe PCIe SSD device..................................................................................................................7
Remote iDRAC hard reset.............................................................................................................................................8
iDRAC access via Host OS........................................................................................................................................... 8
In-band support for iDRAC SNMP alerts...................................................................................................................... 8
Enable WSMAN Remotely............................................................................................................................................ 8
Supported features — operating systems matrix............................................................................................................... 9
Co-existence of Server Administrator and iDRAC Service Module.................................................................................... 10
Software availability.......................................................................................................................................................... 10
Downloading iDRAC Service Module.................................................................................................................................10
Accessing documents from the support site..................................................................................................................... 10
Software license agreement...............................................................................................................................................11
Other documents you may need........................................................................................................................................ 11
2 Preinstallation setup...................................................................................................... 12
Installation requirements....................................................................................................................................................12
Supported operating systems............................................................................................................................................12
Supported platforms......................................................................................................................................................... 13
System requirements........................................................................................................................................................ 13
3 Installing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems............ 15
Installing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems............................................................... 15
Silent installation......................................................................................................................................................... 16
Modifying the iDRAC Service Module components on Microsoft Windows operating systems......................................... 17
Repairing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems.............................................................. 18
Uninstalling the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems........................................................... 18
Unattended uninstall using the product ID...................................................................................................................18
Uninstalling using the add/remove feature.................................................................................................................. 18
4 Installing iDRAC Service Module on supported Linux operating system.........................20
Preinstallation requirement for Linux operating system.....................................................................................................20
Linux install dependency...................................................................................................................................................20
Installing The iDRAC Service Module on Linux operating system.......................................................................................21
Silent installation......................................................................................................................................................... 21
Uninstalling the iDRAC Service Module on Linux operating system.................................................................................. 22
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