Install Guide
Table Of Contents
- iDRAC Service Module 2.3 Installation Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- New in this release
- iDRAC Service Module monitoring features
- Operating system information
- Lifecycle Controller log replication into operating system
- Automatic system recovery feature
- Windows Management Instrumentation Providers
- Automatic Technical Support Report collection
- Prepare to remove NVMe PCIe SSD device
- Remote iDRAC hard reset
- iDRAC access via Host OS (Experimental Feature)
- In-band support for iDRAC SNMP alerts
- Supported features — operating systems matrix
- Co-existence of Server Administrator and iDRAC Service Module
- Software availability
- Downloading iDRAC Service Module
- Accessing documents from Dell support site
- Software license agreement
- Other documents you may need
- Preinstallation setup
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Modifying the iDRAC Service Module components on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Repairing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Uninstalling the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Installing iDRAC Service Module on supported Linux operating system
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on VMware ESXi
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on Citrix XenServer
- Configuring the iDRAC Service Module
- Frequently asked questions
- Linux installer packages
Preinstallation setup
Ensure that you assess the following before installing the iDRAC Service Module:
● Dell’s 12
th
generation of PowerEdge or later servers. For the list of supported platforms, see Supported platforms.
● Minimum firmware version — For iDRAC7 – 1.57.57 or later and for iDRAC8 – 2.00.00.00 or later.
NOTE: If you install iDRAC Service Module 2.0 or later on iDRAC7 1.5x.5x, you cannot use the new features provided by
iDRAC Service Module 2.0 or later versions. However, you get the features of iDRAC Service Module 1.0.
● Administrator privileges.
● Read the installation instructions for the operating system.
● Read the applicable release notes files and the Systems Software Support Matrix.
● Read the Installation Requirements to ensure that the system meets or exceeds the minimum requirement.
● Close all applications running on the system before installing the iDRAC Service Module application.
Topics:
• Installation requirements
• Supported operating systems
• Supported platforms
• System requirements
Installation requirements
This section describes the general requirements of the iDRAC Service Module and provides information on supported operating
systems and the basic system requirements.
Windows
● Microsoft Windows 2008 x64 SP2, Windows 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 2012, or Windows 2012 R2
operating system.
Linux
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4, and
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 operating system.
VMware ESXi
● VMware ESXi 5.5 U3, VMware ESXi 6.0 U1
Citrix XenServer
● Citrix XenServer 6.5.
NOTE: Prerequisites specific to an operating system are listed as part of the installation procedures.
NOTE: The iDRAC Service Module can be installed using an User Interface. The installer also supports a silent installation
mechanism.
Supported operating systems
The iDRAC Service Module support is available on the following 64–bit operating system:
● Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (only on Dell’s 12th generation of PowerEdge servers)
● Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
● Microsoft Windows 2012
● Microsoft Windows 2012 R2
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
● VMware ESXi 5.5 U3
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