Install Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 5
New in this release.............................................................................................................................................................. 5
iDRAC Service Module monitoring features................................................................................................................. 5
Operating system information.................................................................................................................................... 5
Lifecycle Controller log replication into operating system...................................................................................6
Automatic system recovery feature..........................................................................................................................6
Windows Management Instrumentation Providers............................................................................................... 6
Automatic Technical Support Report collection.................................................................................................... 6
Prepare to remove NVMe PCIe SSD device........................................................................................................... 6
Supported features — operating systems matrix....................................................................................................... 7
Co-existence of Server Administrator and iDRAC Service Module.........................................................................7
Software availability............................................................................................................................................................ 7
Downloading iDRAC Service Module.............................................................................................................................. 8
Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site.................................................................................... 8
Software license agreement............................................................................................................................................. 8
Other documents you may need......................................................................................................................................8
Chapter 2: Preinstallation setup....................................................................................................9
Installation requirements....................................................................................................................................................9
Supported operating systems...........................................................................................................................................9
Supported platforms......................................................................................................................................................... 10
System requirements........................................................................................................................................................ 10
Chapter 3: Installing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems...........11
Installing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems............................................... 11
Silent installation...........................................................................................................................................................12
Modifying the iDRAC Service Module components on Microsoft Windows operating systems.................... 12
Repairing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems............................................. 13
Uninstalling the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems......................................... 13
Unattended uninstall using the product ID............................................................................................................ 13
Uninstalling using the add/remove feature........................................................................................................... 13
Chapter 4: Installing iDRAC Service Module on supported Linux operating system.......................14
Preinstallation requirement for Linux operating system........................................................................................... 14
Linux install dependency...................................................................................................................................................14
Installing The iDRAC Service Module on Linux operating system..........................................................................15
Silent installation.......................................................................................................................................................... 15
Uninstalling the iDRAC Service Module on Linux operating system......................................................................16
Uninstalling the iDRAC Service Module using the uninstall script................................................................... 16
Uninstalling the iDRAC Service Module using the RPM command..................................................................16
Chapter 5: Installing the iDRAC Service Module on VMware ESXi.................................................17
Using the vSphere CLI...................................................................................................................................................... 17
Using the VMware vSphere Management Assistant.................................................................................................18
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