Users Guide

Preinstallation setup

Ensure that you assess the following before installing the iDRAC Service Module:

• 12th generation or later of Dell PowerEdge servers. For the list of supported platforms, see Supported Platforms

• Minimum rmware version—For iDRAC8 – 2.61.60.60 and for iDRAC9 – 3.21.21.21.

• Administrator privileges.

• Read the installation instructions for the operating system.

• Read the applicable release notes les 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

Refer to Supported operating systems to see the list of operating systems that are supported on iDRAC Service Module.

NOTE

: Prerequisites specic to an operating system are listed as part of the installation procedures.

NOTE: The iDRAC Service Module can be installed using a 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 systems:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

• Microsoft Windows Server 2016

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

• VMware vSphere (ESXi) 6.7

• VMware vSphere (ESXi) 6.5 U2

• Ubuntu 18.04.1

• CentOS 6.9

• Citrix Xen 7.1 CU1

• Win10 Client

• Rhel 7.5 Workstation

NOTE

: iDRAC Service Module can be installed on any of the listed CentOS versions. Dell provides only limited support for

CentOS. For more information or support about CentOS, contact the CentOS community.

10 Preinstallation setup