Users Guide

Preinstallation setup

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

• yx3x servers or later. For the list of supported platforms, see Supported Platforms

• Minimum firmware version—

○ For iDRAC 8 - 2.70.70.70

○ For yx4x servers with iDRAC 9 - 3.36.36.36

○ For yx5x servers with iDRAC 9 - 3.40.40.40 (For R6515 and R7515) and 3.42.42.42 (For R6525 and C6525)

• Administrator privileges.

• Read the installation instructions for the operating system.

• Read the applicable release notes and the Systems Software Support Matrix.

• Read the Installation requirements to ensure that the system meets 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 specific 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 2019

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6

• VMware vSphere (ESXi) 6.5 U3 (Support on yx3x, yx4x and yx5x servers)

• VMware vSphere (ESXi) 6.7 U2 (Support on yx3x and yx4x servers)

• VMware vSphere (ESXi) 6.7 U3 (Support on yx5x servers)

• Ubuntu 18.04.2

NOTE: This release of iDRAC Service Module does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise operating system.

Supported platforms on Linux operating systems

The table lists the platforms that are supported by iDRAC Service Module 3.4 on Linux operating systems.

Table 3. Supported platforms on Linux operating systems

Dell Systems SLES 15 Ubuntu 18.04.2 RHEL 7.6

15th generation servers

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