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 iDRAC 8 – 2.61.60.60 and for iDRAC 9 – 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 2019

• Microsoft Windows Server 2016

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

• VMware vSphere (ESXi) 6.7 U1

• VMware vSphere (ESXi) 6.5 U2

• Ubuntu 18.04.2

• Win10 RS5

Supported platforms

iDRAC Service Module 3.4 supports Dell’s 12

to 14

generation of PowerEdge servers.

10 Preinstallation setup