Users Guide

The oine bundle is displayed.
8 Click Baselines and Groups.
9 Click create from Baselines tab, mention baseline name and select Host Extension as baseline type.
NOTE: Select the latest iDRAC Service Module version to create the baseline.
Complete the rest as per instructions.
10 Click Admin View.
11 Click Add to Baseline (against the uploaded patch name) and select the baseline name that you have created in step 8.
12 Click Compliance view. Select the Update Manager tab. Click Attach and select the Extension Baseline created in step 8 and follow
the instructions.
13 Click Scan and select Patches and Extensions (if not selected by default) and click Scan.
14 Click Stage, select created Host Extension and follow the instructions.
15 Click Remediate and follow the instructions after the staging is completed.
iDRAC Service Module upgrade is complete.
NOTE: The Host OS will reboot while upgrading iSM using VMware Update Manager.
NOTE: For more information about VMware Update Manager, see the VMware ocial
website.
NOTE: You can upgrade iDRAC Service Module from the VMware Update Manager repository https://
vmwaredepot.dell.com/.
Using the Power CLI
To install the iDRAC Service Module using Power CLI:
1 Install the supported PowerCLI of ESXi on the supported Microsoft Windows operating system.
2 Copy the ISM-Dell-Web-3.4.0-<bldno>.VIB-<version>i-Live.zip le to the ESXi host.
3 Navigate to the bin directory.
4 Run Connect-VIServer and provide the server and other credentials.
5 Log on to the ESXi host using supported vSphere CLI of ESXi 6.5 U2, ESXi 6.7 and create a datastore.
6 Create a folder ISM-Dell-Web-3.4.0-<bldno>.VIB-<version>I on ESXi 6.5 U2, ESXi 6.7 host under /vmfs/volumes/
<datastore_name> directory.
7 Copy the ESXi zip le on ESXi 6.5 U2 host to /vmfs/volumes/<datastore_name>ISM-Dell-Web-3.4.0-<bldno>.VIB-<version>I
directory.
8 Unzip the zip le in the above specied directory.
9 Run the following command in Power CLI.
For ESXi 6.7 Install-VMHostPatch -VMHost <VMHost I.P address> - HostPath /vmfs/volumes/
<datastore_name>name>/ISM-Dell-Web-3.4.0-<bldno>.VIB-<version>i/ cross_oem-dell-dciSM-
esxi_3.4.0.ESXi670-0000-metadata.zip .
For ESXi 6.5 Install-VMHostPatch -VMHost <VMHost I.P address> - HostPath /vmfs/volumes/
<datastore_name>name>/ISM-Dell-Web-3.3.0-<bldno>.VIB-<version>i/ cross_oem-dell-dciSM-
esxi_3.4.0.ESXi650-0000-metadata.zip .
10 Run the following command to check if the iDRAC Service Module is installed successfully on the host. esxcli software vib list|grep -i
open.
11 iDRAC Service Module is displayed.
NOTE
: Reboot the host OS once iSM is installed using the above Power CLI command.
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