Users Guide

NOTE: Ensure to invoke iDRAC GUI Launcher from a GUI supported and capable interface.
NOTE: iDRAC GUI Launcher does not open the iDRAC UI when the USBNIC interface on the Host OS is congured with IPv6
address.
Prerequisites
Linux packages:
1 Browser such as Mozilla refox.
2 Sudo.
3 14
the
generations of PowerEdge servers.
4 iDRAC rmware versions 3.30.30.30 and above.
Limitations for Linux operating systems
The limitations of the iDRAC SSO Launcher for Linux operating systems are:
1 iSM does not support desktop utilities other than GNOME.
2 iSM does not support browsers other than Mozilla refox.
NOTE
: When local conguration over KCS/racadm is disabled in iDRAC, then iDRAC login screen will be displayed.
IPv6 communication between iSM and iDRAC over
OS-BMC Passthru
Starting iSM 3.4, iSM supports both IPv4 and IPv6 modes of communication. Once you install iSM, iSM service attempts to connect to
iDRAC using IPv4 link-local address. If there is no IP address on the Host USBNIC interface, iSM tries to congure IPv4 address on the
Host side. This USBNIC interface conguration on the Host OS from iSM is done only once. iSM remains disconnected from iDRAC if there
is any subsequent scenario of incomplete conguration of USBNIC on the Host OS. In case the connection fails even after conguring IPv4
address, iSM tries to connect to iDRAC using IPv6.
NOTE
: This feature is supported only on Linux operating systems.
NOTE: If IPv6 network stack is disabled on the Host OS, then iSM retries to communicate with iDRAC using IPv4.
If either of the protocols are disabled, then iSM will not try to connect to iDRAC using the disabled protocol.
NOTE
: If the iDRAC rmware version does not support IPv6 on USBNIC, the connection between iSM and iDRAC is established
using IPv4.
Respective audit messages are logged by iSM indicating the protocol version using which iSM connected with iDRAC.
NOTE
: When iDRAC USBNIC is already congured with only IPv6 address on the Host OS and then iSM is installed on the Host,
then iSM communication with iDRAC will start using IPv4 protocol.
44 iDRAC Service Module monitoring features