Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 3.3 User’s Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Preinstallation setup
- Installing iDRAC Service Module
- Initial installation of iDRAC Service Module through iDRAC for Windows
- Initial installation of iSM through iDRAC Express
- Initial installation of iDRAC Service Module via iDRAC for Linux
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Installing iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Modifying the iDRAC Service Module components on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Repairing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Uninstalling the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Installing iDRAC Service Module on supported Linux operating system
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on VMware ESXi
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on Citrix XenServer
- Installing iDRAC Service Module when the System Configuration Lock Down Mode is enabled
- Configuring the iDRAC Service Module
- iDRAC Service Module monitoring features
- Operating system information
- Lifecycle Controller log replication into operating system
- Automatic System Recovery
- Windows Management Instrumentation Providers
- Prepare to remove NVMe PCIe SSD device
- Remote iDRAC hard reset
- iDRAC access via Host OS
- Accessing iDRAC Via GUI, WS-man, Redfish, Remote RACADM
- In-band support for iDRAC SNMP alerts
- Enable WSMAN Remotely
- Auto-updating iDRAC Service Module
- FullPowerCycle
- SupportAssist on the Box
- Enabling the In-band SNMP Get feature—Linux
- Enabling the In-band SNMP Get feature—Windows
- iDRAC GUI Launcher
- Frequently asked questions
- Linux and Ubuntu installer packages
Enable WSMAN Remotely
Currently with the WMI information feature, you can connect to the host Microsoft Windows WMI namespace to monitor the
system hardware. The WMI interface on the host is enabled by default and you can access it remotely. However, if you wish to
access the WMI interfaces using WINRM’s WMI adapter, you have to enable it manually as it is not enabled by default. Using
this feature, you can access the WINRM WMI namespaces remotely by enabling it during installation.
This feature can be accessed using PowerShell commands. The commands used are as follows:
Table 9. Enable WSMAN Remotely
Command Description
Enable-iSMWSMANRemote —Status enable —
Forcereconfigure yes —Createselfsigncert yes —
IPAddress <IP address> —Authmode Basic, Kerberos,
Certificate
Enabling and configuring the remote WSMAN feature
Enable-iSMWSMANRemote —Status get
Viewing the status of remote WSMAN feature
Enable-iSMWSMANRemote —Status disable
Disable remote WSMAN feature
Enable-iSMWSMANRemote —Status enable —
Forcereconfigure yes —Createselfsigncert yes —
IPAddress <IP address>
Reconfigure the remote WSMAN feature
NOTE: You must have a server authenticating certificate and a https protocol to work with this feature.
Auto-updating iDRAC Service Module
You can auto-update the iDRAC Service Module. It aims at making the update process easier for you, by integrating iSM update
with the iDRAC auto-update process.
NOTE:
If iDRAC auto-update is enabled, iDRAC Service Module LC DUP must be updated to the latest version from
dell.com/support.
NOTE: You do not have to download the updates from support.dell.com. The updated iSM package is locally available in
iDRAC.
NOTE: iDRAC Service Module LC DUP in iDRAC will be removed when the iDRAC LC Wipe option is used. You will have to
download the iDRAC Service Module LC DUP from dell.com/support.
● To install or update iSM, type dcism-sync.exe in the command prompt. Complete the steps in the installation wizard.
● To display the help content, type––help/-h.
● To do silent install or update, type––silent/-s.
● To uninstall the current version and install the update package available in LC, type ––force/-f.
NOTE: This option overwrites the previous configuration.
● To get details about the update package version and the installed version of iDRAC Service Module, type ––get—
version/-v.
● To download the iDRAC Service Module update packages to the user specified directory, type ––get—update/-g.
● To install specific features, the same as CLI arguments used with msiexec.exe, type dcism-sync.exe —p
“feature”.
For example, to install iDRAC access via Host OS iDRAC feature on Windows, type dcism-sync.exe -p
"ADDLOCAL=IBIA".
FullPowerCycle
FullPowerCycle is a calling interface function that provides a way to reset the server auxiliary power. An increasing amount of
server hardware runs on server auxiliary power; and troubleshooting of some server issues requires you to physically unplug the
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iDRAC Service Module monitoring features