Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 3.4 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 iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Installing iDRAC Service Module on supported Linux operating systems
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on VMware ESXi
- 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
- Single sign-on (SSO) to iDRAC GUI from Host OS administrators desktop
- IPv6 communication between iSM and iDRAC over OS-BMC Passthru
- Enhanced security between iSM and iDRAC communication using TLS protocol
- Frequently asked questions
- Linux and Ubuntu installer packages
Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 5
What’s New.......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Supported features—operating systems matrix......................................................................................................... 5
Coexistence of OpenManage Server Administrator and iDRAC Service Module................................................ 6
Software availability............................................................................................................................................................ 7
Downloading iDRAC Service Module...............................................................................................................................7
Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site.............................................................................................. 7
Software license agreement............................................................................................................................................. 7
Other documents you may need...................................................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 2: Preinstallation setup....................................................................................................9
Installation requirements....................................................................................................................................................9
Supported operating systems...........................................................................................................................................9
Supported platforms...........................................................................................................................................................9
Supported platforms on Microsoft Windows operating systems..................................................................... 10
Supported platforms on Linux operating systems................................................................................................ 11
Supported platforms on Virtualization operating systems................................................................................. 13
Supported operating systems on Dell Precision Rack System..........................................................................15
System requirements........................................................................................................................................................ 16
Chapter 3: Installing iDRAC Service Module................................................................................. 17
Initial installation of iDRAC Service Module through iDRAC for Windows........................................................... 17
Initial installation of iSM through iDRAC Express.......................................................................................................17
Initial installation of iDRAC Service Module via iDRAC for Linux........................................................................... 18
Installing iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems......................................................18
Silent installation.......................................................................................................................................................... 19
Modifying the iDRAC Service Module components on Microsoft Windows operating systems............. 20
Repairing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems.......................................20
Uninstalling the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems...................................20
Installing iDRAC Service Module on supported Linux operating systems............................................................ 21
Preinstallation requirement for Linux operating systems................................................................................... 21
Linux install dependency.............................................................................................................................................21
Installing The iDRAC Service Module on Linux operating system................................................................... 22
Uninstalling the iDRAC Service Module on Linux operating system............................................................... 23
Installing the iDRAC Service Module on VMware ESXi............................................................................................24
Using the vSphere CLI............................................................................................................................................... 24
Installing iDRAC Service Module using VMware Update Manager..................................................................24
Upgrading iDRAC Service Module using VMware Update Manager...............................................................25
Using the Power CLI...................................................................................................................................................26
Upgrading iDRAC Service Module on VMware ESXi.......................................................................................... 26
Uninstalling the iDRAC Service Module on VMware ESXi.................................................................................26
Installing iDRAC Service Module when the System Configuration Lock Down Mode is enabled..................26
Support for iDRAC URI to get iSM installer.......................................................................................................... 27
Support for idrac.local and drac.local as iDRAC FQDN...................................................................................... 27
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