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
NOTE: The overlapping features are AutoSystemRecovery and Lifecycle Log Replication.
Software availability
The iDRAC Service Module software is available on:
● Dell EMC OpenManage Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD
● Support site—dell.com/support
Downloading iDRAC Service Module
You can download the iDRAC Service Module software from dell.com/support. In the support site, click Browse all products
> Software > Enterprise Systems Management > Remote Enterprise Systems Management > iDRAC Service Module.
To download iSM, click the required version and then click Drivers & downloads.
Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site
You can access the required documents using the following links:
● For Dell EMC Enterprise Systems Management documents — www.dell.com/esmmanuals
● For Dell EMC OpenManage documents — www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals
● For Dell EMC Remote Enterprise Systems Management documents — www.dell.com/esmmanuals
● For iDRAC and Dell Lifecycle Controller documents — www.dell.com/idracmanuals
● For Dell EMC OpenManage Connections Enterprise Systems Management documents — www.dell.com/esmmanuals
● For Dell EMC Serviceability Tools documents — www.dell.com/serviceabilitytools
●
1. Go to www.dell.com/support.
2. Click Browse all products.
3. From All products page, click Software, and then click the required link from the following:
○ Analytics
○ Client Systems Management
○ Enterprise Applications
○ Enterprise Systems Management
○ Public Sector Solutions
○ Utilities
○ Mainframe
○ Serviceability Tools
○ Virtualization Solutions
○ Operating Systems
○
Support
4. To view a document, click the required product and then click the required version.
● Using search engines:
○ Type the name and version of the document in the search box.
Software license agreement
The software license for the supported versions of the operating system of the iDRAC Service Module is on the installer. Read
the license_agreement.txt file. By installing or copying any of the files on the media, you are agreeing to the terms in
license_agreement.txt file.
Introduction
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