Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 3.4.1 User’s Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- What’s New
- Supported features—operating systems matrix
- Documentation conventions for Dell EMC devices
- Coexistence of OpenManage Server Administrator and iDRAC Service Module
- Software availability
- Downloading iDRAC Service Module
- Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site
- Software license agreement
- Other documents you may need
- 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, WSMan, 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
Table 3. Supported platforms on Linux operating systems (continued)
Dell Systems SLES 15 Ubuntu 18.04.2 RHEL 7.6
T620 Yes No No
Supported platforms
iDRAC Service Module 3.4.1 supports yx3x, yx4x and yx5x servers.
Supported platforms on Microsoft Windows operating systems
The table lists the platforms that are supported by iDRAC Service Module 3.4.1 on Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Table 4. Supported platforms on Microsoft Windows operating systems
Dell EMC Devices Microsoft Windows Server 2019
yx5x generation of PowerEdge servers Yes
yx4x generation of PowerEdge servers X
yx3x generation of PowerEdge servers X
Supported platforms on Virtualization operating systems
The table lists the platforms that are supported by iDRAC Service Module 3.4.1 on Virtualization operating systems.
Table 5. Supported platforms on Virtualization operating systems
Dell EMC Devices
VMware
vSphere 6.5 U3 vSphere 6.7 U2 vSphere 6.7 U3
yx5x generation of PowerEdge
servers
Yes X Yes
yx4x generation of PowerEdge
servers
Yes Yes X
yx3x generation of PowerEdge
servers
Yes Yes X
System requirements
● One of the supported operating systems. For more information on supported operating systems, see Supported operating
systems.
● Minimum 2 GB RAM.
● Minimum 512 MB of hard drive space.
● Administrator rights.
● The Remote Network Driver Interface Specification (RNDIS) capability for discovering a network device over USB.
Preinstallation setup
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