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
iDRAC Service Module monitoring features
The services provided are:
● OS information
● Lifecycle Controller Log replication into operating system
● Automatic system recovery
● Windows Management Instrumentation providers inclusive of storage data
● Prepare to remove NVMe SSD device
● Remote iDRAC hard reset
● iDRAC access via Host OS
● In-band support for iDRAC SNMP alerts
● Enable WSMan remotely
● Auto-updation of iDRAC Service Module
● FullPowerCycle
● Support Assist on the Box
NOTE: FullPowerCycle and Support Assist on the Box are supported only on the yx4x and yx5x Servers.
Topics:
• 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
Operating system information
OpenManage Server Administrator currently shares operating system information and host name with iDRAC. The iDRAC
Service Module provides similar information such as host OS name, server host IP address information, OS version, Fully
Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) with iDRAC. The network interfaces on the host OS are also displayed. By default, this
monitoring feature is enabled. This feature is available even if OpenManage Server Administrator is installed on the host OS.
You can also view Host OS network interface details, or such information through Redfish client plug-in for browsers.
NOTE: The minimum iDRAC firmware version required to view information using Redfish client is 3.00.00.00.
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