Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 3.1 User’s Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Preinstallation setup
- Installing the 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 the 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
- 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
* — iDRAC Service Module can be installed on any of the listed CentOS versions. Dell provides only limited support for CentOS.
For more information or support about CentOS, contact the CentOS community.
For information about supported operating systems, see the Systems Software Support Matrix at dell.com/support/home.
Supported platforms
iDRAC Service Module 3.1 supports Dell’s 12th to 14th generation of PowerEdge servers.
Supported platforms on Windows Operating Systems
The table lists the platforms supported by iDRAC Service Module 3.1 on Windows Operating Systems.
Table 2. Supported platforms on Windows Operating Systems
Dell Systems Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2016 Microsoft Windows Server
2012 R2
14th generation servers
R7425 No Yes Yes
R7415 No Yes Yes
R6415 No Yes Yes
C6420 No Yes Yes
FC 640 No Yes Yes
FC 640 v2 No Yes Yes
FC 840 v2 No Yes Yes
FD 332 No Yes Yes
FD 342 v2 No Yes Yes
M640 No Yes Yes
M640-VRTX No Yes Yes
R440 No Yes Yes
R540 No Yes Yes
R640 No Yes Yes
R740 No Yes Yes
R740 XD No Yes Yes
R940 No Yes Yes
T440 No Yes Yes
13th generation servers
C4140 Yes Yes No
C4130 Yes Yes Yes
C6320 Yes Yes Yes
FC 430 Yes Yes Yes
FC 630 Yes Yes Yes
FC 630 Yes Yes Yes
FC 830 Yes Yes Yes
10 Preinstallation setup