Release Notes

ManualsBrandsDell ManualsActive System ManageriDRAC Service Module 4.x

Rev. A00

July 2021

Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 4.1.0.0 Release

Notes

Current Release Version: 4.1.0.0

Previous Release Version: 4.0.1

Topics:

• Product Description

• Revision History

• Compatibility

• New in this release

• Fixed issues

• Known issues

• Limitations

• User notes

• Resources and support

Product Description

iDRAC Service Module (iSM) is a lightweight software application that can be installed on PowerEdge yx2x or later servers. This

release of iSM supports new operating systems, additional features, and existing feature enhancements.

Version

iDRAC Service Module 4.1.0.0

Release date

July 2021

Priority and recommendations

Dell Technology recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains feature

enhancements or changes that help keep your system software current and compatible with other system modules, including

firmware, BIOS, drivers, and software.

Revision History

Table 1. Document revision history

Document revision Date Description

A00 July 2021 Initial release

Summary of content (13 pages)

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Rev. A00 July 2021 Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 4.1.0.0 Release Notes Current Release Version: 4.1.0.0 Previous Release Version: 4.0.1 Topics: • • • • • • • • • Product Description Revision History Compatibility New in this release Fixed issues Known issues Limitations User notes Resources and support Product Description iDRAC Service Module (iSM) is a lightweight software application that can be installed on PowerEdge yx2x or later servers.
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Compatibility License requirements For information regarding license agreements, see iDRAC Service Module 4.1.0.0 User's Guide available at www.dell.com/ ismmanuals. Supported platforms iDRAC Service Module 4.1.0.0 supports PowerEdge yx2x to yx5x generation of servers. See Identifying the series of your Dell EMC PowerEdge servers for more information. Table 2. iDRAC Service Module 4.1.0.0 supported platforms.
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NOTE: iDRAC Service Module 4.1.0.0 supports PowerEdge yx2x generation of servers only on Microsoft Windows Server 2016 operating system. For more information, see the Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module User's Guide available at www.dell.com/idracmanuals. Supported operating systems and hypervisors iDRAC Service Module support is available on the following 64–bit operating systems: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
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Known issues Common Issues The issues that are mentioned in this section are common for all supported operating systems. Table 3. Common issues Issue ID Functional area Description Workaround 180859 iSM communication restart is observed in both iDRAC Lifecycle Log files and operating system log files. When both iDRAC Service Module (iSM) No action is required as and OpenManage Server Administrator iSM communication is restored (OMSA) services are running on the host automatically within 1–2 minutes.
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Table 4. Known issues on Microsoft Windows operating system (continued) Issue ID Functional area Description Workaround specified class does not exist in the given namespace The failure is because the DCIM_VFlashView class is deprecated starting with the iDRAC firmware version 4.00.00.00. 87075 A popup is displayed when uninstalling iSM. If the Firefox browser is opened when uninstalling the iSM, a popup is displayed.
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Known issues on Linux operating system Table 5. Known issues on Linux operating system Issue ID Functional area Description Workaround Not available ipmi_si IPMI_driver does not respond after iDRAC hard reset. After performing an iDRAC hard reset operation on certain Linux operating systems, the ipmi_si, IPMI driver may not respond because of an existing issue in the IPMI driver. If the IPMI driver stops responding, reload the ipmi_si IPMI driver.
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Table 6. Known issues on VMware ESXi operating system Issue ID Functional area Description Workaround 172915 iSM communication with iDRAC is interrupted. In VMware ESXi 7.x, iDRAC Service Module (iSM) communication with iDRAC is dropped. No action is required as the communication is restored automatically within 1–2 minutes. 176426 Communication is not restarting after performing Restart Management Agents.
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Table 7. Common limitations (continued) Issue ID Functional area Description Workaround communication between iSM and iDRAC is not established. Not available iSM Host SNMP OMSA alert iSM Host SNMP OMSA alert is enabled, even when the parent iSM Host SNMP alert is disabled. To disable the iSM Host SNMP OMSA alert feature, first you must enable the parent iSM Host SNMP alert and then disable the child iSM Host SNMP OMSA alert feature.
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Limitations on Linux operating system Table 9. Limitations on Linux operating system Issue ID Functional area Description 088419 Lifecycle Log Replication feature. Feature Lifecycle Log Replication on operating system log file shows a one-hour difference in the EventTimeStamp displayed in the operating system log when daylight saving is applied. 132983 Enabling the InBand iDRAC Access When iSM is communicating with iDRAC using IPv6 protocol, feature.
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Table 10. Limitations on VMware ESXi operating system (continued) Issue ID Functional area Description Workaround 87572 iDRAC Hardreset When iDRAC Hardreset is disabled in iDRAC Not applicable and you perform an iDRAC Hardreset operation from the hypervisor operating systems like VMware ESXi, the result indicates success although iDRAC is not reset. Not available iDRAC Hardreset operation on VMware ESXi.
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● Click the desired version of iDRAC Service Module. ● Click Manuals & Documents. Accessing documents using direct links Table 11. Direct links for documents URL Product https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller https://www.dell.com/cmcmanuals Chassis Management Controller (CMC) https://www.dell.com/esmmanuals Enterprise System Management https://www.dell.com/serviceabilitytools Serviceability Tools https://www.dell.
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○ 0 — series 10 ○ 1 — series 11 ○ 2 — series 12 ○ 3 — series 13 ○ 4 — series 14 ○ 5 — series 15 ● The last digit (X) always denotes the make of the processor as described below: ○ 0 — Intel ○ 5 — AMD NOTE: For servers that use an AMD processor, the model number is made up of four digits instead of three. The third digit (X) denotes the number of processor sockets that the series of server supports. ● 1 ̶ one socket server ● 2 ̶ two socket server Table 12.
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