Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 4.1.0.0 User’s Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Preinstallation setup
- Installing iDRAC Service Module
- Initial installation of iDRAC Service Module through iDRAC Enterprise or Datacenter or iDRAC Express on Microsoft Windows and Linux
- Installing iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Silent installation of iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows
- Modifying iDRAC Service Module components on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Repairing iDRAC Service Module running on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Uninstalling iDRAC Service Module running on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on VMware ESXi
- Installing iDRAC Service Module on supported Linux operating systems
- Installing iDRAC Service Module when System Configuration Lock Down Mode is enabled in iDRAC
- Configuring iDRAC Servcie Module
- Security configurations and compatibility
- iSM monitoring features
- S.M.A.R.T monitoring
- Operating system information
- Lifecycle Controller log replication into operating system
- Automatic system recovery
- Windows Management Instrumentation Providers
- Prepare to remove a NVMe PCIe SSD device
- Remote iDRAC hard reset
- iDRAC access via Host OS
- Accessing iDRAC via GUI, WS-Man, Redfish, and Remote RACADM
- In-Band support for iDRAC SNMP alerts
- Mapping iDRAC Lifecycle Logs to OMSA and OMSS SNMP alerts
- Enable WS-Man remotely
- Autoupdating iSM
- FullPowerCycle
- SupportAssist on the box
- Configuring the In-Band SNMP Get feature—Linux
- Configuring the In-Band SNMP Get feature—Windows
- iDRAC GUI Launcher
- Single sign-on to iDRAC UI from host operating system administrators desktop
- IPv6 communication between iSM and iDRAC over OS-BMC Pass-thru
- Frequently asked questions
- Linux and Ubuntu installer packages
- Resources and support
- Contacting Dell EMC
Configuring iDRAC Servcie Module
iDRAC Service Module features can be configured remotely using various iDRAC interfaces such as UI, CLI, and WS-Man.
Topics:
• Configuring iDRAC Service Module from the iDRAC web interface
• Configuring iDRAC Service Module from RACADM
• Configuring iDRAC Service Module from WS-Man
Configuring iDRAC Service Module from the iDRAC
web interface
Log in to the iDRAC UI using the iDRAC IP address as a root or administrator user.
To use iSM from the iDRAC web interface for PowerEdge yx2x and yx3x servers, go to Overview > Server > Service Module.
To use the iSM from the iDRAC web interface for PowerEdge yx4x and yx5x servers, go to iDRAC settings > Settings >
iDRAC Service Module setup.
Configuring iDRAC Service Module from RACADM
iSM can be accessed and configured through RACADM CLI commands. To verify the status of the features that are provided by
iSM, use the racadm get idrac.servicemodule command. The features are:
● ChipsetSATASupported
● HostSNMPAlert
● HostSNMPGet
● HostSNMPOMSAAlert
● iDRACHardReset
● iDRACSSOLauncher
● LCLReplication
● OSInfo
● ServiceModuleEnable
● SSEventCorrelation
● WatchdogRecoveryAction
● WatchdogResetTime
● WatchdogState
● WMIInfo
To set or configure the features, use the command racadm set idrac.servicemodule. <feature name>
<enabled or disabled>.
NOTE: Feature names and attributes that start with a # symbol cannot be modified.
To use iSM from RACADM, see the objects in the Service Module group in the RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for
iDRAC8, iDRAC9, and CMC available at Dell.com/support.
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