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
Table 1. Features supported by each supported operating system (continued)
Features Servers Operating systems
Supported PowerEdge series Microsoft Windows
(including HyperV
systems)
Linux Virtualization
(VMware ESXi)
Single Sign-on (SSO) yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes NA
Auto-update iSM
installation
yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes NA
Server storage(S2D)
correlation
yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes NA NA
S.M.A.R.T monitoring
in AHCI Mode
yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes Yes
S.M.A.R.T monitoring
in software RAID
mode
yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes NA NA
OMSA SNMP alerts
mapping
yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes Yes
NA - Not applicable
NOTE: iDRAC Service Module 4.1.0.0 supports PowerEdge yx2x generation of servers only on Microsoft Windows Server
2016 operating system.
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.
Supported Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
PowerEdge yx5x servers PowerEdge yx4x servers PowerEdge yx3x servers PowerEdge yx2x servers
PowerEdge C6520 PowerEdge C6420 PowerEdge C4130 PowerEdge FM120
PowerEdge C6525 PowerEdge FC640 PowerEdge C6320 PowerEdge M420
PowerEdge MX750c PowerEdge FD332 PowerEdge FC430 PowerEdge M520
PowerEdge R450 PowerEdge M640 PowerEdge FC630 PowerEdge M620
PowerEdge R550 PowerEdge M640-VRTX PowerEdge FC830 PowerEdge M820
PowerEdge R650 PowerEdge MX740c PowerEdge M630 PowerEdge R220
PowerEdge R650XS PowerEdge MX840c PowerEdge M630-VRTX PowerEdge R320
PowerEdge R6515 PowerEdge R240 PowerEdge M830 PowerEdge R420
PowerEdge R6525 PowerEdge R340 PowerEdge R230 PowerEdge R620
PowerEdge R750 PowerEdge R440 PowerEdge R330 PowerEdge R720
PowerEdge R750xa PowerEdge R540 PowerEdge R430 PowerEdge R720XD
PowerEdge R750XS PowerEdge R640 PowerEdge R530 PowerEdge R820
PowerEdge R7515 PowerEdge R6415 PowerEdge R630 PowerEdge R920
PowerEdge R7525 PowerEdge R740 PowerEdge R730 PowerEdge T320
PowerEdge XR11 PowerEdge R740xd PowerEdge R730xd PowerEdge T420
PowerEdge XR12 PowerEdge R740xd2 PowerEdge R830 PowerEdge T620
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