Users Guide

Table 10. Attribute values and description
Attribute Values Description
Enabled The chipset SATA controllers are monitored for S.M.A.R.T
events in real time.
Disabled S.M.A.R.T monitoring is disabled.
NA Chipset SATA controller is not available.
NOTE: By default, the attribute is set to Enabled or NA when the configuration does not support chipset SATA.
S.M.A.R.T monitoring is a feature that is installed through the iSM installer. User can install/modify the iSM installer package to
disable the S.M.A.R.T monitoring feature. This feature is available on a Dell EMC supported SATA disk with S.M.A.R.T
capabilities.
If the disk is S.M.A.R.T capable and the feature is enabled, iSM will monitor the disks and generate events accordingly. The
default monitoring frequency is 24 hrs and cannot be manually configured. Only PDR16 (Predictive failure) and PDR22
(Temperature threshold exceeded) events are monitored.
NOTE: If there is an OS error due to S.M.A.R.T error of the drive, then the event is not detected by the operating system.
NOTE: If hard drives are part of a storage pool, then iSM will not be monitoring such drives for S.M.A.R.T failures.
NOTE: This feature also requires iDRAC9 firmware 4.00.00.00 or later to be installed.
DLL authentication
Starting with iSM 3.5, security is further enhanced by authenticating the libraries that are installed by iSM before loading them.
This protects against certain vulnerabilities such as dynamic link library (DLL) injection.
The purpose for proper authentication is to:
● Ensure that the binary is loaded from the intended location.
● Ensure that there is no tampering to the binary that is being loaded.
Operating system information
OpenManage Server Administrator shares operating system information and host name with iDRAC. The iDRAC Service Module
(iSM) provides similar information such as host operating system name, server host IP address information, operating system
version, Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) with iDRAC. The network interfaces on the host operating system are also
displayed. By default, this monitoring feature is enabled. This feature is available even if OpenManage Server Administrator is
installed on the host operating system.
You can also view host operating system 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.
NOTE: If the network configuration on the host operating system is configured using netplan, then iSM will be unable to
monitor the network interfaces' change in states, DHCP configuration of an interface for instance. Hence, you may not be
able to view the change of the host operating system network interface details in the iDRAC interfaces.
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