Users Guide

If dependent packages for iSM are not present on Ubuntu
OS, then installation through OS DUP installs iSM in install
+unpacked state. You can verify this using the below
command:
#dpkg -s dcism
Package: dcism
Status: install ok unpacked
To fix this issue, run the command apt-get install -f. This will install dependent packages.
When I install iSM 3.4.0 or later on Linux operating systems
such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, I see some messages in
OS logs such as G_IS_SIMPLE_ACTION (simple)' failed:
failed to rescan: Failed to parse /usr/share/applications/
iDRACGUILauncher.desktop file: cannot process file of type
application/x-desktop.
The messages are related to the GNOME desktop manager. Various OS groups have Bugzilla items for this scenario to be
addressed. For example: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1594177. No action is required by the user.
I see a blank terminal on RHEL operating system when I
click on iDRAC GUI Launcher shortcut from Menu >
Accessories.
The visibility of text on the terminal depends on GNOME version on the resident OS. An alternative is to run the launcher from a
GUI-capable shell. For example: bash#> sh /opt/dell/srvadmin/iSM/bin/iDRACLauncher.sh as a sudo user.
In case, the OS-to-iDRAC Passthru is disabled in iDRAC, the user will see a blank terminal when iDRAC GUI is launched from the
Linux OS such as RHEL 7.6 and RHEL 8.0. Select y or Y, and press Enter to indicate configuration of USBNIC interface on the
Host OS.
Alternatively, you can enable the OS-to-iDRAC Passthru in iDRAC in USBNIC mode and re-run the iDRAC launcher from the
Host OS.
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