Users Guide

NOTE: When

Local Configuration using Settings

Local Configuration using RACADM

is disabled in iDRAC, iDRAC

NOTE: When an iDRAC SSO session is active on the Host OS, closing the related terminal closes the browser with SSO

session as well.

NOTE: Ensure to invoke

iDRAC GUI Launcher

from a GUI supported and capable interface.

NOTE: Single sign-on feature over IPv4 does not work when the user modifies the third octet in the USB-NIC IP

Address.

NOTE: This feature using IPv6 requires iDRAC9 firmware 4.00.00.00 or greater.

Prerequisites

Linux packages:

1. Browser such as Mozilla firefox.

2. Sudo.

3. yx4x and later servers.

4. iDRAC firmware versions 3.30.30.30 and above.

Limitations for Linux operating systems

The limitations of the iDRAC SSO Launcher for Linux operating systems are:

1. iSM does not support desktop utilities other than GNOME.

2. iSM does not support browsers other than Mozilla firefox.

NOTE: When local configuration over KCS/racadm is disabled in iDRAC, then iDRAC login screen will be displayed.

IPv6 communication between iSM and iDRAC over

OS-BMC Passthru

Starting iSM 3.4, iSM supports both IPv4 and IPv6 modes of communication. Once you install iSM, iSM service attempts to connect to

iDRAC using IPv4 link-local address. If there is no IP address on the Host USBNIC interface, iSM tries to configure IPv4 address on the

Host side. This USBNIC interface configuration on the Host OS from iSM is done only once. iSM remains disconnected from iDRAC if

there is any subsequent scenario of incomplete configuration of USBNIC on the Host OS. In case the connection fails even after

configuring IPv4 address, iSM tries to connect to iDRAC using IPv6.

NOTE: This feature is supported only on Linux operating systems.

NOTE: If IPv6 network stack is disabled on the Host OS, then iSM retries to communicate with iDRAC using IPv4.

If either of the protocols are disabled, then iSM will not try to connect to iDRAC using the disabled protocol.

NOTE:

If the iDRAC firmware version does not support IPv6 on USBNIC, the connection between iSM and iDRAC is

established using IPv4.

Respective audit messages are logged by iSM indicating the protocol version using which iSM connected with iDRAC.

NOTE:

When iDRAC USBNIC is already configured with only IPv6 address on the Host OS and then iSM is installed on

the Host, then iSM communication with iDRAC will start using IPv4 protocol.

Unsupported features with IPv6 protocol

The features that are not supported when iSM is configured with IPv6 protocol and IPv4 configuration is not available on the USBNIC

interface are:

iDRAC Service Module monitoring features