Users Guide
Support for idrac.local and drac.local as iDRAC FQDN............................................................................................ 23
4 Configuring the iDRAC Service Module........................................................................................ 24
Configuring the iDRAC Service Module from iDRAC Web Interface............................................................................24
Configuring the iDRAC Service Module from RACADM................................................................................................ 24
Configuring the iDRAC Service Module from WSMan...................................................................................................25
5 iDRAC Service Module monitoring features.................................................................................. 26
S.M.A.R.T Monitoring......................................................................................................................................................... 26
Operating system information............................................................................................................................................27
Lifecycle Controller log replication into operating system..............................................................................................27
Automatic System Recovery..............................................................................................................................................27
Windows Management Instrumentation Providers.........................................................................................................28
Prepare to remove NVMe PCIe SSD device................................................................................................................... 28
Remote iDRAC hard reset..................................................................................................................................................28
iDRAC access via Host OS.................................................................................................................................................28
Accessing iDRAC Via GUI, WSMan, Redfish, Remote RACADM..................................................................................29
In-band support for iDRAC SNMP alerts......................................................................................................................... 29
Enable WSMan Remotely...................................................................................................................................................29
Auto-updating iDRAC Service Module............................................................................................................................. 30
FullPowerCycle ................................................................................................................................................................... 30
SupportAssist on the Box....................................................................................................................................................31
SupportAssist Registration............................................................................................................................................31
SupportAssist Collection...............................................................................................................................................32
SupportAssist Collection Settings............................................................................................................................... 34
iSM SupportAssist Disk Auto Dispatch.......................................................................................................................35
Enabling the In-band SNMP Get feature—Linux........................................................................................................... 35
Enabling the In-band SNMP Get feature—Windows.................................................................................................... 36
iDRAC GUI Launcher...........................................................................................................................................................36
Single sign-on (SSO) to iDRAC GUI from Host OS administrators desktop............................................................... 37
Overview.........................................................................................................................................................................37
Prerequisites...................................................................................................................................................................38
Limitations for Linux operating systems..................................................................................................................... 38
IPv6 communication between iSM and iDRAC over OS-BMC Passthru.....................................................................38
Enhanced security between iSM and iDRAC communication using TLS protocol..................................................... 39
6 Frequently asked questions.........................................................................................................40
7 Linux and Ubuntu installer packages.............................................................................................48
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