Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 3.6 User’s Guide
- 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
- 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 (SSO) to iDRAC UI from host operating system administrators desktop
- IPv6 communication between iSM and iDRAC over OS-BMC Passthru
- Frequently asked questions
- Linux and Ubuntu installer packages
- Resources and support
- Contacting Dell EMC
Table 3. Supported platforms on Linux operating systems
Dell EMC devices Ubuntu 20.04 SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 15
SP2
Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 8.3
Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.9
yx5x PowerEdge servers Yes Yes Yes Yes
yx4x PowerEdge servers Yes Yes Yes Yes
yx3x PowerEdge servers No Yes Yes Yes
yx2x PowerEdge servers No No No No
NOTE: Limited yx3x PowerEdge servers support the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 operating system. For the list of
supported Dell EMC servers, see https://linux.dell.com/files/supportmatrix/RHEL_Support_Matrix.pdf.
Supported platforms on Microsoft Windows operating systems
The table lists the platforms that are supported by iDRAC Service Module 3.6 on Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Table 4. Supported platforms on Microsoft Windows operating systems
Dell EMC devices Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016
yx5x PowerEdge servers Yes Yes
yx4x PowerEdge servers Yes Yes
yx3x PowerEdge servers Yes Yes
yx2x PowerEdge servers No Yes
Supported platforms on virtualization hypervisor
The table lists the platforms that are supported by iSM 3.6 on virtualization operating systems.
Table 5. Supported platforms on virtualization hypervisor
Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
VMware ESXi
vSphere 7.0 U1 and 7.0 U2 vSphere 6.7 U3
yx5x PowerEdge servers Yes Yes
yx4x PowerEdge servers Yes Yes
yx3x PowerEdge servers Yes* Yes
yx2x PowerEdge servers No No
* - Only few yx3x PowerEdge servers support VMware ESXi 7.0 U1 and 7.0 U2. To know the list of supported yx3x PowerEdge
servers, see VMware vSphere 7.x on Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers Compatibility Matrix.
Supported operating systems on Dell EMC Precision Rack System
Table 6. Supported operating systems on Dell EMC Precision Rack System
Dell EMC devices Microsoft Windows 10 RS5
R7920 Yes
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