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
Linux install dependencies
The following are the list of dependent packages and executables that need to be installed to complete the installation.
Table 8. Linux install dependencies
Executable commands Package name
/sys fileSystem
grep grep
cut, cat, echo, pwd, coreutils
lsusb usbutils
find findutils
shell script commands bash
ifconfig net-tools
ping Iputils
chkconfig
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
● chkconfig
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
● aaa_base
install_initd
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
● redhat-lsb-core
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
● insserv
systemctl systemd
curl libcurl
openssl libssl
Installing the iDRAC Service Module on Linux operating systems
1. The available features that can be installed are displayed on the screen:
● [1] Watchdog Instrumentation Service
● [2] LifeCycle Log Information
● [3] Operating System Information
● [4] iDRAC access via Host OS
○ [a] Access via GUI, WS-man, Redfish, Remote RACADM
○ [b] In-Band SNMP Traps
○ [c] Access via SNMP Get
● [5] iDRAC SSO Launcher
○ [a] Read only
○ [b] Administrator
● [6] Chipset S.M.A.R.T Monitoring
● ○ [a] Periodic S.M.A.R.T Log Collection
● [7] iDRAC Hard Reset
● [8] SupportAssist
● [9] Full Power Cycle
● [10] All features
2. To install the required feature, type the number of the respective feature. Separate the number of the features to be
installed by a comma. For example, to install the subfeatures, type 4.a, 4.b or 4.c.
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