Users Guide

Chapter 4: Configuring iDRAC Servcie Module............................................................................ 25
Configuring iDRAC Service Module from iDRAC web interface............................................................................25
Configuring iDRAC Service Module from RACADM................................................................................................. 25
Configuring iDRAC Service Module from WS-Man.................................................................................................. 26
Chapter 5: Security configurations and compatibility.................................................................. 27
Enhanced security between iSM and iDRAC communication using the TLS protocol ....................................27
Policy settings for OS-BMC Passthru on VMware ESXi .................................................................................. 27
Authenticate DLLs and shared objects before loading............................................................................................ 28
Chapter 6: iSM monitoring features............................................................................................ 29
S.M.A.R.T monitoring....................................................................................................................................................... 29
Operating system information........................................................................................................................................30
Lifecycle Controller log replication into operating system...................................................................................... 30
Automatic system recovery............................................................................................................................................ 30
Windows Management Instrumentation Providers....................................................................................................31
Prepare to remove a NVMe PCIe SSD device............................................................................................................ 31
Remote iDRAC hard reset................................................................................................................................................31
iDRAC access via Host OS.............................................................................................................................................. 31
Accessing iDRAC via GUI, WS-Man, Redfish, and Remote RACADM..................................................................32
In-Band support for iDRAC SNMP alerts.................................................................................................................... 32
Enable WS-Man remotely................................................................................................................................................32
Autoupdating iSM..............................................................................................................................................................33
FullPowerCycle ................................................................................................................................................................. 33
SupportAssist on the box................................................................................................................................................ 34
SupportAssist registration.........................................................................................................................................35
SupportAssist Collection........................................................................................................................................... 35
SupportAssist Collection settings........................................................................................................................... 39
iDRAC Service Module SupportAssist disk Auto Dispatch................................................................................ 40
Configuring the In-Band SNMP Get feature—Linux................................................................................................40
Configuring the In-Band SNMP Get feature—Windows......................................................................................... 41
iDRAC GUI Launcher......................................................................................................................................................... 41
Single sign-on (SSO) to iDRAC UI from host operating system administrators desktop................................ 41
Overview........................................................................................................................................................................ 41
Prerequisites................................................................................................................................................................. 42
Limitations for Linux operating systems................................................................................................................ 42
IPv6 communication between iSM and iDRAC over OS-BMC Passthru............................................................. 43
Chapter 7: Frequently asked questions........................................................................................ 44
Chapter 8: Linux and Ubuntu installer packages.......................................................................... 52
Chapter 9: Resources and support.............................................................................................. 53
Identifying the series of your Dell EMC PowerEdge servers..................................................................................54
Chapter 10: Contacting Dell EMC ............................................................................................... 55
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