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 1. Features supported by each supported operating system
Features Servers Operating systems
Supported PowerEdge series Microsoft Windows
(including HyperV
systems)
Linux Virtualization
(VMware ESXi)
Sharing operating
system information
yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes Yes
Lifecycle Controller
Log replication
yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes Yes
Automatic system
recovery/watchdog
yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes Yes
Windows
Management
Instrumentation
Providers
yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes NA NA
Prepare to remove
NVMe device
through iDRAC.
yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes Yes
SupportAssist
collection from host
operating system
yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes Yes
Operating system
and application data
yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes
Yes (only for yx4x
and later PowerEdge
servers)
Remote iDRAC hard
reset
yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes Yes
iDRAC access via
Host OS
yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes NA
In-Band support for
iDRAC SNMP alerts
yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes Yes
Network interface
monitoring support
through Redfish
client
yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes Yes
Enable WS-Man
remotely.
yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes NA NA
FullPowerCycle yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes
VMware ESXi 7.x :
Yes
In-Band SNMP get yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes NA
Live VIB installation yx3x, yx4x, yx5x NA NA Yes
SupportAssist-
anonymous collection
report
yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes Yes
iDRAC UI launcher yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes NA
IPv6 support yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes NA
Auto dispatch for
selective events
yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes Yes
SupportAssist
collection with
selective PII
yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x Yes Yes Yes
6 Introduction