Release Notes
Table Of Contents
Compatibility
License requirements
For information regarding license agreements, see iDRAC Service Module 4.0.1 User's Guide available at www.dell.com/
ismmanuals.
Supported platforms
iDRAC Service Module 4.0.1 supports PowerEdge yx5x servers. See Identifying the series of your Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
for more information.
Table 2. The table lists platforms that are supported by iDRAC Service Module 4.0.1.
PowerEdge yx5x servers iDRAC firmware
Dell EMC PowerEdge C6520 4.40.21.00
Dell EMC PowerEdge XE8545 4.40.45.00
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX750c 4.40.20.00
Dell EMC PowerEdge R750xa 4.40.23.00
Dell EMC PowerEdge R750 4.40.23.00
Dell EMC PowerEdge R650 4.40.20.00
Supported operating systems and hypervisors
iDRAC Service Module 4.0.1 support is available on the following 64–bit operating systems:
● Microsoft Windows Server 2019
● Microsoft Windows Server 2016
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9
● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
● Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
● VMware vSphere (ESXi) 7.0 U2 supported on PowerEdge yx5x servers
● VMware vSphere (ESXi) 6.7 U3 supported on PowerEdge yx5x servers
New in this release
iDRAC Service Module 4.0.1 offers the following new features in this release:
● Support for yx5x platforms (C6520, R650, XE8545, MX750c, R750xa, R750).
For supported operating systems on yx5x platforms, see Supported operating systems and hypervisors.
● iDRAC Service Module 4.0.1 does not require a separate OS Collector DUP installation. The OS Collector package is
embedded and installed as part of iDRAC Service Module in v4.0.1 and later.
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