Release Notes

Table 10. Limitations on VMware ESXi operating system (continued)
Issue ID Functional area Description Workaround
7.x on Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers Release
Notes.
Not available Non-functional iSM-
Windows remote
management commands.
When the small footprint CIM broker (SFCB)
configuration is set to read-only mode
in the VMware ESXi operating system,
iSM-Windows remote management (WinRM)
commands such as iDRACHardreset,
EnableInBandSNMPTraps do not function.
Use the Invoke-
iDRACHardReset command
line utility to perform the
iDRAC Hardreset operation.
Not available iDRAC Access via Host
OS.
The iDRAC Access via Host OS feature is
not supported on VMware ESXi operating
systems.
Not applicable
Not available Local Racadm. When Local Racadm set is disabled through
iDRAC interfaces:
● iSM fails to configure the operating
system to iDRAC passthru in the USB NIC
mode.
● iSM functionality is restored when Local
Racadm set is enabled.
Not applicable
Not available Lifecycle Controller logs. EventID for Lifecycle Controller logs
replicated to operating system log will be 0
for some of the past events.
Not applicable
Not available In-band SNMP Trap TrapID for In-band SNMP Traps will be 0 for
some of the past traps.
Not applicable
Not available iDRAC Hardreset When iDRAC Hardreset is disabled in iDRAC
and you perform an iDRAC Hardreset
operation from the hypervisor operating
systems like VMware ESXi, the result
indicates success although iDRAC is not reset.
Not applicable
Not available iDRAC Hardreset
operation on VMware
ESXi.
To perform iDRAC hard reset operation
on VMware ESXi operating system using
the winrm command, the iSM must be
communicating with iDRAC.
Not applicable
User notes
User notes for supported Microsoft Windows operating systems
To enable WSMan silently, use the following CLI command:
Msiexec.exe/i iDRACSvcMod.msi ADDLOCAL="WSMAN_Enablement" CP_SELF_SIGN_CERT="2"
CP_WSMAN_PORT="1234" CP_CERTIFICATE="1" CP_NEGOTIATE="1"/qn
User notes for supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server
● To perform an Express Install on Red Hat Linux Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems, run the
following command from the SYSMGMT/iSM/linux directory:
dcism-setup.sh -x
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