Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 4.0.1 User’s Guide
- Contents
- 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 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
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<Image filename="RPM-GPG-KEY-dell" id="0538B4E9-DA4D-402A-9D96-A4A55EE2234C"
skip="false" type="APAC" version=""/>
<Image filename="sha256sum" id="06F61B54-58E2-41FB-8CE3-B7137A60E4B7" skip="false"
type="APAC" version=""/>
</PayloadConfiguration>
To download the packages, use the image filename present in the XML code to append to the URL. For example:
● Microsoft Windows web packages can be downloaded from https://<iDRACIP>/software/ism/OM-iSM-Dell-Web-
X64–4.0.1.exe.
VMware ESXi Live VIB package from Lifecycle Controller can be downloaded fromhttps://<iDRACIP>/software/ism/ISM-
Dell-Web-4.0.1-VIB-ESX6i-Live.zip.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux web pack can be downloaded from https://<iDRACIP>/software/ism/OM-iSM-Dell-Web-
LX-4.0.1.tar.gz.
Support for idrac.local and drac.local as iDRAC FQDN
You can connect iSM to the iDRAC UI from the host operating system by typing drac.local or idrac.local in the web
browser regardless of whether the host operating system supports multicast Domain Name System.
NOTE: This feature is supported only over IPv4 address.
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