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
iSM monitoring features
Using iSM, you can monitor and manage aspects of server performance including power cycle, security, alerts, also specific
device management to optimize and maintain system health and availability.
NOTE: FullPowerCycle and SupportAssist on the Box are supported on PowerEdge yx5x servers.
Topics:
• 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
S.M.A.R.T monitoring
The S.M.A.R.T monitoring feature supports SATA hard drives enabled with SATA in AHCI mode and RAID mode. It has
integrated capability to monitor S.M.A.R.T alerts through iDRAC supported auditing methods for hard drives under SATA chipset
controller. Previously alerts were monitored by any open-source utility to monitor the hard drives set in RAID mode.
Table 10. Attribute values and description
Attribute Values Description
Enabled The chipset SATA controllers are monitored for S.M.A.R.T
events in real time.
Disabled S.M.A.R.T monitoring is disabled.
NA Chipset SATA controller is not available.
NOTE: By default, the S.M.A.R.T attribute is set to Enabled or NA when the configuration does not support chipset SATA.
S.M.A.R.T monitoring is a feature that is installed through the iSM installer. You can install or modify the iSM installer package
to disable the S.M.A.R.T monitoring feature. This feature is available on a Dell EMC on supported SATA disk with S.M.A.R.T
capabilities.
If the disk is S.M.A.R.T capable and the feature is enabled, iSM monitors the disks and generates events accordingly. The
default monitoring period is 24 hrs and cannot be manually configured. Only PDR16 (predictive failure) and PDR22 (temperature
threshold exceeded) events are monitored.
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