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
iDRAC GUI Launcher
Using iDRAC Service Module 3.1 or later, you can launch iDRAC UI from your local system. Double-click the iDRAC GUI
Launcher icon. The iDRAC UI log in page opens in the default browser. Use your iDRAC credentials to log in to the iDRAC home
page. This is supported only on the Microsoft Windows operating systems. The shortcut is available on the start menu after the
successful installation of iSM 3.1 or later.
NOTE: When the iSM is disabled, the iDRAC GUI Launcher icon is also disabled.
NOTE: If the default browser proxy is set to use the system proxy, then you will see a failure to launch the iDRAC UI. You
must copy the IP address from the address bar and enter it in the exceptions list of 'proxy settings'.
Single sign-on to iDRAC UI from host operating
system administrators desktop
Overview
Host administrators can launch iDRAC from within the host operating system using IPv6. iDRAC SSO launcher requires a
desktop environment like GNOME or K Desktop Environment(KDE) on the host operating system.
NOTE: Non-administrators cannot access this feature on the host operating system.
The single sign-on (SSO) feature enables an authenticated operating system administrator to directly access the iDRAC web
interface without requiring login using separate iDRAC administrator credentials. After installing this feature, a Program
Menu shortcut called Invoke-iDRACLauncher on Microsoft Windows operating systems is created. On the Linux operating
system, iSM creates a shortcut under Applications, which you can double-click to launch the iDRAC dashboard. iSM
provides a command-line interface that is called Invoke-iDRACLauncher on Microsoft Windows operating systems and
Invoke-iDRACLauncher.sh on Linux operating systems.
You can configure the iDRAC Service Module using the IPv6 address. By default, communication is established through IPv4.
Upon failure, the communication is reattempted over IPv6. An error message is audited when the communication fails.
You can update the IPv6 address using RACADM-passthru commands. The SSO feature over IPv6 is valid only when IPv6 is
configured with a valid Unique Local Address (ULA). For example:
fde1:53ba:e9a0:de12::/64
fde1:53ba:e9a0:de13::/64
fde1:53ba:e9a0:de14::/64
fde1:53ba:e9a0:de15::/64
fde1:53ba:e9a0:de16::/64
You can choose from two types of privileges to log in to iDRAC.
● Read-Only account: An express or basic install of iSM installs iDRAC SSO launcher, enabling the administrator to log in to
iDRAC as a Read-Only account. In addition to the ability to view component health status, logs, and inventory, a few more
SupportAssist operations that are required by the service personnel are enabled.
● Administrative account: Installing this feature by selecting the Administrator privilege enables the host operating system
administrator to log in to iDRAC as an operator user. Using this account, you can perform all the operations that an iDRAC
root user can perform, except configuring or deleting iDRAC users or clearing the Lifecycle Log.
NOTE: See iDRAC9 User's Guide for specific privileges that are granted to Read-only or Operator accounts.
Disable SSO to iDRAC from host operating system: You can also opt to Disable this feature completely. When iSM is installed
by disabling this feature, launching the iDRAC GUI launcher launches the iDRAC login page with the default browser.
Invoke-iDRACLauncher is independent of the iSM service and can be invoked even if iSM service is stopped.
When browsers are not installed on the host operating system or Invoke-iDRACLauncher is not able to launch iDRAC due to a
browser issue, a session is still created in iDRAC. Using an iDRAC administrator account, you can log in to iDRAC and delete the
sessions.
The iDRAC GUI Launcher behaves differently depending on the state of the OS-to-iDRAC Passthru setting:
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iSM monitoring features