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
through operating system DUP installs iSM in
install+unpacked state.
You can verify this using the below command:
#dpkg -s dcism
Package: dcism
Status: install ok unpacked
To fix this issue, run the command apt-get install -f. This will install dependent packages.
When I install iSM 3.4.0 or later on Linux operating
systems such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, I see
some messages in operating system logs such
as G_IS_SIMPLE_ACTION (simple)' failed: failed
to rescan: Failed to parse /usr/share/applications/
iDRACGUILauncher.desktop file: cannot process file
of type application/x-desktop.
The messages are related to the GNOME desktop manager. Various operating system groups have Bugzilla items to address this
scenario. For example, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1594177. No action is required by the user.
I see a blank terminal on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
operating system when I click iDRAC GUI Launcher
shortcut from Menu > Accessories.
The visibility of text on the terminal depends on the GNOME version running on the resident operating system. An
alternative is to run the launcher from a UI-capable shell. For example, bash#> sh /opt/dell/srvadmin/iSM/bin/
iDRACLauncher.sh as a sudo user.
In case, the OS-to-iDRAC Passthru is disabled in iDRAC, you see a blank terminal when the iDRAC UI is launched from the Linux
operating system such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0. Select y or Y, and press Enter to
indicate configuration of USBNIC interface on the host operating system.
Alternatively, you can enable the OS-to-iDRAC Passthru in iDRAC in USBNIC mode and rerun the iDRAC launcher from the host
operating system.
Frequently asked questions
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