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
Table 1. Features supported by each supported operating system
Features Servers Operating systems
Supported PowerEdge series Microsoft Windows
(including HyperV
systems)
Linux Virtualization
(VMware ESXi)
SupportAssist
collection from host
operating system
yx5x Yes Yes Yes
Operating system
and application data
yx5x Yes Yes Yes
Remote iDRAC hard
reset
yx5x Yes Yes Yes
iDRAC access via
Host OS
yx5x Yes Yes NA
In-Band support for
iDRAC SNMP alerts
yx5x Yes Yes Yes
Network interface
monitoring support
through Redfish
client
yx5x Yes Yes Yes
Enable WS-Man
remotely
yx5x Yes NA NA
FullPowerCycle yx5x Yes Yes
VMware ESXi 7.x :
Yes
In-Band SNMP get yx5x Yes Yes NA
Live VIB installation yx5x NA NA Yes
SupportAssist-
anonymous collection
report
yx5x Yes Yes Yes
iDRAC UI launcher yx5x Yes Yes NA
IPv6 support yx5x Yes Yes NA
Auto dispatch for
selective events
yx5x Yes Yes Yes
SupportAssist
collection with
selective PII
yx5x Yes Yes Yes
Single Sign-on (SSO) yx5x Yes Yes NA
Auto-update iSM
installation
yx5x Yes Yes NA
Server storage(S2D)
correlation
yx5x Yes NA NA
S.M.A.R.T monitoring
in AHCI Mode
yx5x Yes Yes Yes
S.M.A.R.T monitoring
in software RAID
mode
yx5x Yes NA NA
NA - Not applicable
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Introduction