Users Guide

• Redsh prole support for network attributes
• iDRAC Hard Reset
• iDRAC access via Host OS (Experimental Feature)
• In-band iDRAC SNMP alerts
• View operating system (OS) information
• Replicate Lifecycle Controller logs to operating system logs
• Perform automatic system recovery options
• Populate Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Management Providers
• Integrate with SupportAssist Collection. This is applicable only if iDRAC Service Module version 2.0 or later is installed. For more
information, see Generating SupportAssist Collection.
• Prepare to Remove NVMe PCIe SSD. For more information, see Idracug_preparing to remove nvme pcie ssd.
NOTE: The features such as Windows Management Instrumentation Providers, Prepare to Remove NVMe PCIe SDD through
iDRAC, Automating SupportAssist Collection OS collection are supported only on Dell PowerEdge servers with minimum
rmware version 2.00.00.00 or later.
Redsh prole support for network attributes
iDRAC Service Module v2.3 or later provides additional network attributes to iDRAC, which can be obtained through the REST clients from
iDRAC. For more details, see iDRAC Redsh prole support.
Operating system information
The OpenManage Server Administrator currently shares operating system information and host name with iDRAC. The iDRAC Service
Module provides similar information such as OS name, OS version, and Fully Qualied Domain Name (FQDN) with iDRAC. By default, this
monitoring feature is enabled. It is not disabled if OpenManage Server Administrator is installed on the host OS.
iDRAC Service Module version 2.0 or later has amended the operating system information feature with the OS network interface
Monitoring. When iDRAC Service Module version 2.0 or later is used with iDRAC 2.00.00.00, it starts monitoring the operating system
network interfaces. You can view this information using iDRAC web interface, RACADM, or WSMAN. For more information, see Viewing
network interfaces available on host os.
When iDRAC Service Module version 2.0 or later is used with iDRAC version lower than 2.00.00.00, the OS information feature does not
provide OS network interface monitoring.
Replicate Lifecycle logs to OS log
You can replicate the Lifecycle Controller Logs to the OS logs from the time when the feature is enabled in iDRAC. This is similar to the
System Event Log (SEL) replication performed by OpenManage Server Administrator. All events that have the OS Log option selected as
the target (in the Alerts page, or in the equivalent RACADM or WSMAN interfaces) are replicated in the OS log using the iDRAC Service
Module. The default set of logs to be included in the OS logs is the same as congured for SNMP alerts or traps.
iDRAC Service Module also logs the events that have occurred when the operating system is not functioning. The OS logging performed
by iDRAC Service Module follows the IETF syslog standards for Linux-based operating systems.
NOTE
: Starting iDRAC Service Module version 2.1, the Lifecycle Controller Logs replication location in the Windows OS logs can
be congured using the iDRAC Service Module installer. You can congure the location while installing iDRAC Service Module or
modifying the iDRAC Service Module installer.
If OpenManage Server Administrator is installed, this monitoring feature is disabled to avoid duplicate SEL entries in the OS log.
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