Concept Guide

iDRAC Service Module
This module complements iDRAC with monitoring and configuration information from the operating system. iSM has limited
interface of its own on OS. You can enable/disable features on iSM by the iDRAC interfaces to control the CPU and memory
consumed on the server’s operating system.
The iDRAC Service Module provides the following features:
• View operating system (OS) information.
• Replicate Lifecycle Controller logs to operating system logs.
• Perform automatic system recovery options.
• Populate Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) information.
• Integrate with SupportAssist Collection.
• Enable Prepare to Remove option on a NVMe class PCIe SSD.
• Access iDRAC interfaces using host IP.
• Use Remote iDRAC hard reset for 13th generation of PowerEdge servers.
• Access iDRAC MIB compatible SNMP traps from the host operating system.
For more information, see the iDRAC User’s Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
Dell Remote Access Controller Administration (RACADM) CLI
The RACADM command-line utility provides a scriptable interface to perform inventory, configuration, update, and health status
check of PowerEdge servers. RACADM operates in multiple modes:
• Local — supports running RACADM commands from the managed server’s operating system.
• SSH or Telnet — known as Firmware RACADM, is accessible by logging in to iDRAC using SSH or Telnet
• Remote — supports running RACADM commands from a remote management station such as a laptop or desktop.
RACADM is supported by the iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller and by the Chassis Management Controller of the M1000e, VRTX
and FX2 modular systems. Local and Remote RACADM is supported on Windows Server, Windows clients, and on Red Hat, SuSe
and Ubuntu Linux.
For complete information, see the RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC and CMC available at dell.com/support/
manuals.
iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller Embedded Management APIs
iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller provides a range of standards-based applications programming interfaces (APIs) that enable
scalable, automated management of PowerEdge servers. Standard systems management APIs have been developed by
organizations such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)
and are widely used by commercial systems management products and by custom programs and scripts developed by IT staff to
automate management functions such as discovery, inventory, health status checking, configuration, update, and power
management. The APIs supported by iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller include:
• Redfish: In 2015, the DMTF Scalable Platforms Management Forum published Redfish, an open industry-standard specification
and schema designed to meet the needs of IT administrators for simple, modern, and secure management of scalable platform
hardware. Dell is a key contributor to the Redfish standard, acting as co-chair of the SPMF, promoting the benefits of Redfish,
and working to deliver those benefits within Dell industry-leading systems management solutions. Redfish is a next generation
management standard using a data model representation inside a hypermedia RESTful interface. The data model is defined in
terms of a standard, machine-readable schema, with the payload of the messages expressed in JSON and the protocol using
OData v4.
• WS-Man: The Web Services For Management (WS-Man) API, first published by the DMTF in 2008, is the most mature and
robust API provided by iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller. WSMAN uses a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) with data
modeled using the Common Information Model. WS-Man provides interoperability between management applications and
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