Install Guide

Preinstallation setup

Ensure that you assess the following before installing the iDRAC Service Module:

• Dell’s 12th generation of PowerEdge or later servers. For the list of supported platforms, see Supported platforms.

• Minimum firmware version — For iDRAC7 – 1.57.57 or later and for iDRAC8 – 2.00.00.00 or later.

NOTE: If you install iDRAC Service Module 2.0 or later on iDRAC7 1.5x.5x, you cannot use the new features provided

by iDRAC Service Module 2.0 or later versions. However, you get the features of iDRAC Service Module 1.0.

• Administrator privileges.

• Read the installation instructions for the operating system.

• Read the applicable release notes files and the Systems Software Support Matrix.

• Read the Installation Requirements to ensure that the system meets or exceeds the minimum requirement.

• Close all applications running on the system before installing the iDRAC Service Module application.

Topics:

• Installation requirements

• Supported operating systems

• Supported platforms

• System requirements

Installation requirements

This section describes the general requirements of the iDRAC Service Module and provides information on supported operating systems

and the basic system requirements.

Windows

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 2012, Windows 2012 R2,

Windows Server 2016, and Windows Nano operating system.

Linux

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4, SUSE Linux

Enterprise Server 12 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 operating system.

VMware ESXi

• VMware ESXi 5.5 U3, VMware ESXi 6.0 U1

Citrix XenServer

• Citrix XenServer 6.5 and Citrix XenServer 7.0.

NOTE: Prerequisites specific to an operating system are listed as part of the installation procedures.

NOTE: The iDRAC Service Module can be installed using an User Interface. The installer also supports a silent

installation mechanism.

Supported operating systems

The iDRAC Service Module support is available on the following 64–bit operating system:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (only on Dell’s 12th generation of PowerEdge servers)

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

• Microsoft Windows 2012

• Microsoft Windows 2012 R2

• Microsoft Windows Server 2016

• Microsoft Windows Nano

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2

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