Administrator Guide

Installing iDRAC Service Module on

supported Linux operating system

The complete iDRAC Service Module is packaged in a single Red Hat Package Manager (rpm). The

package, accompanied by a shell script can install, uninstall, or enable/disable the features available.

As the Installer on Linux is a single rpm install, there is no granular install support. You can enable/disable

the features through the scripted installs only.

NOTE: The Installer is available for all iDRAC Service Module supported 64–bit versions of operating

systems Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11,

Citrix XenServer 6.2 SP1, VMware ESXi 5.1 U2, and 5.5 U2. There is no support for ESX classic.

NOTE: On repository-based installs such as, Yellowdog Updater, Modified (YUM), VMware Update

Manager (VUM) and Citrix XenServer supplemental pack, all the features are enabled by default.

NOTE: The OS log collection feature of Automatic TechSupport Report is not supported on

CentOS.

Preinstallation requirement for Linux operating system

To install the iDRAC Service Module on systems running the supported Linux operating system, run

setup.sh.

Ensure that the basic functional requirements are met, such as:

• The OS-to-iDRAC Pass-through feature for USBNIC mode is enabled by default. If it is disabled,

enable it manually.

• The IPv4 Network stack is enabled in the Host Operating system.

• The USB subsystem is enabled.

• udev is enabled; required to start iDRAC Service Module automatically.

For more information on iDRAC, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) Version

2.00.00.00 User’s Guide at dell.com/support/home.

Linux install dependency

The following are the list of dependent packages/executable(s) that need to be installed to complete the

installation.

Executable Commands Package Name

/sys fileSystem

grep grep