Users Guide

• 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 Technical Support Report OS collection are supported only on 13th generation Dell
PowerEdge servers with minimum firmware version 2.00.00.00 or later.
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 Qualified 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 2.0 has amended the operating system information feature with the OS network interface Monitoring. When
iDRAC Service Module version 2.0 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 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 configured 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.
If OpenManage Server Administrator is installed, this monitoring feature is disabled to avoid duplicate SEL entries in the OS log.
Automatic System Recovery Options
The ASR feature is a hardware-based timer. If a hardware failure occurs, the Health Monitor may not be called, but the server is reset as if
the power switch was activated. ASR is implemented using a "heartbeat" timer that continuously counts down. The Health Monitor
frequently reloads the counter to prevent it from counting down to zero. If the ASR counts down to zero, it is assumed that the operating
system has locked up and the system automatically attempts to reboot.
You can perform automatic system recovery operations such as reboot, power cycle, or power off the server after a specified time
interval. This feature is enabled only if the operating system watchdog timer is disabled. If OpenManage Server Administrator is installed,
this monitoring feature is disabled to avoid duplicate watchdog timers.
Windows Management Instrumentation Providers
WMI is a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model that provides an operating system interface through which instrumented
components provide information and notification. WMI is Microsoft's implementation of the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM)
and Common Information Model (CIM) standards from the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) to manage Server hardware,
operating systems and applications. WMI Providers helps to integrate with Systems Management Consoles such as Microsoft System
Center and enables scripting to manage Microsoft Windows Servers.
You can enable or disable the WMI option in iDRAC. iDRAC exposes the WMI classes through the iDRAC Service Module providing the
server’s health information. By default, WMI information feature is enabled. The iDRAC Service Module exposes the WSMAN monitored
classes in iDRAC through WMI. The classes are exposed in the root/cimv2/dcim namespace.
The classes can be accessed using any of the standard WMI client interfaces. For more information, see the profile documents.
The following example is using the DCIM_account class to illustrate the capability that WMI information feature provides in iDRAC Service
Module. For the details of the supported classes and profiles, see the WSMAN profiles documentation available at Dell Tech Center.
Using iDRAC Service Module
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