Users Guide

appropriate protocols specified. For example, to deploy the iDRAC Service Module on a Windows-based
server running Server Administrator that is discovered using SNMP/WMI, the iDRAC must be discovered
using SNMP/WS-Man.
Remote Task
Type
Server/in-band discovery iDRAC/out-of-
band discovery
All Windows-
based Servers
With Server
Administrator
and
Discovered
Using
SNMP/WMI
All Windows-
based Servers
With Server
Administrator
and
Discovered
Using WMI
Linux-based
Servers With
Server
Administrator
and discovered
using
SNMP/SSH
Linux-based
Servers With
Server
Administrator
and discovered
using SSH
DRAC/iDRAC
discovered
using
SNMP/WS-Man
iDRAC Service
Module
deployment
task
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
Device capabilities for a server or DRAC/iDRAC device are populated during discovery and is leveraged by
remote tasks to determine applicable targets for each task type. The capability is populated based on the
following parameters:
• Protocol used to discover the server and DRAC/iDRAC. For example, IPMI, SNMP, and so on.
• If Server Administrator is installed on the server.
• Settings enabled on the DRAC/iDRAC.
Selecting the Enable All check box allows you to override device capability and allows all the available
devices for selection as task targets.
The following device capability matrix provides information about the type of remote tasks supported on
devices when the device capabilities are overridden.
Remote Task
Type
All Servers
(except ESXi)
With Server
Administrator
and
Discovered
Using
SNMP/WMI
Windows-
based Servers
without Server
Administrator
and discovered
using WMI
Linux-based
Servers
without Server
Administrator
and discovered
using SSH
DRAC/iDRAC
discovered
using IPMI
DRAC/iDRAC
discovered
using SNMP/
WS-Man
DRAC/iDRAC is not discovered Server operating system is not
discovered
Reboot/power
cycle operation
Supported Supported Not supported Not supported Not supported
Power off
operation
Supported Supported Not supported Not supported Not supported
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