Users Guide

To create an iSM deployment task:

1. Click Manage → Remote Tasks → Common Tasks → Create Deployment Task.

2. On General, select iDRAC Service Module and provide a task name. If you want to deploy iSM on

Windows-based servers, then select Windows, provide installer path and, if required, provide

arguments. If you want to deploy iSM on Linux-based servers, select Linux and provide the installer

path, select

Generate Trusted Key and Allow reboot. If you are using a .rpm package to deploy iSM,

select Upload and Install GPG key.

NOTE: Install iSM prerequisites before deploying iSM on Linux.

3. On Task Target, do one of the following:

• Select a query from the drop-down list or create a new query by clicking the New button.

• Select servers on which you want to run this task and click Next.

NOTE: Devices that are not applicable for iSM deployment are not available for selection in

the Task Target. Moving the mouse pointer over such a device in the Task Target displays a

tool tip that indicates why iSM cannot be deployed. If you want to override the device

capability and allow all the available devices for selection as task targets, select Enable all.

4. On Schedule and Credentials, set the schedule parameters, provide user credentials to enable the

task.

5. If you want to deploy iSM as a sudo user, select Enable Sudo and update the SSH port number.

NOTE: Before you deploy iSM using sudo, create a new user account, edit the sudoers file using

the

visudo command, and add the following:

Cmnd_Alias OMEUPDATE = /bin/tar,/bin/cat,/bin/rpm,/opt/dell/

srvadmin/bin/omexec,/tmp/LinuxPreInstallPackage64/runbada,/tmp/

LinuxPreInstallPackage64/omexec <sudo_username> ALL=OMEUPDATE,

NOPASSWD:OMEUPDATE

NOTE: If iSM is uninstalled from a system by a root user, before deploying iSM on that system

using sudo, make sure that all iSM pre-installation package files are removed from the tmp

folder.

NOTE: Deploying iSM using sudo is not supported on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and ESX

targets.

6. Click Finish.

For information about the fields in the Create a Deployment Task wizard, see Deployment Task.