Hello,

my first thread...

So, I have a Dell PE R730 with iDRAC 8 enterprise license and he run VMware ESXi 7.0 U3g (latest Dell image).

My goal is to make storage sensors visible in ESXi/vSphere, so I will see the status of the perc h730 controller, I know perfectly well that I can see it from iDRAC.

The current status: all sensors give error "Cannot report on the current status of the physical element"

From what I understand I need to install on ESXi the vib module to make iDRAC communicate with ESXi: iSM. On my server driver page there is for ESXi 7.0 U3. Note in the package description: "...on Dell's yx13x or later"

 

However, when I went to install it, it did not work. I found at this link https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/it-it/000042093/dell-emc-vxrail-ism-non-in-esecuzione-sul-controller-idrac-del-nodo a troubleshooting to fix it but I get this error:

[root@esx1:/opt/dell/srvadmin/iSM/bin] ./Invoke-SupportAssistCollection

Unable to run the command because the SupportAssist Collection feature is not supported on systems earlier than 14th generation.

What? Why? The R730 is 13th generation. I don't understand.

What's wrong?

 

Regards