Please note the following restrictions: VMware does not yet support AF (Advanced Format) hard drives. AF drives are also labeled as 512e or 4Kn. 4Kn hard drives are only supported on Win 2012 or later using UEFI boot & some Linux distros. 512e hard drives are only supported with Win2008R2 or greater & some Linux distros.
iDRAC Service Module is a lightweight service that supplements iDRAC monitoring and configuration with information available from the server’s operating system (OS). You can also access a limited version of the iSM interface from the OS. By having iSM pre-installed, you will be able to quickly access critical logs and support information should you need to contact Dell Support.
Group Manager
Password
Factory Generated Password for iDRAC9 (new for 14G iDRAC9) – By default, all PowerEdge servers will ship with a factory generated iDRAC password, to provide additional security. This password is generated at the factory and is located on the pull-out Information Tag located on the front of the chassis, adjacent to the server asset tag. Legacy Password - Customers who prefer the known, legacy password “calvin” should choose this option. For security purposes, Dell EMC strongly recommends changing any initial password as part of server deployment.
“Customers who choose to enable Hyper-V role on their server, will receive a pre-deployed virtual hard disk(.vhd / .vhdx) file copied on their hard drive as a default. This virtual hard disk has the same operating system edition installed as selected by the customers for their servers. Also, this virtual hard disk, being multilingual, provides an option to customers for choosing their desired language during the login to the virtual machine.”
