Dell iDRAC Service Module (VIB) for ESXi 8.0 U3 and ESXi 9.0, v6.0.3.0

Driver Id : 4N5HV

Importance : Optional

Version : 6.0.3.0, A00 Latest version Recommended version Latest and Recommended version

Release Date : 25 Jun 2025

Download Type : Applications

Category : Systems Management

iDRAC Service Module (iSM) is a lightweight software service that better integrates operating system (OS) features with iDRAC and can be installed on Dell’s yx3x or later generation of PowerEdge servers. iSM provides OS-related information to the iDRAC and adds capabilities such as LC log event replication into the OS log, WMI support (including storage), iDRAC SNMP alerts via OS, iDRAC hard reset and remote full Power Cycle. iSM automates SupportAssist report collection process for iDRAC leading to faster issue resolution. iSM has very little impact on the host processor and smaller memory footprint than "in-band" agents such as Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA), thus expanding iDRAC management into supported host operating systems.

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File Format: This file format consists of an archive of files that may be decompressed to a directory on the hard drive. The installation can then be done from that directory.

File Name: ISM-Dell-Web-6.0.3.0-3923.VIB-ESXi-Live_A00.zip

File size: 6.25 MB

To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.

MD5: ba3cb1b6f6f23b10abb864429901f866

SHA1: d9b7f211b5d2eebb9c37fcbc0c12992578ccfe1d

SHA-256: 160b6f600cdc6bd09783a066599960fa7ce3901a3dd9a785ba9649d9c8ab7e62

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Installation instructions

Download:
To download the iSM installer file, complete the following steps:
1. Click Download option to download the installer ZIP file.
2. When the file download window appears, click Save to save the installer file to your hard drive.
Note: Ensure that the downloaded file is not unzipped after the download.

Installation
To install the iSM installer application, complete the following steps:
1. Log in to the system running VMware vSphere Client or vCenter Server using your credentials.
2. To configure the VMware ESXi host to the Maintenance Mode, run the following command: esxcli system maintenanceMode set --enable=true
3.You can install iSM either using vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) or using iSM offline ZIP file.
-To install iSM using vLCM, complete the following step:
i. If you are using vLCM baseline in Admin View mode, import the iSM ZIP file to the patch repository.
ii. In the vLCM baseline, add the component Dell iDRAC Service Module for VMware ESXi to the desired host or group baseline before STAGE or REMEDIATE components.

For more information about installing iSM using vLCM, see the Dell iDRAC Service Module User Guide.
-To install iSM using the offline ZIP file, complete the following steps:
i. Upload iSM offline ZIP file to the following path: /var/log/vmware
ii. Log in to the SSH client using your credentials.
iii. Run the following command in the SSH client: esxcli software component apply -d /var/log/vmware/ISM*.zip
4. Once iSM is installed on the VMware ESXi 8.0 operating system, complete either of the following:
-Reboot the VMware ESXi host operating system.
-Restart the vmware-hostd service to display iSM esxcli namespace using the following command: /etc/init.d/hostd restart
5. To verify that iSM is installed on the VMware ESXi 8.0 operating system, run the following command: esxcli software component get -n DEL-dcism
6. Once iSM is installed, disable the Maintenance Mode in the VMware ESXi host.

Dell iDRAC Service Module (VIB) for ESXi 8.0 U3 and ESXi 9.0, v6.0.3.0

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