Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 4.1.0.0 User’s Guide

Using the Power CLI

1. Install the supported PowerCLI of ESXi on the supported Microsoft Windows operating system.
2. Copy the ISM-Dell-Web-4.1.0.0-<bldno>.VIB-<version>i-Live.zip file to the ESXi host.
3. Navigate to the bin directory.
4. Run Connect-VIServer and provide the server and other credentials.
5. Log on to the ESXi host using supported vSphere CLI of ESXi 6.x U3, or ESXi 7.x and create a datastore.
6. Create a folder ISM-Dell-Web-4.1.0.0-<bldno>.VIB-<version>I on ESXi 6.x U3, or ESXi 7.x host under /vmfs/volumes/<datastore_name> directory.
7. Copy the ESXi ZIP file on ESXi 6.x U3, or ESXi 7.x host to /vmfs/volumes/<datastore_name>ISM-Dell-Web-4.1.0.0-<bldno>.VIB-<version>I directory.
8. Unzip the ZIP file in the above specified directory.
9. Run the following command in Power CLI:
   For ESXi 7.x:

   Install-VMHostPatch -VMHost <VMHost I.P address> - HostPath /vmfs/volumes/<datastore_name>name>/ISM-Dell-Web-4.1.0.0-<bldno>.VIB-<version>i/metadata.zip

   For ESXi 6.x:

   Install-VMHostPatch -VMHost <VMHost I.P address> - HostPath /vmfs/volumes/<datastore_name>name>/ISM-Dell-Web-4.1.0.0-<bldno>.VIB-<version>i/metadata.zip

10. Run the following command to verify if the iSM is installed successfully on the host:

    For ESXi 7.x: esxcli software component get -n DEL-dcism.

    For ESXi 6.x: esxcli software vib get -n dcism.

    iSM is displayed.
11. Reboot the host operating system after installing iSM using the above Power CLI command.
    For more information on Power CLI, see the VMware website.