- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Introduction
- Preinstallation setup
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module
- Initial installation of iDRAC Service Module via iDRAC for Windows
- Initial installation of iSM via iDRAC Express
- Initial installation of iDRAC Service Module via iDRAC for Linux
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Modifying the iDRAC Service Module components on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Repairing the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Uninstalling the iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Installing iDRAC Service Module on supported Linux operating system
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on VMware ESXi
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on Citrix XenServer
- Installing iDRAC Service Module when the System Configuration Lock Down Mode is enabled
- Configuring the iDRAC Service Module
- iDRAC Service Module monitoring features
- Operating system information
- Lifecycle Controller log replication into operating system
- Automatic System Recovery
- Windows Management Instrumentation Providers
- Prepare to remove NVMe PCIe SSD device
- Remote iDRAC hard reset
- iDRAC access via Host OS
- In-band support for iDRAC SNMP alerts
- Enable WSMAN Remotely
- Auto-updating of iDRAC Service Module
- FullPowerCycle
- SupportAssist on the Box
- Frequently asked questions
- Linux installer packages
iDRAC Service Module 3.0.1 User’s Guide
Installing the iDRAC Service Module on VMware ESXi
VMware ESXi is factory-installed on some systems. For a list of these systems, see the latest Systems Software Support Matrix at dell.com/support/home.
The iDRAC Service module is available as a .zip file for installing on systems running VMware ESXi operating system. The .zip file follows the naming convention ISM-Dell-Web-3.0.1-<bldno>.VIB-<version>i.zip, where <version> is the supported ESXi version.
The zip files for the supported ESXi versions are:
- For ESXi 6.0 – ISM-Dell-Web-3.0.1-<bldno>.VIB-ESX60i.zip
- For ESXi 6.5 – ISM-Dell-Web-3.0.1-<bldno>.VIB-ESX65i.zip
NOTE: The feature configuration
of iDRAC Service Module is not retained as is after a forced/ungraceful
reboot. A backup of the configuration files is created by the ESXi
hypervisor through the script /sbin/auto-backup.sh that runs periodically
for every 60 minutes. If you want to retain the configuration, manually
run the backup.sh script before you reboot the system.
Download VMware vSphere Command Line Interface (vSphere CLI) from http://vmwaredepot.dell.com/ and install on the Microsoft Windows or Linux system. Alternately, you can import VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) to the ESXi host.
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