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Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 3.4 User’s Guide

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Using the Power CLI

To install the iDRAC Service Module using Power CLI:
  1. Install the supported PowerCLI of ESXi on the supported Microsoft Windows operating system.
  2. Copy the ISM-Dell-Web-3.4.0-<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 6.5 U2, ESXi 6.7 and create a datastore.
  6. Create a folder ISM-Dell-Web-3.4.0-<bldno>.VIB-<version>I on ESXi 6.5 U2, ESXi 6.7 host under /vmfs/volumes/<datastore_name> directory.
  7. Copy the ESXi zip file on ESXi 6.5 U2 host to /vmfs/volumes/<datastore_name>ISM-Dell-Web-3.4.0-<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 6.7 Install-VMHostPatch -VMHost <VMHost I.P address> - HostPath /vmfs/volumes/<datastore_name>name>/ISM-Dell-Web-3.4.0-<bldno>.VIB-<version>i/ cross_oem-dell-dciSM-esxi_3.4.0.ESXi670-0000-metadata.zip . For ESXi 6.5 Install-VMHostPatch -VMHost <VMHost I.P address> - HostPath /vmfs/volumes/<datastore_name>name>/ISM-Dell-Web-3.3.0-<bldno>.VIB-<version>i/ cross_oem-dell-dciSM-esxi_3.4.0.ESXi650-0000-metadata.zip .
  10. Run the following command to check if the iDRAC Service Module is installed successfully on the host. esxcli software vib list|grep -i open.
  11. iDRAC Service Module is displayed.
    • NOTE: Reboot the host OS once iSM is installed using the above Power CLI command.
    • NOTE: For more information on Power CLI, see the VMWare official website.

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