- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Introduction
- Preinstallation setup
- Installing iDRAC Service Module
- Initial installation of iDRAC Service Module through iDRAC Enterprise or Datacenter or iDRAC Express on Microsoft Windows and Linux
- Installing iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Silent installation of iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows
- Modifying iDRAC Service Module components on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Repairing iDRAC Service Module running on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Uninstalling iDRAC Service Module running on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Installing the iDRAC Service Module on VMware ESXi
- Installing iDRAC Service Module on supported Linux operating systems
- Installing iDRAC Service Module when System Configuration Lock Down Mode is enabled in iDRAC
- Configuring iDRAC Service Module
- Security configurations and compatibility
- iSM monitoring features
- S.M.A.R.T monitoring
- Operating system information
- Lifecycle Controller log replication into operating system
- Automatic system recovery
- Windows Management Instrumentation Providers
- Prepare to remove a NVMe PCIe SSD device
- Remote iDRAC hard reset
- iDRAC access via Host OS
- Accessing iDRAC via GUI, WS-Man, Redfish, and Remote RACADM
- In-Band support for iDRAC SNMP alerts
- Enable WS-Man remotely
- Autoupdating iSM
- FullPowerCycle
- SupportAssist on the box
- Configuring the In-Band SNMP Get feature—Linux
- Configuring the In-Band SNMP Get feature—Windows
- iDRAC GUI Launcher
- Single sign-on (SSO) to iDRAC UI from host operating system administrators desktop
- IPv6 communication between iSM and iDRAC over OS-BMC Passthru
- Frequently asked questions
- Linux and Ubuntu installer packages
- Resources and support
- Contacting Dell EMC
Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 3.6 User’s Guide
Operating system supported features matrix
The following features are supported on yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, and yx5x PowerEdge servers:
| Features | Servers | Operating systems | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supported PowerEdge series | Microsoft Windows (including HyperV systems) | Linux | Virtualization (VMware ESXi) | |
| Sharing operating system information | yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lifecycle Controller Log replication | yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Automatic system recovery/watchdog | yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Management Instrumentation Providers | yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | NA | NA |
| Prepare to remove NVMe device through iDRAC. | yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SupportAssist collection from host operating system | yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Operating system and application data | yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | Yes (only for yx4x and later PowerEdge servers) |
| Remote iDRAC hard reset | yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | Yes (command line utility is supported only on VMware ESXi 7.x) |
| iDRAC access via Host OS | yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | NA |
| In-Band support for iDRAC SNMP alerts | yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Network interface monitoring support through Redfish client | yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Enable WS-Man remotely. | yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | NA | NA |
| FullPowerCycle | yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes |
VMware ESXi 7.x : Yes |
| In-Band SNMP get | yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | NA |
| Live VIB installation | yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | NA | NA | Yes |
| SupportAssist-anonymous collection report | yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| iDRAC UI launcher | yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | NA |
| IPv6 support | yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | NA |
| Auto dispatch for selective events | yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SupportAssist collection with selective PII | yx2x, yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Single Sign-on (SSO) | yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | NA |
| Auto-update iSM installation | yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | NA |
| Server storage(S2D) correlation | yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | NA | NA |
| S.M.A.R.T monitoring in AHCI Mode | yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| S.M.A.R.T monitoring in software RAID mode | yx3x, yx4x, yx5x | Yes | NA | NA |
NA - Not applicable
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