- 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 iDRAC Service Module on VMware ESXi
- Preinstallation requirements for VMware ESXi
- Installing iDRAC Service Module on VMware ESXi using CLI
- Installing iDRAC Service Module using the vSphere CLI
- Installing iDRAC Service Module using VMware Update Manager
- Upgrading iDRAC Service Module on VMware ESXi
- Installing iDRAC Service Module using vSphere Lifecycle Manager in vSphere Client
- Using the Power CLI
- Uninstalling iDRAC Service Module on VMware ESXi
- Installing iDRAC Service Module on supported Linux operating systems
- Installing iDRAC Service Module when System Configuration Lockdown mode is enabled in iDRAC
- Configuring iDRAC Service Module
- Security configurations and compatibility
- 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
- Mapping iDRAC Lifecycle Logs to OMSA and OMSS 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 to iDRAC UI from host operating system administrators desktop
- IPv6 communication between iSM and iDRAC over OS to iDRAC Pass-through
- Isolation of OS to iDRAC Pass-through Independent feature
- Software RAID
- Frequently asked questions
- Linux and Ubuntu installer packages
- Resources and support
- Contacting Dell EMC
Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 4.2.0.0 User’s Guide
New in this release
New supported operating systems
iDRAC Service Module 4.2.0.0 supports the following new operating systems:- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5
- Ubuntu Server 20.04.3 LTS
New and enhanced features
The following are the new and enhanced features of iDRAC Service Module 4.2.0.0:- Isolation of OS to iDRAC Pass-through Independent feature - When iSM is unable to establish communication with iDRAC over the OS to iDRAC Pass-through interface, the iSM runs in Limited Functionality mode.
- Software RAID enumeration - iSM enables enumeration of Software RAID PERC S130 and later series of controllers.
- Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 protocol support - iSM communicates with iDRAC over the TLS 1.3 protocol.
- Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) log collection is available as part of SupportAssist Collection (SAC).
- Enhanced NVMe Passthrough feature - Prepare to Remove feature on NVMe devices is enabled in the Passthrough mode on VMware ESXi operating system.
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