Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 User's Guide

Plugin Management

A plugin is individually packaged in a DUP. Plugins do not get removed on iDRAC reboot, reset, or AC cycles, they can only be removed by iDRAC sanitize operation or LC wipe operation. You can enable or disable the plugins. When enabled, plugins are only installed but not started.

To manage plugins from iDRAC GUI, go to iDARC Settings > Settings > Plugins.

Following are the information available in Plugin inventory:

• Name — Name of the plugin. Maximum 54 characters
• Version — Version of Installed plugin
• State — Enabled / Disabled
• Status — Starting, Not Started, Running, Stopping, Updating, Stopped: Disabled, Stopped: Installed— No Hardware, Stopped: Installed— Version Dependency, Stopped: Plugin Failure, Stopped: Internal Error — Unknown Error, Stopped: Plugin Conflict.
• Manufacture — Name of the company, maximum 54characters
• ReleaseDate — Date of creation of DUP
• SoftwareId — Component ID

Installing/Upgrading plugin

1. Download Plugin from Dell.com
2. Go to iDRAC Update page
3. Select Plugin DUP file
4. Install Plugin
   NOTE:If a plugin is valid, a success message is shown after the plugin installed. If the hardware is not present, then an LC message is logged indicating that Plugin is not started. If the plugin is invalid, an error message is displayed.

Remove Plugin

1. Go to Plugins page - iDARC Settings > Settings > Plugins
2. Select Uninstall/Remove
3. Plugin is then stopped and removed from iDRAC.

When a non-SDL (Non-Standard Device List) card is installed, iDRAC cannot detect a SDK plugin. You need to manually find and install the SDK plugin. iDRAC firmware update/downgrade/rollback does not have impact on plugins functionality.