Dell Systems Management Overview Guide

iDRAC Service Module

This module complements iDRAC with monitoring and configuration information from the operating system(OS). You can also access a limited version of the iSM interface from the OS. You can enable and disable features on iSM by the iDRAC interfaces to control the CPU and memory that is consumed on the operating system of the server.

The iDRAC Service Module provides the following key features:

• View operating system (OS) information.
• Replicate Lifecycle Controller logs to operating system logs.
• Perform automatic system recovery.
• Populate Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) information.
• Use the Prepare to Remove option on a NVMe class PCIe SSD.
• Access iDRAC interfaces using host IP.
• Remote full power cycle
• Smart alerts from drives
• iDRAC UI launcher from host OS (Windows OS only)
• Use remote iDRAC hard reset for 13th generation or later PowerEdge servers.
• Access iDRAC MIB compatible SNMP traps from the host operating system.
• TLS protection enabled for iSM to iDRAC communication over OS-BMC Passthru.
• Single sign on (SSO) to access iDRAC UI from the Host OS Administrator desktop (Windows and Linux).
• IPv6 communication between iSM to iDRAC over OS-BMC Passthru (Windows and Linux).

For more information, see iDRAC Service Module and iDRAC9.