Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 User's Guide

Plug-in Management

A plug-in is individually packaged in a DUP. Plug-ins do not get removed on iDRAC reboot, reset, or AC cycles, they can only be removed by the 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 the iDRAC UI, go to iDRAC Settings > Settings > Plugins.

Following are the information available in the Plugin inventory:

• Name—Name of the plug-in. Maximum 54 characters
• Version—Version of Installed plug-in
• 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 54 characters
• ReleaseDate—Date of creation of DUP
• SoftwareId—Component ID

Installing/Upgrading Plug-in

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

Remove Plug-in

1. Go to Plugins page - iDRAC Settings > Settings > Plugins
2. Select Uninstall/Remove. The plug-in is then stopped and removed from iDRAC.

When a non-SDL (Non-Standard Device List) card is installed, iDRAC cannot detect an SDK plug-in. Manually find and install the SDK plug-in. iDRAC firmware update/downgrade/rollback does not have an impact on the functionality of plug-ins.