The iDRAC Service Module provides the following monitoring features:
- View Operating System (OS) information
- Replicate Lifecycle Controller logs to operating system logs
- Perform automatic system recovery options
- Populate Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Management Providers
- Integrate with Technical Support Report. This is applicable only
if iDRAC Service Module Version 2.0 or later is installed. For more
information, see
Generating Tech Support Report.
- Integrate with NVMe Management for Prepare to Remove operation
on a NVMe class PCIe SSD. For more information, see
Preparing to Remove
PCIe SSD
.
Operating System Information
The OpenManage Server Administrator currently shares operating
system information and host name with iDRAC. The iDRAC Service Module
provides similar information such as OS name, OS version, and Fully
Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) with iDRAC. By default, this monitoring
feature is enabled. It is not disabled if OpenManage Server Administrator
is installed on the host OS.
iDRAC Service Module 2.0 has amended
the operating system information feature with the OS network interface
Monitoring. When iDRAC Service Module version 2.0 is used with iDRAC
2.00.00.00, it starts monitoring the operating system network interfaces.
You can view this information using iDRAC Web interface, RACADM, or
WSMAN. For more information, see
Viewing Network Interfaces
Available On Host OS
.
When iDRAC Service Module version
2.0 is used with iDRAC version lower than 2.00.00.00, the OS information
feature does not provide OS network interface monitoring.
Replicate Lifecycle
Logs to OS Log
You can replicate the Lifecycle Controller
Logs to the OS logs from the time when the feature is enabled in iDRAC.
This is similar to the System Event Log (SEL) replication performed
by OpenManage Server Administrator. All events that have the
OS
Log
option selected as the target (in the
Alerts page,
or in the equivalent RACADM or WSMAN interfaces) are replicated in
the OS log using the iDRAC Service Module. The default set of logs
to be included in the OS logs is the same as configured for SNMP alerts
or traps.
iDRAC Service Module also logs the events that have
occurred when the operating system is not functioning. The OS logging
performed by iDRAC Service Module follows the IETF syslog standards
for Linux based operating systems.
If OpenManage Server Administrator
is installed, this monitoring feature is disabled to avoid duplicate
SEL entries in the OS log.
Automatic System Recovery
Options
You can perform automatic system recovery operations
such as reboot, power cycle, or power off the server after a specified
time interval. This feature is enabled only if the operating system
watchdog timer is disabled. If OpenManage Server Administrator is
installed, this monitoring feature is disabled to avoid duplicate
watchdog timers.
WMI Management Providers
You can enable or disable the WMI option in iDRAC. iDRAC exposes
the WMI classes through the iDRAC Service Module providing the server’s
health information. By default, WMI information feature is enabled.
The iDRAC Service Module exposes the WSMAN monitored classes in iDRAC
through WMI. The classes are exposed in the
root/cimv2/dcim namespace.
The classes can be accessed using any of the standard
WMI client interfaces. For more information, see the profile documents.
The following example is using the DCIM_account class to illustrate
the capability that WMI information feature provides in iDRAC Service
Module. For the details of the supported classes and profiles, see
the WSMAN profiles documentation available at Dell Tech Center.
CIM Interface |
WinRM |
WMIC |
PowerShell |
Enumerate instances of a class
|
winrm e wmi/root/cimv2/dcim/dcim_account
|
wmic /namespace:\\root\cimv2\dcim PATH dcim_account
|
Get-WmiObject dcim_account -namespace root/cimv2/dcim
|
Get a specific instance of a class
|
winrm g wmi/root/cimv2/dcim/DCIM_Account?CreationClassName=DCIM_Account+Name=iDRAC.Embedded.1#Users.2+SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_SPComputerSystem+SystemName=systemmc
|
wmic /namespace:\\root\cimv2\dcim PATH dcim_account where Name="iDRAC.Embedded.1#Users.16"
|
Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\cimv2\dcim -Class dcim_account -filter "Name='iDRAC.Embedded.1#Users.16'"
|
Get associated instances of an instance
|
winrm e wmi/root/cimv2/dcim/* -dialect:association -filter:{object=DCIM_Account?CreationClassName=DCIM_Account+Name=iDRAC.Embedded.1#Users.1+SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_SPComputerSystem+SystemName=systemmc}
|
wmic /namespace:\\root\cimv2\dcim PATH dcim_account where
Name='iDRAC.Embedded.1#Users.2' ASSOC
|
Get-Wmiobject -Query "ASSOCIATORS OF {DCIM_Account.CreationClassName='DCIM_Account',Name='iDRAC.Embedded.1#Users.2',SystemCreationClassName='DCIM_SPComputerSystem',SystemName='systemmc'}"
-namespace root/cimv2/dcim
|
Get references of an instance
|
winrm e wmi/root/cimv2/dcim/* -dialect:association –associations -filter:{object=DCIM_Account?CreationClassName=DCIM_Account+Name=iDRAC.Embedded.1#Users.1+SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_SPComputerSystem+SystemName=systemmc}
|
Not applicable |
Get-Wmiobject -Query "REFERENCES OF {DCIM_Account.CreationClassName='DCIM_Account',Name='iDRAC.Embedded.1#Users.2',SystemCreationClassName='DCIM_SPComputerSystem',SystemName='systemmc'}"
-namespace root/cimv2/dcim
|
Co-existence of OpenManage
Server Administrator and iDRAC Service Module
In a system,
both OpenManage Server Administrator and the iDRAC Service Module
can co-exist and continue to function correctly and independently.
If you have enabled the monitoring features during the iDRAC Service
Module installation, then after the installation is complete if the
iDRAC Service Module detects the presence of OpenManage Server Administrator,
it disables the set of monitoring features that overlap. If OpenManage
Server Administrator is running, the iDRAC Service Module disables
the overlapping monitoring features after logging to the OS and iDRAC.
When you re-enable these monitoring features through the iDRAC
interfaces at a later time, the same checks are performed and the
features are enabled depending on whether OpenManage Server Administrator
is running or not.