Dell iDRAC Service Module 5.3.0.0 Release Notes

Known issues on VMware ESXi operating system

Table 1. Known issues in iDRAC Service Module 5.3.0.0 on VMware ESXi operating systemThe table lists the known issues in iDRAC Service Module 5.3.0.0 on VMware ESXi operating system.
Issue ID	Functional area	Description	Workaround
172915	iSM communication with iDRAC is interrupted	In VMware ESXi 7.x, iDRAC Service Module (iSM) communication with iDRAC is dropped.	No action is required as the communication is restored automatically within 1 to 2 minutes.
188568	Invoke-FullPowerCycle	The iSM feature "Invoke-FullPowerCycle" is not supported when the "SMM Security Mitigation" is enabled from the BIOS on VMware ESXi 7.x operating systems.	Not available
278930 278933	Network interfaces information on iDRAC	In ESXi 8.x operating system, when the network interface IP is changed or newly added while running dellism deamon, the latest information of network interfaces is not populated in the Network Interfaces page under System > Host OS page on iDRAC GUI until the dellism deamon is restarted.	Run any of the following commands to see the reflected network interfaces information on iDRAC: Restart dellism deamon service on ESXi 8.x operating system by running the following command /etc/init.d/dellism restart. Disable and reenable the operating system Information (Network) feature under iDRAC Service Module Setup on iDRAC.