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• 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.
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