Users Guide
Supported platforms for DSU
This section lists the hardware and operating systems for installing DSU.
Topics:
• Supported hardware
• Supported Operating Systems
Supported hardware
DSU is supported on 12th, 13th and 14th generation of Dell's PowerEdge servers.
For more information on supported hardware for Linux Operating Systems, see linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/
omsa.html#Supported_Hardware.
Supported Operating Systems
This section describes the list of supported Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
NOTE
: Community distros such as Fedora, CentOS, and openSUSE are not tested with this repository. Since most of the kernel
drivers in this repository are in Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) format, community distros may work.
The following Microsoft Windows Operating Systems are supported:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019
The following Linux Operating Systems are supported:
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 (x86_64)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 (x86_64)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 (x86_64)
Prerequisites for installing to remote systems
To connect to remote systems through host systems running on Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems, the following protocol
must be used.
• SSH is the protocol used for Linux operating systems. This has to be enabled.
• WMI is the protocol used for Microsoft Windows operating systems. The WMI services are running and the user should have sucient
privileges.
• Redsh is to be enabled for iDRAC. For more information, refer the latest iDRAC9 User’s Guide.
NOTE
: To install through iDRAC on Dell PowerEdge 14th generation servers, minimum version of iDRAC 3.30.30.30 is required.
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