Release Notes

What is Supported?
License Requirements
 Software licensing has replaced hardware licensing. For more information, see the iDRAC7 User's
Guide
, available at dell.com/support/manuals.
 Many features in Lifecycle Controller are licensed. You must install the required license to use
these features. For more information, see the Introduction section in the
Lifecycle Controller 2
1.3 User's Guide
, available at dell.com/support/manuals.
Supported Systems and Operating Systems
 For a list of supported systems, contact your service provider.
 For a list of PowerEdge servers and operating systems that can be deployed on the target
systems, contact your service provider.
 For more information about supported versions of VMware ESX and ESXi on PowerEdge servers,
contact your service provider.
Supported Web Browsers
Not applicable
What’s New?
 Support for the new operating systems. For a list of supported operating systems, contact your
service provider.
 iDRAC License Management
 Automatic system restore & manual programming of Service tag
 Update Identity Module firmware
 Catalog version details displayed on the Firmware Update page
 VLAN support
 Full export of Lifecycle log
 Keyboard and navigation enhancements
 GUI enhancements
 FQDD names in hardware inventory
 PERC9 support
 Unattended OS installation support for Windows
 64-bit Dell update package support in Catalog Update
 Inventory and firmware update support for PCIe SSD
 Configuration and firmware update support for Mellanox cards
o Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port 10 GbE KR Blade Mezzanine Card
o Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port 10 GbE DA/SFP+ Network Adapter
o Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port 40 GbE QSFP+ Network Adapter