Release Notes

1 Release summary..........................................................................................................................4
Priority and recommendations............................................................................................................................................. 4
2 Compatibility............................................................................................................................... 5
iDRAC, BIOS, system firmware, RAID controller driver versions.....................................................................................5
Supported Dell EMC system management applications for Microsoft Windows Server 2019................................... 6
Devices with out-of-box driver support............................................................................................................................. 6
Drivers with in-box support.................................................................................................................................................. 7
3 Fixes........................................................................................................................................... 8
I/O errors or unresponsive virtual machines......................................................................................................................8
Unable to delete a NVDIMM storage pool..........................................................................................................................8
4 Known issues—To be fixed in future releases................................................................................. 9
Chipset or Broadcom 1 GB out-of-box driver installation on PowerEdge servers will result in BSOD ......................9
Multiple failures are encountered while installing customized Windows Server 2019 operating system on
Gen 1 and Gen 2 VMs......................................................................................................................................................10
5 Installing and upgrading Windows Server 2019...............................................................................11
Multilingual operating system media for Windows Server 2019..................................................................................... 11
Deploy an operating system using multilingual DVD media........................................................................................11
Pre-installed VM....................................................................................................................................................................11
Using the pre-installed VM............................................................................................................................................ 11
Retrieve Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) IP address............................................................... 12
Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2019 on PowerEdge servers............................................................................... 12
Upgrading from earlier versions of Windows Server to Windows Server 2019........................................................... 12
6 Resources and support................................................................................................................13
Operating system support matrix for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers............................................................................13
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 videos for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.................................................................13
Documentation resources................................................................................................................................................... 13
Identifying the series of your Dell EMC PowerEdge servers..........................................................................................15
Download drivers and firmware..........................................................................................................................................16
Documentation feedback.................................................................................................................................................... 16
7 Contacting Dell EMC................................................................................................................... 17
Contents
Contents 3