Release Notes

Platforms Affected

For a complete list of supported Dell PowerEdge systems and supported Operating systems, see the Dell Systems Software Support

Matrix available in the required version of OpenManage Software at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

What Is Supported

Hardware and Software Requirements

Before installing the DTK components for embedded Linux, ensure that you have:

• The DTK ISO image, which contains the utilities, sample scripts, sample configuration files, and documentation to deploy your Dell

system.

• A Linux workstation that has at least 200 MB of free hard-drive space.

• When building customized Linux ISOs, you might need to incorporate the following Red Hat Package Managers (RPMs) provided by

DTK to ensure a successful build:

○ dtk-scripts

○ raidcfg

○ syscfg

• If you have the DTK CD mounted under "/mnt/cdrom," you can extract the DTK RPMs to build your customized ISO image under the

"RPMs" folder at the root of the CD.

Operating Systems Requirements

Using DTK utilities you can deploy the following Linux operating systems:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 (64–bit)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 (64–bit)

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (64–bit)

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (64–bit)

• CentOS 6.7 (64–bit)

• CentOS 7.2 (64–bit)

NOTE: CentOS deployment is supported only on DSS1510, DSS1500, DSS2500 platforms.

What’s New

The new features for this release include:

• Support for the following network cards

○ Intel XL710 DP 40Gb QSFP+ Rack NDC

○ Intel 40GbE 2P XL710 Adapter

○ Intel(R) X550 Dual Port 10GBASE-T Networking Adapter

○ Broadcom 10GbE 2P 57402S Adapter

○ Broadcom 25GbE 2P 57404S Adapter

○ Broadcom 10GbE Base-T 2P 57406 Adapter

○ Mellanox Connect X-4 LX DP 25Gb SFP rNDC

○ Mellanox 25GBE 2P Connect X-4 LX Adapter

○ Intel 82599 DP 10G Mezzanine Adapter (Supported only on Dell PowerEdge C6320)

• Added support for the following Dell PowerEdge servers:

○ R830

• Support for installation and deployment of the following operating system in BIOS and UEFI mode

○ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 (64–bit)

○ CentOS 7.2 (64–bit)

Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit 5.4 for Embedded Linux Release Notes