Release Notes

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 Availability of storage and controller information in the device inventory for the following client
systems: Dell OptiPlex, Dell Latitude, and Dell Precision.
 CLI support for discovery, inventory, status polling, and removal of devices from the device tree.
 CLI command for modifying and adding ranges to an existing Discovery Range Group.
 Availability of sample command line remote tasks for uninstalling OpenManage Server Administrator
and applying a server configuration on multiple managed nodes.
 Display of a notification icon in the heading banner to indicate the availability of a newer version of
OpenManage Essentials.
 Support for enabling or disabling rebooting after system update for out-of band (iDRAC) system
updates.
 Support for re-running system update and OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) deployment
tasks.
 Support for Single Sign-On (SSO) for iDRAC and CMC devices.
 Multiple defect fixes and performance improvements.
Known Issues
System Updates
NOTE: OpenManage Essentials does not support the software update task on the management station.
This is because the Software Update task is interrupted and the final results of the update are not known.
You can perform software updates using the other Dell Tools.
Before creating an update task for Non-Compliant systems, it is recommended that you update to the
latest catalog from ftp.dell.com by clicking the “Get the latest” button under the System Update tab. Make
sure that you have Internet connectivity to download the latest catalog.
Issue 1:
Description
In rare cases, inapplicable package may be listed in the compliance report but the updates are not
applied to the target node if the package is not applicable.
Issue 2:
Description
Intel PCI-E driver package information for a server seen in OpenManage Essentials might be different
than the driver package information seen in SUU. Package name, Component name, Current Version,
and Repository Version might be different. [473495]
Issue 3:
Description
Broadcom NetXtreme driver package information for a server seen in OpenManage Essentials might be
different than the driver package information seen in SUU. Package name, Component name, Current
Version, and Repository Version might be different. [473493]
Issue 4:
Description
For systems with a Trusted Computing Group (TCG) 1.2-compliant Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip,
software updates for BIOS fails if all of the following are true:
 The Microsoft Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption feature is enabled.
 The TPM feature is set (using BIOS) to ON with Preboot Measurement.
For information about TPM security settings, see the "Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Online
Help" or the"Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User's Guide" available at "support.dell.com/manuals"
and on the appropriate media supplied by Dell.