Owner's Manual

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 Ability to display alert notification pop-ups in the console.
 Support for enhanced error messaging for system update tasks.
 Availability of enhanced inventory information for Dell Compellent devices.
 Availability of Remaining Rated Write Endurance status for SAS and SATA SSD attached to a
PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) 8.
 Support for the installation of OpenManage Essentials in 64-bit operating systems only.
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 displayed in OpenManage Essentials might be
different than the driver package information displayed 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 displayed in OpenManage Essentials might
be different than the driver package information displayed 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 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.
For software updates for BIOS to function, perform the following steps:
1. Disable the Microsoft Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption feature. For information on disabling this
feature, see the Microsoft documentation at "www.microsoft.com."
2. Update the BIOS.
3. Re-start the system.
4. Re-enable the Microsoft Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption feature.
You can use OpenManage Essentials to view the TPM information in the device Details page.