Reference Guide

Introduction

Dell OpenManage Essentials is a hardware management application that provides a comprehensive view

of Dell systems, devices, and components in your environment. This document lists the agents, devices,

operating systems, and databases supported by Dell OpenManage Essentials version 2.1.

NOTE: For the list of devices supported by Dell SupportAssist for OpenManage Essentials, see the

Dell SupportAssist for OpenManage Essentials Support Matrix at dell.com/serviceabilitytools.

Supported agents

NOTE: For more information on the devices listed in this document, see the documentation for that

device.

Table 1. Agents supported by Dell OpenManage Essentials

Dell systems agents Supported version

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 7.x or later

Dell Lifecycle Controller

For Dell’s 12th and 13th generation of PowerEdge

servers – 2.15.10.10 or later

For 11th generation of PowerEdge servers — 1.6.x

or later

Chassis Management Controller (CMC)

For PowerEdge M1000e – 5.1 or later

For PowerEdge VRTX — 2.1 or later

For PowerEdge FX2 and FX2s — 1.3 or later

iDRAC7 and iDRAC 8 2.20.20.20 or later

NOTE: Make sure that Express or Enterprise

licenses are available to perform firmware

updates.

iDRAC6

For monolithic systems — 1.98 or later

For modular systems — 3.65 or later

Dell Command Monitor (previously Dell

OpenManage Client Instrumentation)

9.1 or later

Supported devices

Supported Dell PowerEdge servers

NOTE: In the PowerEdge server name format yxxx; y denotes alphabets, for example M,R, or T and x

denotes numbers.