Release Notes

What is Supported?
For a complete list of supported devices, operating systems, and web browsers, see the Dell
OpenManage Essentials Version 2.2 Support Matrix at delltechcenter.com/ome or dell.com/
OpenManageManuals.
What’s New
• Ability to create a device configuration template from an IOA.
• Ability to deploy a device configuration template on an IOA.
• Display of VLAN configuration inventory information of the IOAs within a chassis.
• Ability to assign VLAN IDs to the IOAs within a chassis.
• Ability to deploy the VLAN configuration of IOAs during the deployment of a blade server.
• Support for installing OpenManage Essentials with a customized database name.
• Support for retargeting OpenManage Essentials to a database with a customized name.
• Requirement to enter the MapQuest key for rendering the Map View feature.
• Map View support for the PowerEdge FX2 and FX2s chassis.
• Addition of the All Identity Attributes and Agent Health Status reports.
• Support for additional models of Dell Storage and Dell Networking devices.
• Integration of the MIB Import functionality within OpenManage Essentials.
• Enhancements:
– Support for launching the IOA console.
– Display of an appropriate health status icon when a device is unreachable.
– Display of iDRAC name for devices in the RAC device group.
– System update task enhancements:
* Display of timestamp and download status in the task details pane.
* Support for the base location attribute of a Dell Repository Manager (DRM) catalog.
* Option to reset the iDRAC before performing an out-of-band system update.
* Options to select the method of restarting the server, after applying an out-of-band system
update.
NOTE: For a complete list of supported device models, see the Dell OpenManage Essentials Version
2.2 Support Matrix at dell.com/OpenManageManuals.
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.
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