Release Notes

For management Table 4.
Version
Version number/Release date
iDRAC version for Dell PowerEdge 11th generation
servers
3.35 for Modular, 1.85 for Rack or Tower
Lifecycle Controller for Dell PowerEdge 11th
generation servers
1.5.2 or later
Lifecycle Controller for Dell PowerEdge 12th
generation servers
1.0.0.3017 or later
iDRAC version for Dell PowerEdge 12th generation
servers
1.00.0 or later
Hardware and software requirements
The following support matrix tables detail the VMware version and OpenManage Integration for VMware
vCenter functional support for Dell PowerEdge 9
th
, 10
th
, 11
th
, and 12
th
generation Dell servers.
 OpenManage 6.4 agent or greater - SNMP alerts, Hardware Inventory, Blink Server LED,
View/Clear SEL logs.
 Lifecycle Controller 1.5.2 or later - BIOS/Firmware Updates, Bare metal Deployment,
Hardware Configuration, Change Configuration Settings.
 iDRAC Express/Enterprise - Power On a Server, Link and Launch iDRAC
 OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) Agent — Required for all Dell servers prior to
Dell PowerEdge 12
th
generation servers.
 The manual installation of the OMSA agent on Dell PowerEdge 11
th
Generation hosts is
no longer required on all ESX/ESXi hosts prior to the OpenManage Integration
installation. The OMSA agent is installed automatically during deployment. In addition,
the OpenManage Integration provides options to install OMSA as part of acquiring host
compliance.
For the management, we support the following:
Management support Table 5.
Hypervisor version
OMSA version
ESX 4.1
OMSA 6.5
ESXi 4.1
OMSA 6.5 VIB
ESX 4.1 U1
OMSA 6.5
ESXi 4.1 U1
OMSA 6.5 VIB
ESX 4.1 U2
OMSA 7.0
ESXi 4.1 U2
OMSA 7.0 VIB
ESXi 4.1 U3
OMSA 7.2 VIB
ESX 4.1 U3
OMSA 7.2
ESXi 5.0
OMSA 7.1 VIB
ESXi 5.0 U1
OMSA 7.1 VIB
ESXi 5.0 U2
OMSA 7.3 VIB
ESXi 5.1
OMSA 7.1 VIB
ESXi 5.1 U1
OMSA 7.3 VIB
ESXi 5.5
OMSA 7.3.0.2 VIB