Release Notes

What is new in this release
● Supports Microsoft Windows Admin Center Preview 2103 GA.
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration extension version 2.0 will only be supported with Windows Admin Center 2103 GA for
monitoring and management of servers and clusters.
● Supports managing and monitoring of Azure Stack HCI solution based on the new Azure Stack HCI version 20H2 operating
system.
● Installation—Provides the ability for in-place installation of Dell EMC OpenManage Integration snap-in when creating an
Azure Stack HCI cluster using AX nodes or running full stack update on Azure Stack HCI cluster.
● OpenManage Integration snap-in to provide integrated firmware and driver updates during Azure Stack HCI cluster creation
or cluster update available in the Windows Admin Center.
○ Integrated Cluster Deploy and Update—This feature is applicable for Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure
Stack HCI (running Azure Stack HCI version 20H2 operating system).
When creating an Azure Stack HCI cluster using AX nodes:
￭ Supports Hardware symmetry checks that validate the cluster nodes configuration against the Dell EMC
recommended configurations. After the symmetry check, it provides a comprehensive report that displays the status
of all the configurations and recommended actions for unsupported configurations. This feature ensures that the
cluster configuration is compliant with Dell EMC recommendations.
￭ Supports integrated Firmware, BIOS, and Drivers updates. This provides a unified experience that includes rebooting
the nodes only once after both operating system and hardware updates are done.
￭ Ability to rerun prerequisites and Hardware symmetry checks when the failures are corrected.
○ Full Stack Cluster-Aware Updating—This feature is applicable for Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack
HCI (running Azure Stack HCI version 20H2 operating system).
￭ In addition to the operating system update available in the Windows Admin Center, perform hardware updates
(Firmware, BIOS, and Drivers) for Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI cluster in a single flow.
This feature will not only help administrators to update the OS and the firmware, but also OS drivers and management
applications that are installed on the cluster.
● Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU)—Ability to schedule CAU updates using OpenManage Integration extension for the following:
○ PowerEdge server-based Failover cluster
○ Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server
○ Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI
● Supports Dell EMC System Update (DSU) 1.9 to check compliance and update.
● Enhancements:
○ Supports target nodes running Windows Server Core operating system.
○ License details are displayed by clicking a license attribute name under iDRAC inventory.
○ Optimized iDRAC inventory attributes to improve usability.
○ Renamed MX catalog for PowerEdge MX Modular to "Dell EMC MX Solution Catalog".
○ PowerEdge catalog option is now available under Update Source for Failover clusters created using MX Modular.
○ Revamped the Tool tip information of Update Source to make it more readable.
○ Improved Update Source catalog selection view.
○ Improvements in Compliance Report view from doughnut chart to bar chart to indicate the compliance level. Added a
search box in the compliance report to search and select components.
○ Improvements in compliance generation and update performance.
● Fixes:
○ Previously, if a target node/cluster was connected (using Single Sign-on authentication) without using "Manage as"
credentials, to generate a compliance, it was required to reconnect the target node/cluster from the "All connections"
page in the Windows Admin Center using "Manage as" credentials.
In this release, the extension may prompt you to specify the "Manage as" credentials on the same page when attempting
to manage a target node or cluster. Therefore, you do not need to go back to the "All connections" page in the Windows
Admin Center to connect the target node or cluster.
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