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Diagnostic Service Supported Devices and
Operating Systems
Overview
This section lists devices that can be tested using the Server Administrator Diagnostic Service.
"Diagnostics for Dell-Supplied Devices" provides a general list of devices supported by the Server
Administrator Diagnostic Service.
Diagnostics are supported on the following operating systems: Microsoft
®
Windows
®
, Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux, and SUSE
®
LINUX Enterprise Server.
For information about how to run diagnostic tests, see the Server Administrator User's Guide and the
Server Administrator Command Line Interface User's Guide.
NOTE: Starting with Dell OpenManage™ version 4.3, the Systems Management CD has been replaced by the
Dell™ PowerEdge™ Installation and Server Management CD. References in this guide to the Systems
Management CD are for Dell OpenManage versions 3.0 through 4.2.
Diagnostics for Dell-Supplied Devices
NOTE: The Intel
®
management agent is required for the Intel network adapter diagnostics. If this agent is not
installed, the default network diagnostics are available. Use Dell OpenManage Server Assistant (version 8.x or 2.x)
to install Intel PROSet or you can download Intel PROSet from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
Intel PROSet is listed under Intel PRO Family of Adapters.
NOTE: You must install Dell-qualified device drivers in order to run diagnostics on devices like tape drives,
tape autoloaders, tape libraries, NIC, RAID controllers, and attached hard drives. See the documentation that
came with your device, or access the latest drivers from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
Server Administrator specifically supports diagnostics for the following Dell-supplied hardware devices:
• CD drives
• DVD drives
• CD-RW/DVD combination drives
•Diskette
• Network Interface Cards (NIC)
•Modems
• SCSI controllers