Users Guide

16 What’s New for Version 5.0
• Added event hints for alert log entries
To view the descriptions for event hints, select
System → Logs → Alert . Click on a particular event ID for a
detailed list of that event ID and its corresponding description, severity, and cause. See the
Server
Administrator Messages Reference Guide
for the detailed list of an event ID and its corresponding
description, severity, and cause.
• Reports if TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) is enabled
To check if TOE is enabled in the graphical user interface (GUI), select
System → Main System Chassis → Network.
In the CLI, type omreport chassis nics index= n (where n is the NIC index)
• Updated support for Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) to include new fields like
Date , and so on.
In the GUI, select
System → Main System Chassis → Properties .
In the CLI, type
omreport chassis fru.
• Added support for configuring USB ports
In the GUI, select
System → Main System Chassis → BIOS .
In the CLI, type
omconfig chassis biossetup attribute=uausb setting=<on | backonly | off>
• Added support for CPU Virtualization Technology and CPU hyperthreading
In the GUI, select
System → Main System Chassis → BIOS → Setup. For more details, see the Server
Administrator online help.
In the CLI, for CPU Virtualization Technology, type
omconfig chassis biossetup cpuvt .
For CPU hyperthreading, type
omconfig chassis biossetup cpuht .
For more details, see the
Dell OpenManage™ Installation and Security User's Guide.
In CPU hyperthreading, each processor core supports up to two logical processors. When this option is
enabled (default), the BIOS reports all logical processors. When this option is disabled, the BIOS reports
only one logical processor per core.
When Virtualization Technology is enabled, the additional hardware capabilities provided by Virtualization
Technology are available for use.
• Used Dell standard naming convention for Server Administrator services and executables
• Upgrade to Server Administrator 5.0 is possible using the
Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server
Management
CD only.
• Updated GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) compiler support to 3.x.
• Removed support for the following Dell PowerEdge systems:
x4xx and x5xx
• Removed support for Array Manager.
• Removed
Beep the Speaker action for Local Response Agent (LRA)