Release Notes

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Dell OpenManage 6.5 A02 Release

Notes

This release notes provides information on the supported products for this

release, the supported operating systems, reference information for installing the

operating systems, and known issues, and workarounds.

NOTE: OpenManage 6.5 was released in the first quarter of 2011 and OpenManage 6.5

A02 is released in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Important Release Information

The product specific Readme, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User’s

Guide, Dell Systems Management Software Support Matrix, and Dell

OpenManage Server Administrator With VMware ESXi 5.0 Systems Management

Guide are the only documents updated for this release. For all other documents,

see the Dell OpenManage 6.5 release page

(support.dell.com/support/edocs/SOFTWARE/omswrels/om65/index.htm.)

NOTE: In this release, Dell Systems Build and Update Utility 6.5 is not supported to

install the newer supported operating systems (ESXi5 and XenServer 6.0) on any

platforms including AMD Opteron 6200 and 4200 Series processors platforms.

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Summary of content (8 pages)

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release_notes.fm Page 1 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:35 PM Dell OpenManage 6.5 A02 Release Notes This release notes provides information on the supported products for this release, the supported operating systems, reference information for installing the operating systems, and known issues, and workarounds. NOTE: OpenManage 6.5 was released in the first quarter of 2011 and OpenManage 6.5 A02 is released in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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release_notes.fm Page 2 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:35 PM Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 6.5 A02 Released Q4 2011 What’s New This release only supports the following operating systems: • VMware ESXi 5.0 (file name OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-6.5.0-542907.VIBESX50i_A02). The VIB file can be directly downloaded from dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/usgen1/DriverDetails/ DriverFileFormats?DriverId=N3R0H • Citrix XenServer 6.0 (file name OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-LX-6.5.03983.XenServer60.iso).
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release_notes.fm Page 3 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:35 PM Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 6.5.0 Released Q1 2011 What's New Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 6.5.0 has been tested and certified on the following operating systems: • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 4 (64-bit) • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 (64-bit) • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 (32-bit) • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 (64-bit) • VMware ESX 4.0 U3 • VMware ESX 4.1 U2 • VMware ESXi 4.0 U3 • VMware ESXi 4.
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release_notes.fm Page 4 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:35 PM – On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.x, when connections service is stopped using Server Administrator GUI, Java hotspot error file is created under root directory. You can delete this file safely and this will not impact Server Administrator functionality. (445065) – On ESX 4.
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release_notes.fm Page 5 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:35 PM Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit 3.5.1 Released Q1 2011 What's New DTK 3.5.1 has been tested and certified on the following newer operating systems: • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 4 (64-bit) • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 (64-bit) • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 (32-bit) • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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release_notes.fm Page 6 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:35 PM Installing the New Operating Systems Recommendations Consider the following recommendations before installing operating systems: • It is recommend to use Dell Lifecycle Controller (Unified Server Configurator 1.5.) with the latest Dell OS Drivers Pack, v.6.5.3, A00 to install the newer Operating Systems and Hypervisors. Use Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 3.5.
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release_notes.fm Page 8 Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:35 PM ___________________ Information in this publication is subject to change without notice. © 2011 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, and PowerEdge™are trademarks of Dell Inc. Red Hat® and Red Hat Enterprise Linux® are registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc.