Release Notes

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his is the readme file for Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management Version 4.0. For additional information, see
the Server Administrator Readme file and the "Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User's Guide.
NOTE: The Storage Management service is installed using the Server Administrator installation process. See the installation readme
(readme_ins.txt)on the "Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation" DVD for the latest installation information.
NOTE: With Dell OpenManage Systems Management software version 5.0 or later, Array Manager is not an installable option.
If the Array Manager is installed on your system and you need information on how to migrate from Array Manager to
Storage Management, see the product documentation prior to Storage Management 2.1 or the Systems Management
software version 5.1.
What’s New
The release highlights of OpenManage Storage Management 4.0 are:
Added support for the following operating systems:
- VMware ESXi 5.0 P1
- Citrix Xen Server 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7
- VMware ESXi 4.1 U2
Deprecated the following operating systems:
- Citrix Xen Server 5.6 FP1
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2003 R2
- Windows Server 2003 x64
New Platforms supported:
Dell PowerEdge R720
Dell PowerEdge R620
Dell PowerEdge T620
Dell PowerEdge M620
New Features:
• This release provides device management support for PCI Express Solid-State Drive (PCIe SSD).
• On PERC H710 and PERC H810 controllers,the Manage Physical Disk Power controller task provides additional
power saving modes that help you to customize the power saving settings.
• On Dell PowerEdge yx2x systems, multiple backplanes and multiple internal controllers are supported.
• On Dell PERC H310 card, the new controllers tasks Convert to Non-RAID Disks and Convert to RAID Capable Disks
allow you to convert unconfigured Ready RAID capable disks to Non-RAID disks and vice-versa.