Users Guide

Simplified and reduced the number of screens in the Virtual Disk Creation Wizard for better user
experience.
NOTE: For more information, see the
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User’s
Guide
available at dell.com/support/manuals.
Added support for enhanced messaging, which includes unique system identifiers (system service tag, chassis
service tag, and system FQDN) and message identifier (Message ID) for enhanced SNMP trap varbinds. You can
associate an event to the respective server using the unique system identifiers. For more information, see the
Dell Event Message Reference Guide
at dell.com/support/manuals.
Added support for the following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Hypervisor
NOTE: This operating system supports OMSA on RHEL 6.3 as a hypervisor and it is not the RHEL
KVM hypervisor.
Citrix XenServer 6.1
VMware ESXi 4.1 U3
VMware ESX 4.1 U3
NOTE: The VIB or supplemental pack for XenServer and VMware ESXi is available at support.dell.com.
NOTE: Dell PowerEdge
yx2x
(12G) does not support Microsoft Windows 2003.
Added support for Internet Explorer 10.
Added support for the Mozilla Firefox 15 and 16.
Added support for the following Network Interface Cards (NICs), Converged Network Adapters (CNAs), and
Fibre Channels (FCs):
QLogic QLE2660 Single Port FC16 HBA
QLogic QLE2662 Dual Port FC16 HBA
QLogic QME2662 Dual Port FC16 HBA Mezzanine
Emulex LPm16002 Dual Port FC16 HBA Mezz
Intel I350 2 x 1Gb BT + X520 2 x 10Gb SFP+ Rack NDC
Deprecated support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
NOTE: For the list of supported operating systems, see the
Dell Systems Software Support Matrix
available at
dell.com/support/manuals.
For a list of platforms, operating systems, and browsers support added and deprecated, see the Dell Systems Software
Support Matrix Version 7.2 at dell.com/support/manuals Product Type Software, Monitors, Electronics &
Peripherals Software Enterprise System Management .
NOTE: For more information about the features introduced in this release, see the Server Administrator context-
sensitive online help.
Systems Management Standards Availability
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator supports the following systems management protocols:
HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
Common Information Model (CIM)
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
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