Owner's Manual

Software Requirements
 Supported operating system and web browser.
 TCP/IP connection on the managed system and the remote system to facilitate remote
system management.
 Supported systems management protocol standard. For more information, see Supported
Systems Management Protocol Standards .
 The Server Administrator Remote Access Controller service requires remote access
controller (RAC) to be installed on the managed system. For more information on the
software and hardware requirements, see the relevant Remote Access Controller User’s
Guide .
NOTE: The RAC software is installed as part of the Typical Setup installation option
provided the managed system meets all of the RAC installation prerequisites.
 The Server Administrator Storage Management Service requires Server Administrator to be
installed on the managed system. For more information on the software and hardware
requirements, see the Server Administrator Storage Management User’s Guide .
 Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) version 3.1 or later.
NOTE: Server Administrator software detects the MSI version on your system. If the
version is earlier than 3.1, the prerequisite checker prompts you to upgrade to MSI version
3.1. After upgrading the MSI to version 3.1, you may have to reboot the system to install
other software applications such as Microsoft SQL Server.
What’s New
Note: Server Administrator version 8.0.1 is supported only on the following systems:
 Dell PowerEdge R730
 PowerEdge R730 XD
 PowerEdge R630
 PowerEdge T630
 Dell Precision R7910
The following are the highlights of Server Administrator version 8.0.1:
 Support for the following operating systems:
 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0
 VMware ESXi 5.5 U2 and 5.1 U2
 Citrix XenServer 6.2 SP1
 Support for additional attributes and values in BIOS setup groups. For more details, see
the Command Line Interface Guide at dell.com/openmanagemanuals .
 Support for the following network adapters:
o Broadcom 5720 1Gb bNDC
o Intel 1350 1Gb bNDC
o Intel X710 10Gb rNDC
o Emulex OCm14104-UX-D 10Gb rNDC
o Emulex OCm14102-U2-D 10Gb bNDC
o Emulex OCm14102-U3-D 10Gb Mezz
o Emulex OCe14102-UX-D 10Gb PCIe
 Support for the following:
o Dell PowerVault MD1400 and MD1420 enclosures
o Dell PowerEdge S130 Software RAID solution
o Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 9 cards - H730, H730P, H830, and H330