Release Notes
Software Requirements
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Supported operating system and web browser.
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TCP/IP connection on the managed system and the remote system to facilitate
remote system management.
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Supported systems management protocol standard. For more information, see
"Supported Systems Management Protocol Standards".
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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.
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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.
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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
The release highlights of Server Administrator are:
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Support for the following servers:
o PowerEdge FC830
o PowerEdge M830
o PowerEdge FC430
o PowerEdge C4130
o Dell PowerEdge FS332
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Support for following PERC 9 hardware controllers:
o PERC FD33xD controller
o PERC FD33xS controller
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Support for the following operating systems:
o Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
o VMware ESXi 6.0
o Citrix XenServer 6.5
Note: Citrix XenServer 6.5 is not supported on Storage Management.
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Support for the following web browsers:
o Chrome version 38
o Firefox version 33
o Safari version 7.0.6
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Support for the following features:
o A new utility, “omwsupdate”, to upgrade the Tomcat web server.
o CLI commands to generate new certificate signing requests and import Certificate
Authority signed certificates.
o PKCS#12 certificate import on the Server Administrator GUI.
o Automate Trusted Enterprise CA certificate Upload.