Release Notes
• Support for Java Runtime Environment 8 Update 74
• Added Support for the following Network cards:
• Emulex LightPulse LPe31000-M6-D 1-Port 16Gb Fibre Channel Adapter
• Emulex LightPulse LPe31002-M6-D 2-Port 16Gb Fibre Channel Adapter
• Emulex LightPulse LPe32000-M2-D 1-Port 32Gb Fibre Channel Adapter
• Emulex LightPulse LPe32002-M2-D 2-Port 32Gb Fibre Channel Adapter
• Qlogic QLE2690-DEL FC16 1-port Fibre Channel Adapter
• Qlogic QLE2692-DEL FC16 2-port Fibre Channel Adapter
• Qlogic QLE2740-DEL FC32 1-port Fibre Channel Adapter
• Qlogic QLE2742-DEL FC32 2-port Fibre Channel Adapter
• Broadcom 25GbE 2P 57404S Adapter
• Broadcom 25GbE 2P 57404S Adapter
• Broadcom 10GbE 2P 57402S Adapter
• Intel XL710 DP 40Gb QSFP+ Rack NDC
• Intel 40GbE 2P XL710 Adapter
• Intel 82599 DP 10G Mezzanine Adapter (Supported only on Dell PowerEdge C6320)
• Intel(R) X550 Dual Port 10GBASE-T Networking Adapter
• Mellanox 25GBE 2P ConnectX-4 LX Adapter
• Mellanox ConnectX-4 LX DP 25Gb SFP rNDC
NOTE: For the list of supported operating systems and Dell servers, see the
Dell Systems Software Support Matrix
in the
required version of OpenManage Software at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
NOTE: For more information about the features introduced in this release, see the
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Important Notes
Notes for Server Administrator
On 12th generation or later PowerEdge server with iDRAC7 1.30.30 and later versions, you can set the Platform Event Destination as IPv4,
IPv6, or FQDN.
Notes for Instrumentation Service
• On 11th generation or later PowerEdge server, if conflicting BIOS settings exist while configuring BIOS setup options through Server
Administrator, the update attempt may fail at system reboot and none of the BIOS setup options may be updated.
• For example, when you configure Embedded SATA Controller to RAID and Boot Mode to UEFI simultaneously (UEFI does not support
RAID option), the conflict prevents the BIOS configuration updates (at system reboot).
• On certain systems, user-defined thresholds set under Server Administrator become the default thresholds after uninstalling Server
Administrator.
• If you change the threshold value of a probe on certain systems, running Server Administrator, and then uninstall Server Administrator,
the changed threshold value becomes the default threshold value.
• While modifying the warning threshold settings, the values are stored in the firmware as discrete integer values and scaled for display.
If the modified value is not a discrete integer, it may change when saved.
• Fan redundancy can have the following states:
• Fully Redundant — The sensors display this status if all the fans in the system are present and are in a non-failed state.
• Redundancy Lost — The sensors display this status whenever any system fan fails or is removed from the chassis.
• If a system with memory redundancy enabled enters a redundancy lost state, it may not be clear which memory module caused it. If
you cannot determine which DIMM to replace, see the switch to spare memory detected log entry in the ESM system log to find the
memory module that failed.
• If you run Server Administrator when the system is in OS Install Mode, it may report the memory incorrectly. To avoid this issue, you
must disable OS Install Mode before running the application.
• If you have to uninstall and reinstall the operating system SNMP service, then reinstall Server Administrator, so that the Server
Administrator SNMP agents are registered with the operating system SNMP agent.
Server Administrator 8.4.0 Release Notes
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