Users Guide
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Overview
Server Administrator Storage Management provides enhanced features for conguring the locally attached RAID and non-RAID disk
storage on a system. Storage Management enables you to perform controller and enclosure functions for all supported RAID and
non-RAID controllers and enclosures from a single graphical user interface (GUI) or command-line interface (CLI). The GUI is wizard-
driven and includes features for novice and advanced users. The CLI is fully featured and scriptable. Using Storage Management, you
can protect your data by conguring data-redundancy, assigning hot spares, or rebuilding failed physical disks. All users of Storage
Management should be familiar with their storage environment and Storage Management.
Storage Management supports SATA and SAS, but not Fibre Channel.
For information on Storage Management alerts, see the Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide at dell.com/
openmanagemanuals.
What Is New In This Release
This release of Storage Management provides the following new features:
• Support for the following operating systems:
– Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9
– Support for ESXi 6.0 U3
– Support for ESXi 6.5
• Support for the following browsers:
– Internet Explorer - 9, 10, 11
– Google Chrome - 58
– Safari - 9.1
– Mozilla Firefox 52, 53
• Support to set available spare threshold for NVMe PCIe SSDs — Setting The Available Spare Threshold.
• ‘Setting the remaining rated write endurance threshold’ feature is supported on SATA SSDs connected to the PERC S140
Controller.
• System Conguration Lock Down mode is supported — If the system conguration mode is set, you will not be allowed to initiate
any of the conguration operation from either OMSS GUI or CLI. For more information, see System Conguration Lock Down
Mode.
• Support for RAID conguration on non-volatile memory express (NVMe) devices — PERC S140 support for NVMe devices.
• Support for Marvell RAID controllers — Support for Marvell RAID Controllers.
NOTE: For the list of supported operating systems and servers, go to dell.com/openmanagemanuals, browse to
OpenManage Software, then access the required version of the
OpenManage Software Support Matrix
document.
Before Installing Storage Management
The following sections describe considerations for installing Storage Management.
Version Requirements For Controller Firmware And Drivers
For Storage Management to function properly, the controllers must have the minimum required version of the rmware and drivers
installed. The rmware and drivers listed in the Server Administrator Release Notes refer to the minimum supported version for
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