Release Notes

• Minimum of 512 MB free hard drive space
• Administrator rights
• Monitor with a minimum screen resolution of 800 x 600. The recommended screen resolution is at least 1024 x 768
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 Dell EMC 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 Dell EMC 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
The release highlights of Server Administrator are:
• Full Power Cycle.
• System Lockdown mode.
• NVDIMM Monitoring.
• Support for the following operating systems:
– Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9
– VMware ESXi 6.5
– VMware ESXi 6.0 U3
– NOTE: Citrix XenServer operating system support has been dropped for Server Administrator and Storage
Management.
• Support for the following browsers:
– Internet Explorer - 9, 10, 11
– Microsoft Edge 25
– Google Chrome - 58
– Safari - 9.1
– Mozilla Firefox - 52, 53
NOTE: For the list of supported operating systems and Dell servers, see the Dell EMC OpenManage 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 Dell EMC Server Administrator
context-sensitive online Help .
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