Users Guide

Overview

Server Administrator Storage Management provides enhanced features for configuring 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 configuring 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.

Topics:

• What Is New In This Release

• Before Installing Storage Management

What Is New In This Release

This release of Storage Management provides the following new features:

• Support for the following operating systems:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 operating system supports the yx3x, yx4x, and yx5x generation of PowerEdge servers.

• ESXi 6.5 U3 operating system supports the yx5x generation of PowerEdge servers.

• ESXi 6.7 U2 operating system supports the yx3x and yx4x generation of PowerEdge servers.

• ESXi 6.7 U3 operating system supports the yx3x, yx4x, and yx5x generation of PowerEdge servers.

• Added support for the following Dell PowerEdge servers:

• PowerEdge R6515

• PowerEdge R7515

• Support for the following browsers:

• Microsoft Edge 25

• Google Chrome - 75

• Safari - 12.x

• Mozilla Firefox - 67

NOTE:

OpenManage supports the operating systems Microsoft Windows 2019, RHEL 8, RHEL 7.6, and Ubuntu 18.04.02

on the platforms.

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 firmware and drivers

installed. The firmware and drivers listed in the Server Administrator Release Notes refer to the minimum supported version for these

controllers. Later versions of the firmware and drivers are also supported. For the most recent driver and firmware requirements, contact

your service provider.

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