Release Notes

What is Supported
Hardware Requirements
● Minimum of 2 GB RAM
● 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 Integrated Dell 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 OpenManage 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 OpenManage 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 in this release
The release highlights of Server Administrator and Storage Management are:
● Server Administrator supports the following:
● Supported operating systems:
○ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1.
○ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7.
○ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1.
○ ESXi 6.5 U3.
○ ESXi 6.7 U3.
● Support for the PowerEdge R7525.
● Supported network cards:
○ Broadcom LOM: 5720 1GbE 2P
○ Broadcom LOM: 5720 1GbE 1P
○ Broadcom 5720 1GbE OCP3.0 2P
○ Broadcom Thor 25GbE OCP3.0 4Port
○ Broadcom Whitney+ 10/25GbE OCP3.0 2P
○ Broadcom Whitney+ 10GbE BT OCP3.0 2P
○ Qlogic AH rNIC 10/25GbE OCP3.0 2P
○ Qlogic AH rNIC 10GbE BT OCP3.0 2P
○ Mellanox CX-5 10/25GbE PCIe 2P
○ QLogic 2x25GE QL41232HxCU NIC (FH)
○ QLogic 2x25GE QL41232HxCU NIC (LP)
○ Mellanox HDR100
○ Mellanox CX-5 10/25GbE OCP3.0 2P
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