Release Notes

Platforms Affected

For a complete list of supported Dell PowerEdge systems and supported Operating systems, see the Dell EMC OpenManage Systems

Software Support Matrix available in the required version of OpenManage Software at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

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

Dell EMC OpenManage Release Notes Version 9.4