Release Notes
New and enhanced features
This release of OpenManage Server Administrator supports the following features:
● Support for new operating systems:
○ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3
○ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9
○ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
○ VMware ESXi 7.0 and VMware ESXi 7.0 U1
● Supported new network cards
○ Marvell QLogic Fibre Channel Single Port 32GFC PCIe Gen4 x8 Adapter
○ Marvell QLogic Fibre Channel Dual Port 32GFC PCIe Gen4 x8 Adapter
○ Intel(R) Ethernet 25G 2P E810-XXV OCP
○ Intel(R) Ethernet 25G 2P E810-XXV Adapter
○ Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 4P X710/I350 rNDC
○ Intel FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card D5005
○ Dual Port 10Gb Ethernet (BCM57810S) LOM (FC430)
○ QLogic 57810S-K Dual Port 10Gb bNDC KR CNA
○ QLogic 57810S-k Dual Port 10Gb bMezz KR CNA
○ QLogic 57840S-K Quad Port 10Gb bNDC KR CNA
○ Broadcom BCM57504 25G KR Quad Port Fab AB Mezz
● Supported new features:
○ Support for Oracle Java Runtime Environment 11.0.7 and Tomcat 9.0.34 bundled with Server Administrator.
○ Alternative support for OpenJRE/JDK 11 package in Server Administrator preferences.
Supported new features in Storage Management:
○ Support for PERC 11 controllers (PERC H755N, PERC H755 Adapter, PERC H755 Front).
○ Support for HBA 11 controllers (HBA 355i Frnt, HBA 355i Adpt).
○ Support for Secure boot alerts on PERC 11 controllers.
○ Support for NVMe RAID with Dell Express Flash NVMe devices on PERC H755N controller.
○ Support for BOSS-S2 device
■ Support for Blink and Unblink for M.2 drives.
■ Support for hot-plug on M.2 drives.
○ Support for PCIe Gen-4 drives.
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 any features, see the Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator online Help.
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