Release Notes

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* Adaptec utilities are no longer available on the "Dell Systems
Console and Agent" CD. They continue to be available for
customer downloads from the Dell Support website at
"support.dell.com."
* The "Dell OpenManage Software Quick Installation Guide" provides
instructions on how to install the applications on the "Dell Systems
Console and Agent" CD for all supported operating systems. See
the "QUICK_INSTALL_GUIDE.htm" file in the
"srvadmin\docs\en\OpenManage_QIG" directory on the "Dell Systems
Console and Agent" CD. The Quick Install Guide is also available
on the "Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation" DVD.
* If you are running any application on the media, close the application
before installing Server Administrator applications.
* This version of Dell OpenManage Install only supports upgrades from
Dell OpenManage systems management software version 4.3 or later.
If you are using a version prior to 4.3, you must uninstall the
previously installed version before installing this new version.
You can also upgrade the previously installed version to version
4.3 first (if your version is 3.0 or higher), and then upgrade to
this version.
* If you are running virtual media on your DRAC controller over a
Wide Area Network (WAN) with low bandwidth and latency, launching
OpenManage Install directly on the virtual media may fail. In case
of failure, copy the Web install package (available on
support.dell.com) directly to your local system first and directly
launch Dell OpenManage Install from your local system.
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* If you are running RHEL5 virtualisation kernel, DRAC controller will
not be visible to Server Administrator.
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USER NOTES FOR SUPPORTED WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS
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* This version of Dell OpenManage systems management software
requires an MSI version of 3.1 or later on your system. If the
version is lower than 3.1, the Prerequisite Checker prompts you
to upgrade to MSI version 3.1.
* Starting with Dell OpenManage systems management software version
5.0, Dell OpenManage Array Manager is no longer supported on Dell.
Upgrading to Dell OpenManage systems management software version
greater than 5.0 will remove Array Manager from your system.
Switch to using Storage Management Service instead. Do not upgrade
to Dell OpenManage systems management software version 5.2 if you
require Array Manager.
* Starting with Dell OpenManage systems management software version
5.2, Dell OpenManage Online Diagnostics is no longer a part of