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 Introduction
Dell™SystemsSoftwareSupportMatrix5.5
What's New for 5.5
Where Can I Find The Server Administrator Application?
Structure of This Guide
Supported Operating Systems
Supported GUI Languages
TheDell™SystemsSoftwareSupportMatrixhelpsidentifyDellOpenManage™softwareandotherDellcomponentssupportedonvariousDellsystems.
This guide is intended for system administrators and technicians who want to obtain information about the various Dell systems available, the operating
systems supported by these systems, and the Dell OpenManage components that can be installed on these systems.
What's New for 5.5
The following are the changes in Dell OpenManage version 5.5:
l Support for Microsoft
®
Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard and Premium Editions.
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l Support for Microsoft
®
Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard and Premium Editions.
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l Support for Microsoft Windows Server
®
2003 Compute Cluster Edition and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition.
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l Support for Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux
®
5.2 server.
l Support for SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SP2).
l Support for VMware
®
ESX Version 3.5 Update 2.
l Support for Citrix
®
XenServer Dell Edition 5.0 Flash and HDD Image.
l Support for Microsoft Hyper-V
®
and Hyper-V Server.
l Support for the following Dell systems: M805, M905, T100, and PowerVault DL2000.
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Where Can I Find The Server Administrator Application?
Depending on the version of Dell OpenManage you are using, the Server Administrator is available on different media. See Table1-1 for more information.
Table 1-1. Server Administrator and Corresponding Media
NOTE: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 will become available in the second half of 2008. For latest information, see
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/essential/sbs/default.mspx.
NOTE: Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008 will become available in the second half of 2008. For latest information, see
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/essential/sbs/default.mspx
NOTE: M805, M905, T100, and PowerVault DL2000 are scheduled to be available in second half of 2008.
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Dell
OpenManage
Version
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Available on Media
2.2 and earlier
Applications CD
3.0–4.2
Systems Management CD
4.3–5.2.3
Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD
5.3–5.3.2
Dell Systems Console and Agent CD or the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD
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NOTE: The Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD is available only with the Dell Subscription Kit. For details, see
www.dell.com/openmanagesubscription
5.4
Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD
5.5
Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD
The Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD contains version 5.5 of the Dell OpenManage systems management software
kit and version 1.0.7 of the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility. The root of the DVD also contains ISO images of the Dell Systems Build
and Update Utility (version 1.0) and the Dell Systems Console and Agent CD (Dell OpenManage software version 5.3.0.1). You can use