Reference Guide

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Structure of This Guide
This guide is organized on the basis of the Dell OpenManage suite of products and the operating systems on which these products are supported.
This guide contains the following chapters:
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Supported Dell OpenManage Systems Management Software
This chapter contains information about Dell OpenManage systems management software on Dell systems running supported operating systems. Dell
OpenManage systems management software includes:
l Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
l Dell Systems Build and Update Utility
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Supported Dell OpenManage Change Management Software
This chapter contains information about Dell OpenManage change management software on Dell systems running supported operating systems. Dell
OpenManage change management software includes:
l Dell Update Packages
l Server Update Utility
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Supported Dell OpenManage Systems Management Consoles
This chapter contains information about Dell OpenManage systems management consoles on Dell systems running supported operating systems. Dell
OpenManage systems management consoles include:
l Dell OpenManage IT Assistant
l DRAC tools that include RACADM
l BMC Management Utility (BMU) and IPMItool out-of-band
l IPMItool in-band
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Supported Dell Remote Access Controllers and Solutions
This chapter contains information about Dell Remote Access Controllers (DRAC) and Integrated Dell Remote Access Controllers (iDRAC) versions and firmware,
as well as supported Baseboard Management Controllers (BMC) and Chassis Management Controllers (CMC) IPMI protocol versions.
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Supported Browsers
This appendix lists supported browsers on various operating systems for Dell systems.
Network Interface Controllers and Supported Operating Systems
This chapter contains information about Network Interface Controllers and Supported Operating Systems.
RAIDControllerSupportedServers,OperatingSystems,Firmware,andDriverVersions
This chapter contains information about RAID controller supported servers, version of the Storage Management Service, Dell System Management version,
Firmware version number required for a particular controller, and Supported operating systems, where each operating system requires a specific driver.
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Supported Operating Systems
This Software Support Matrix offers support information for the following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
these ISO images to create CDs for systems that do not have DVD drives.
However, if you need version 1.0.7 of the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility (to support x6xx and x7xx Dell systems and Windows
Server 2008 operating systems), you can download the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility ISO image from the Dell Support site at
support.dell.com. You can transfer the contents of these Web packages to CDs or USB keys for systems that do not have DVD drives.