Reference Guide

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Supported Linux Operating Systems for IT Assistant
IT Assistant cannot be installed on Dell systems running Red Hat®Enterprise Linux®or SUSE®Linux Enterprise Server operating systems. These systems
can, however, launch IT Assistant through supported browsers (Firefox®version 3.0). For more information on supported browsers, see the Supported
Browsers section.
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Supported Virtualization Operating Systems
ITA can be installed on virtual systems installed on the virtualization operating systems listed in Table4-2.
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Table 4-2. Supported Virtualization Operating Systems on Physical System
Table 4-3 lists the virtualization operating systems and the supported guest operating systems on virtual machines on which ITA can be installed.
Table 4-3. Supported Operating Systems on Virtual System
Supported Systems for RACADM
RACADM is a command-line utility that enables administrators to configure and replicate settings across multiple Dell remote access controllers (DRACs). The
RACADM utility supports operations through the use of command-line parameters, switches, and a configuration file that contains all data required to configure
a DRAC.
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Supported Microsoft Windows Operating Systems for the RACADM Utility
Table4-4 shows supported Microsoft Windows operating systems for the RACADM utility. An X in the operating system column indicates support for the
RACADM utility.
Table 4-4.SupportedMicrosoftWindowsOperatingSystemsforRACADM
IT
Assistant
NOTE: For more information about when VMware®ESXi 4.0 Patch 1 will be available, see www.dell.com/vmware.
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 VMware®
 VMware
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Microsoft
Edition
ESXi
ESXi
ESX
ESX
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3.5 Update 5
Flash/HDD
4.0 Update 1
Flash/HDD
3.5
4.0
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
R2
Hyper-V
Server R2
Physical System
Support
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Operating System on Physical System
Supported Guest Operating System
VMware ESXi
For the latest list, see http://www.vmware.com.
l Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise Edition
l Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 Enterprise Edition
l Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2-SP2 Family
l Microsoft Windows XP Professional x86 SP3
VMware ESX
For the latest list, see http://www.vmware.com.
l Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise Edition
l Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 Enterprise Edition
l Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2-SP2 Family
l Microsoft Windows XP Professional x86 SP3
Micorsoft Hyper-V
For the latest list, see http://www.microsoft.com.
l Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 Enterprise Edition
l Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2-SP2 Family
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Windows Server 2003 R2
x86
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Windows Server 2003 R2 x64
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Windows Server 2008
x86
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Windows Server
2008 x64
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Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
Edition
Web
Standard
Enterprise
Standard
Enterprise
Datacenter
Web
Standard
and Core
Enterprise
and Core
Standard
and Core
Datacenter
and Core
Standard
and
Core
Enterprise
and Core
Datacenter
and Core
Service
Pack
SP2
SP2
SP2
SP2
SP2
SP2
SP2
SP2
SP2
SP2
SP2
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X