Release Notes

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Server Administrator Installation and

Management 8.4.0

Release Notes

This document describes the new features, enhancements, and fixed issues in Server Administrator Installation and Management

8.4.0

Release Type and Definition

Version:

8.4.0

Release Date:

October 2016

Previous Version:

8.3.0

Importance:

RECOMMENDED: Dell recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains feature

enhancements or changes that help keep your system software current and compatible with other system modules (firmware,

BIOS, drivers and software).

What’s new in this release

• Support for the following operating systems:

– Microsoft Windows Server 2016

– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8

NOTE: Citrix XenServer operating system support has been dropped for Server Administrator and Storage

Management.

• Support for the following web browsers:

– Google Chrome 50.

– Mozilla Firefox 45.

NOTE: For the list of supported operating systems and Dell servers, see the

Dell Systems Software Support Matrix

the required version of OpenManage Software at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

NOTE: For more information about the features introduced in this release, see the

Server Administrator context-

sensitive online Help

2016 - 10

Summary of content (6 pages)

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Server Administrator Installation and Management 8.4.0 Release Notes This document describes the new features, enhancements, and fixed issues in Server Administrator Installation and Management 8.4.0 Release Type and Definition Version: 8.4.0 Release Date: October 2016 Previous Version: 8.3.0 Importance: RECOMMENDED: Dell recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle.
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Installation • To install Server Administrator on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Core and Windows Server 2012 Core, Windows-on-Windows (WOW) mode must be enabled. • On the Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems, to perform an Express Install, execute srvadmin-install.sh -x from the SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/supportscripts directory.
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• When Server Administrator is installed on a system, dependency issues related to RPMs may occur. To resolve these issues, install the missing RPMs from SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/RPMS/supportRPMS. If the RPMs are not available in this directory, install these from the operating system media. (341495) • Conflicting version requirements for libsmbios library Server Administrator is dependent on libsmbios.
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Resolution: To fix this issue, the user can open the command prompt as Administrator and run the command: msiexec /x .msi Issue description: On a 13th generation of PowerEdge server if you run the Server Administrator 8.4 installer, the incorrect Software RAID controller driver is being installed. (241203) Resolution: To fix this issue, you can visit http://downloads.dell.com/ and install the correct Software RAID driver for your server. Issue description: Windows Advertised installation.
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1. Before upgrading SLES 11 operating system, manually uninstall the open-source packages like OpenWSMAN, SFCB, SFCC and LibCmpiCppImpl packages with — nodeps option. 2. Upgrade the SLES11 operating system using Service Pack 1. If the system is upgraded and is facing issues, then, reinstall the following Server Administrator packages from the install media: rpm -Uhv srvadmin-iws-*.sles11.rpm --nodeps rpm -Uhv srvadmin-itunnelprocider-*.sles11.rpm – nodeps Versions Affected: 8.4.0 to 6.
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