Release Notes

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Platforms Affected
For a complete list of supported Dell PowerEdge systems and supported Operating systems, see the Dell EMC
OpenManage Systems Software Support Matrix available in the required version of OpenManage Software at dell.com/
openmanagemanuals.
Requirements
Hardware requirements
● Minimum of 2 GB RAM
● Minimum of 512 MB free hard drive space
● Administrator rights
● Monitor with a minimum screen resolution of 800 x 600. The recommended screen resolution is at least 1024 x 768
Software requirements
● Supported operating system and web browser.
● TCP/IP connection on the managed system and the remote system to facilitate remote system management.
● Supported systems management protocol standard. For more information, see Dell EMC Supported Systems Management
Protocol Standards.
● The OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management Service requires Server Administrator to be installed on the
managed system. For more information on the software and hardware requirements, see Dell EMC OpenManage Server
Administrator Storage Management User’s Guide.
Supported operating systems
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9
● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
● Ubuntu 20.04 64 bit
● VMWare ESXi 6.7 U3 and VMWare ESXi 7.0 U2
● Microsoft Windows 2016
● Microsoft Windows 2019
What’s new in this release
● Oracle Java Runtime Environment 11.0.9 and Tomcat 9.0.45 bundled with Server Administrator.
● For the YX5X generation of PowerEdge servers, new memory events are supported that provide additional recommendations
about the resolution steps to resolve an event.
New features in Storage Management supports:
● LTO-X tape drives (starting from LTO-8) that can be connected to HBA355e.
● The Auto Configure Behavior feature on PERC 10 and later controllers.
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