Support Matrix

Microsoft Windows
Table 31. Windows operating system and recommended OMSA version
PowerEdge server
generation
Operating system running on the device Recommended
OMSA version
14th Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard, Essentials, and Datacenter 9.0.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard, Essentials, and Datacenter 9.0.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter 9.0.1
12th and 13th Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard, Essentials, and Datacenter 8.5
10th to 13th Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit) Standard, Enterprise,
and Datacenter
8.5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard, Essentials, and Datacenter 8.5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter 8.5
9th Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) 7.4
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP1 7.4
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit) 7.4
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 7.4
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 7.4
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008 SP2 7.4
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 7.4
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 7.4
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) 7.4
Linux
Table 32. Linux operating system and recommended OMSA version
PowerEdge server
generation
Operating system running on the device Recommended
OMSA version
14th Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 (64-bit) 9.0.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 (64-bit) 9.0.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (64-bit) 9.0.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (64 bit) 9.0.1
Citrix XenServer 7.1 9.0.1
ESXi 6.5 U1 9.0.1
ESXi 6.0 U3 9.0.1
10th to 13th SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (64 bit) 8.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64-bit) 8.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (64-bit) 8.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (64-bit) 8.5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 (64-bit) 8.5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (64-bit) 8.5
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