Support Matrix

Table 23. Windows operating system and recommended OMSA version (continued)
Generation of
PowerEdge server
Operating system running on the device Recommended
OMSA version
Windows 2016 Storage Server Standard 9.2
Windows 2016 Storage Server Work Group 9.2
11th Windows Server 2016 Standard, Essentials, and Datacenter 9.1
Windows Server 2012 Standard, Essentials, and Datacenter 9.2
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter
● 9.5
● 9.4
Windows Server Core 2012 9.2
Windows Server Core 2012 R2 9.2
Windows Server Core 2016 9.1
Windows 2012 Storage Server Standard 9.2
Windows 2012 Storage Server Work Group 9.2
10th Windows Server 2012 Standard, Essentials, and Datacenter 8.5
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter 8.5
9th Windows Server 2008 SP1 7.4
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit) 7.4
Windows Server 2008 SP2 7.4
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 7.4
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008 SP2 7.4
Windows Server 2012 7.4
Windows Server 2012 R2 7.4
Linux and ESXi
The following table lists the recommended OMSA version for devices running Linux or ESXi operating system:
Table 24. Linux and ESXi operating systems and recommended OMSA version
Generation of
PowerEdge server
Operating system running on the device Recommended
OMSA version
15th ESXi 7.0 U1 9.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2*
● 10.0.1
● 9.5
Ubuntu 20.04 9.5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 9.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8
● 10.0.1
● 9.5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9
● 10.0.1
● 9.5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 9.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2
● 10.0.1
● 9.5
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