Reference Guide

NOTE: For information on the minimum requirements for installing OMSA on a device, see the “Installation
Requirements” section in the appropriate OpenManage Server Administrator Installation Guide at Dell.com/
OpenManageManuals.
Microsoft Windows
Table 8. Windows operating system and recommended OMSA version
PowerEdge server
generation
Operating system running on the remote device Recommended OMSA
version
10th to 13th Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit) Standard, Enterprise, and
Datacenter
8.3
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard, Essentials, and Datacenter 8.3
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter 8.3
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit) Standard, Enterprise, and
Datacenter
8.3
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard, Essentials, and Datacenter 8.3
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter 8.3
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
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (64-bit) 7.2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) 7.1
Linux
Table 9. Linux operating system and recommended OMSA version
PowerEdge server
generation
Operating system running on the remote device Recommended OMSA
version
10th to 13th SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64-bit) 8.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (64-bit) 8.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (64-bit) 8.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 (64-bit) 8.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (64-bit) 8.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 (64-bit) 8.3
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