Ubuntu on Dell Models

https://certification.ubuntu.com/certification/make/Dell/

Canonical works closely with Dell to certify Ubuntu on a range of their hardware.

The following are all certified. More and more devices are being added with each release, so don't forget to check this page regularly.

 

https://blog.ubuntu.com/2017/11/14/new-dell-precision-machines-available-with-ubuntu-pre-installed

 

http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/ubuntu/

Dell OpenManage Ubuntu & Debian Repositories

This is the Dell OpenManage repository for Ubuntu Server LTS and select Debian releases. It is NOT officially supported by Dell and is provided as an unofficial build for customers not able to use our officially supported builds of OMSA for RHEL and SLES. On Dell servers supporting it, we recommend using the remote management functionality provided by iDRAC over WS-MAN, IPMI and remote racadm.

Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS and Debian Squeeze & Wheezy are no longer tested for these builds (for old OMSA versions for those releases, visit here). Below, you will find instructions on how to install and setup OpenManage command-line and web interfaces.

NOTICE:

For OpenManage releases starting with OM901 onwards, please visit http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/openmanage/.

Availability Matrix

OS Release OMSA iSM DTK

Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid)	v7.0, v7.1	n/a	n/a
Ubuntu 12.04 (precise)	v7.2, v7.3, v7.4	v1.0, v2.0, v2.1, v2.2	v4.4
Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty)	v7.4, v8.3, v8.4	v1.0, v2.0, v2.1, v2.2, v2.3	v4.4, v5.3, v5.4
Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial)	v8.4	n/a	v5.4
Debian 7 (wheezy)	v7.3, v7.4	v1.0, v2.0, v2.1, v2.2	v4.4, v5.3
Debian 8 (jessie)	v8.3, v8.4	v2.1, v2.2, v2.3	v5.3, v5.4

 

Installation

 

1. Create the file '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/linux.dell.com.sources.list'. Cut and paste the command below (if typing by hand, note carefully the spacing).

   $ sudo echo 'deb http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/ubuntu {release-name} openmanage' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linux.dell.com.sources.list

   If you would like to restrict your system to a specific OpenManage release, such as the 8.3 release, you can specify it like this:

   $ sudo echo 'deb http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/ubuntu {release-name} openmanage/830' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linux.dell.com.sources.list

2. To verify OMSA packages, add the repository key to apt.

   $ sudo gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-key 1285491434D8786F

   $ gpg -a --export 1285491434D8786F | sudo apt-key add -

   If you are behind a firewall that only allows outbound traffic over port 80, you may need to use this instead. In the first line below, you possibly need to add "--keyserver-options http-proxy=http:// : @ : ".

   $ sudo gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-key 1285491434D8786F

   $ gpg -a --export 1285491434D8786F | sudo apt-key add -

3. Make apt aware of the new software repository by issuing the following command:

   $ sudo apt-get update

4. Install one of the following selection of meta-packages to install the OMSA functionality you require:

   srvadmin-all	— Install all OMSA components
   srvadmin-base *	— Install only base OMSA, no web server
   srvadmin-idrac *	— Install components to manage iDRAC
   srvadmin-idrac7 *	— Install components to manage iDRAC7
   srvadmin-idracadm8	— Install components to manage iDRAC8
   srvadmin-webserver *	— Install Web Interface
   srvadmin-storageservices *	— Install RAID Management
   dtk-scripts	— Install DTK
   dcism	— Install iDRAC Service Module