PowerEdge: YUM upgrade/update with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 fails with libsmbios dependency error

The following YUM upgrade error may occur when attempting to upgrade to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.5. The same error will occur when trying to perform a YUM update after Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.5 was installed.

Error: Package: srvadmin-storage-9.1.2-2941.12746.el7.x86_64 (installed)
Requires: libsmbios.so.2()(64bit)

Removing: libsmbios-2.3.1-2941.12746.el7.x86_64 (installed)
libsmbios.so.2()(64bit)
Updated By: libsmbios-2.3.3-6.el7.x86_64 (InstallMedia)
Not found 

Or installing Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) 9.1.0 on a Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.5 system will exhibit similar fatal installation errors.

OMSA 9.1.0 does not officially support Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.5 given this operating system version released several months after the release of this version of OMSA. OMSA contains a version of libsmbios RPM that is incompatible with significant changes to the newer libsmbios bundled with Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.5 media.

• If the system already has OMSA installed, then the "yum upgrade" to Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.5 will fail because of the libsmbios conflict. OMSA continues to function normally.
• If OMSA 9.1.0 is fresh installed on a Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.5 system, then attempts to run a "yum update" to check for new OS security patches, so on will also fail due to the libsmbios conflict. OMSA will continue to function normally

An OMSA 9.1.0.2 patch for these two scenarios is now available at https://www.dell.com/support/home/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverid=3R1H1. The patch can be installed both before or after a Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.5 upgrade has been performed.
 

• If OMSA has not been installed yet on a Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.5 system but the optional newer libsmbios RPM is already installed, then the OMSA installer fails to install OMSA RPMs because of the libsmbios conflict.

For this scenario, the preexisting libsmbios library from Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.5 must be uninstalled before the OMSA 9.1.0 install proceeds. Once OMSA 9.1.0 completes installation then install the OMSA 9.1.0.2 patch.

This issue has also been fixed for OMSA 9.1.1 which supports Dell PowerEdge R840 and 940xa models and all future OMSA versions.