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Dell EMC OpenManage Installation and Management Release Notes Version 9.1

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What’s new in this release

  • Support for Microsoft Windows x86 to x64 OpenManage upgrade install:
    • Support for Microsoft Windows 32-bit installation is not available for OpenManage 9.1 and later.
    • An upgrade install is available only for Microsoft Windows 64-bit.
  • Support for servers from 11th generation till 14th generation.
  • Supported network cards:
    • - Emulex LightPulse LPe31000-M6-D 1-Port 16Gb Full Height Fibre Channel Adapter
    • Emulex LightPulse LPe31000-M6-D 1-Port 16Gb Low Profile Fibre Channel Adapter
    • Emulex LightPulse LPe31002-M6-D 2-Port 16Gb Full Height Fibre Channel Adapter
    • Emulex LightPulse LPe31002-M6-D 2-Port 16Gb Low Profile Fibre Channel Adapter
    • Mellanox ConnectX-4 Dual Port EDR VPI QSFP28 Low Profile Adapter
    • Mellanox ConnectX-4 Dual Port EDR VPI QSFP28 Full Height Network Adapter
    • Mellanox ConnectX-4 Single Port EDR VPI QSFP28 Low Profile Adapter
    • Mellanox ConnectX-4 Single Port EDR VPI QSFP28 Full Height Network Adapter
    • Harbor Channel - Intel(R) Ethernet 25G 2P XXV710 Adapter (25GBE PCIe Adapter)
    • QLogic Duluth - FH – 10Gb Dual Port BT Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41162HFRJ-DL-BK (without optics)
    • QLogic Duluth – LP - 10Gb Dual Port BT Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41162HLRJ-DL-BK (without optics)
    • QLogic Dunkirk - 10- FH – 10Gb Dual Port SFP Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41112HFCU-DL-BK (without optics)
    • QLogic Dunkirk - 10– LP - 10Gb Dual Port SFP Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41112HLCU-DL-BK (without optics)
    • QLogic Dunkirk - FH – 10/25Gb Dual Port SFP28 Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41262HFCU-DL-BK (without optics)
    • QLogic Dunkirk – LP - 10/25Gb Dual Port SFP28 Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41262HLCU-DL-BK (without optics)
    • QLogic Dundee - FH – 10Gb Quad Port BT Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41164HFRJ-DL (without optics)
    • QLogic Dundee – LP – 10Gb Quad Port BT Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41164HLRJ-DL (without optics)
    • QLogic Delray - FH – 10Gb Quad Port SFP Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41164HFCU-DL (without optics)
    • QLogic Delray – LP - 10Gb Quad Port SFP Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41164HLCU-DL (without optics)
    • QLogic Dardanelle – rNDC - 10/25Gb Dual Port SFP28 Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41262HMCU-DL (without optics)
    • QLogic Darwin – rNDC - 10Gb Dual Port BT Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41164HMRJ-DL (without optics)
    • QLogic Dresden – rNDC - 10Gb Dual Port SFP Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41164HMCU-DL (without optics)
    • QLogic Dartmouth – rNDC – 1Gb & 10Gb 2+2 Port BT Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41264HMCU-DL-BK (without optics)
    • QLogic Dunedin – rNDC – 1Gb & 10Gb 2+2 Port SFP Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41264HMCURJ-DL-BK (without optics)
  • Supported operating systems:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    • Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (Xenial Xerus) from PowerEdge 14G servers onwards
    • ESXi 6.5 U1
  • Supported web browsers:
    • Google Chrome version 57
    • Google Chrome version 58
    • Mozilla Firefox version 52
    • Mozilla Firefox version 53
    • Internet Explorer 11
    • Internet Explorer 10
    • Safari version 10.x
  • Supported features:

    Server Administrator

    • Support for Java Runtime Environment 8 Update 131.
    • Upgraded Tomcat version to 8.5.15.
    • Minimum supported TLS version is TLSv1.1.
    • Encription Ciphers list has been updated as per OWASP Apache Tomcat Security Standards.
    • Supports NVDIMM (Non Volatile DIMM) monitoring in PowerEdge 14G servers.
    • Supports System Configuration Lockdown Mode in PowerEdge 14G servers.
    • Supports “Full Power Cycle” capability under BIOS settings which enables DC Power cycle followed by AC Power cycle of the auxiliary components (includes iDRAC, CPLD, etc.).
    • Server Administrator Shared Service which is used to invoke the Inventory Collector would be disabled by default during installation of Server Administrator. In order to invoke Inventory Collector explicitly customer should enable it through Server Administrator command line interface.
    • Server Administrator ESXi VIB leverages the ESXi OS Live installation capability so that a host OS reboot will not be required post installation or removal of the VIB.

    Storage Services

    • Support for "Prepare To Remove" operation for PCIe SSD devices through PERC S140 controller.
    • Support for setting the critical threshold and warning threshold for available spare and alert generation.
    • Support for the following Intel Cliffdale devices are added: P4500, and P4600
    • Support for CAPONE V2 (BOSS) device.
    • Support for Ubuntu 16.04.3 operating system.

NOTE: For the list of supported operating systems and Dell servers, see the Dell EMC OpenManage Software Support Matrix in the required version of OpenManage Software at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

NOTE: For more information about any features, see the Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator Online Help.


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