Dell OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center Version 3.0 User’s Guide

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Compatibility matrix

The following table lists the supported Microsoft Windows Admin Center version, browser, operating system, supported software, and supported hardware required for OMIMSWAC.

Table 1. Compatibility matrix
Supported software and hardware	Version
Microsoft Windows Admin Center	Windows Admin Center 2211 GA. Microsoft recommends to use the latest version of the Windows Admin Center. For more information, see Windows Admin Center Blog.
Microsoft Cluster Creation Extension	2.88.0 nupkg release.
Microsoft Failover Cluster Tool Extension	2.81.0 nupkg release.
Operating system for managed nodes	Supports Windows Server operating system starting from 2016 on HCI and failover clusters. For supported AX nodes, Storage Space Direct Ready nodes, and supported operating systems, see the support matrix.
Browsers	For more information about the supported browsers by Microsoft Windows Admin Center, see the Microsoft Windows Admin Center documentation at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/manage/windows-admin-center/overview.
Dell System Update Utility (DSU)	2.0.2 DSU file can be downloaded from here.
Dell Inventory Collector (IC)	23_03_00_44_A00 The supported version of IC can be downloaded from here.
Dell Repository Manager (DRM)	3.4.2 The supported version of DRM can be downloaded from here.

NOTE: Dell OpenManage Integration supports target nodes running Windows Server Core operating system.

Supported devices and OMIMSWAC features

For information on specific server model support, see the "Compatible System" section in dell.com/support site.

NOTE: Update management features such as CAU and full stack updates are available for the latest platforms once the applicable update packages and the update catalog are released from Dell, which is generally within two to three weeks from platform launch.

For information on the generic naming convention of PowerEdge servers, see Identifying the generation of your Dell PowerEdge server. The table below lists the OMIMSWAC features supported for servers and clusters.

Table 2. OMIMSWAC features available for servers
OMIMSWAC features	OMIWAC Premium License	YX3X PowerEdge servers	YX4X PowerEdge servers	YX5X PowerEdge servers	AX nodes	Storage Space Direct ready nodes
Stand-alone Prerequisites Check	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Health, Inventory, and iDRAC	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Infrastructure lock	No NOTE: Enabling infrastructure lock requires an Enterprise License or Datacenter license at a minimum.	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Update	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
CPU core management	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Table 3. OMIMSWAC features available for clusters
OMIMSWAC features	OMIWAC Premium License	Hyper-V based failover clusters	Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI (Azure Stack HCI cluster)	Dell HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server (Windows Server HCI cluster)
Health, Inventory, and iDRAC	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stand-alone Prerequisites Check	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Full stack update	Yes	No	Yes	No
Integrated deploy and update	Yes	No	Yes	No
CPU core management	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Expand Cluster	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Expand Storage	Yes	No	Yes (Supported for AS HCI 21H2 and 22H2)	Yes (Supported for Windows server 2022)
Infrastructure Lock	No NOTE: Enabling infrastructure lock requires an Enterprise License or Datacenter license at a minimum.	Yes	Yes	Yes
Secured-core	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (Supported for Windows server 2022)
HCP Compliance	Yes	No	Yes (Supported for AS HCI 21H2 and 22H2)	Yes (Supported for Windows server 2022)
Cluster Recommendation	Yes	Yes (Windows Server 2019; Windows Server 2022)	No	No
Azure-Integration	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

NOTE: For failover clusters with firmware version below 4.40, update management features that require OMIWAC premium licenses are not supported.

YX2X PowerEdge servers

OpenManage Integration extension does not support YX2X PowerEdge servers.

YX3X PowerEdge servers

NOTE:

YX3X models of PowerEdge servers with iDRAC7 and iDRAC8 respectively (Recommended firmware version of 2.60.60.60 or later)

PowerEdge servers with firmware versions lower than 2.60.60.60 may not display information about hardware inventory and health status of a few components. For more information about the components for which the information is not available, see Dell OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center User's Guide.
In YX3X models of PowerEdge servers, following features are not available:
- Cluster-Aware Updating
- Health and Inventory information of Accelerators

YX4X devices

YX4X models of PowerEdge servers with iDRAC9 (Recommended firmware version of 3.30.30.30 or later).
PowerEdge XE2420 Edge server (Recommended iDRAC firmware 4.00.129.00 or later).

YX5X devices

YX5X models of PowerEdge servers with AMD platforms having iDRAC9 (Recommended firmware version of 3.40.40.40 or later).
YX5X models of PowerEdge servers with Intel platforms having iDRAC9 (Recommended firmware version 4.40.x.x or later)

XE2420 Edge devices

Recommended firmware version is 4.00.129.00 or later.

Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI

Also known as Azure Stack HCI or ASHCI created using AX nodes from Dell Technologies.

Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server

Also known as Windows Server HCI or WS HCI created using Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes or combinations of AX nodes and Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes.

NOTE: To learn more about the differences between Azure Stack HCI and Windows Server HCI, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/hci/concepts/compare-windows-server.

Hyper-V based failover clusters

Created PowerEdge servers from Dell Technologies.

NOTE: For supported AX nodes, Storage Space Direct Ready nodes, and supported operating systems, see the support matrix.

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