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Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 5.4 Compatibility Guide

1. 12 44 3510 548 6 46 2 32 2107 22044 NA NA 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit 2 0 5 0 351X 548 6 46 2 32 210101 2 20 44 NA 2 20 4 7 32 bit 32 bit 3515 6 46 3 64 64 bit 64 bit 2 1 5 1 351X 548 6 46 2 32 210101 2 20 44 NA 2 20 47 32 bit 32 bit 3515 6 46 3 64 64 bit 64 bit 2 2 5 2 3515 NA 6 46 3 64 NA NA NA NA 64 bit 23 5 3 352D 548 6 46 2 32 210101 2 20 44 NA NA 64 bit 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit 2 4 5 4 352D 548 6 46 2 32 210101 2 20 44 64 bit 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions 81 PERC 4e DC The PERC 4e DC supports the following Dell systems 800 830 850 1800 1850 1900 1950 2800 2850 2900 2950 2970 6800 and 6850 Table 8 2 shows the other elements supported by the PERC 4e DC Table 8 2 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 4 e DC Storage Dell OpenManage PERC Firmware Windows 2000 Windows Server Windows Server Management Version Version Driver 2003 Driver 2008 Driver Service 11 43 513T 5 46 6 41 2 32 NA 2 44 510 5 48 6 46 2 32 NA 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit 2 0 5 0 521X 5 48 646232 32 bit 6 463 64 64 bit 2 51 521X 5 48 6 46 2 32 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit 2 2 5 2 522A NA 6 46 2 32 NA 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit 2 3 5 3 5A2D NA 6 46 2 32 Native 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit 2 4 5 4 5A2D NA 6 46 2 32 Native 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit 82 RAID Supported Se
2. Operating System Services Available Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS ES and AS version 4 5 x86 and 86 64 Instrumentation Remote Access Storage Management Service This service is part of the Server Administrator See Table 1 1 for information on where you can find Server Administrator Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server x86 and x86_64 Gold Instrumentation Remote Access Storage Management Service This service is part of the Server Administrator See Table 1 1 for information on where you can find Server Administrator SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 5 4 x86_64 Instrumentation Remote Access Storage Management Service This service is part of the Server Administrator See Table 1 1 for information on where you can find Server Administrator SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86_64 Instrumentation Remote Access Storage Management Service This service is part of the Server Administrator See Table 1 1 for information on where you can find Server Administrator NOTE The Storage Management Service refers to the enhanced Storage Management Service Server Administrator no longer supports the basic Storage Management Service also known as Array Manager 20 Server Administrator Services Systems Management Standards Availability Overview Dell OpenManage Server Administrator supports the following major systems management protocols HyperTex
3. Y PERCAIM PERG 4 5 e ERR CERC SATA 1 5 6 Channel PERCAe Di 52225222 Contents PERC 4e Si BER eS oh 99 PERC 5 E Adapter 100 PERC 5 iAdapter 101 PERC 5 i Integrated 103 SAS 5 iR Adapter 104 SAS 5 iR Integrated 105 SAS 5 i 107 SAS 5 EAdapter 108 PERC 6 i Integrated and Adapter 110 PERC 6 E Adapter 111 SAS 6 iR Integrated and Adapter 111 LSI Logic 1020 1030 Ultra320 SCSI Adapter 113 CERC SATA 1 5 28 114 LSI 1020 1030 Embedded SCSI Controller 114 9 Network Interface Controllers and Supported Operating Systems 117 117 NIC Drivers and Operating Systems 117 Contents 10 Remote Access Service Availability 119 Overview 119 RAC Types bb Sedo 119 Availability of RACs on Specific Dell Systems 120 RAC Firmware Versions 122 11 Historical Release Information for Legacy Systems 125 veivieW x io 4 OS Le3 125 45 125 Requirements 125 New in Server Agent Version4 5
4. 52 2 8 1 6098 2 8 0 6084 PowerEdge 165 2 2 5 2 2 8 1 6098 2 8 0 6084 JA PowerEdge 265 2 2 5 2 2 8 1 6098 A 2 8 0 6084 JA PowerEdge 460 23 5 3 2 8 1 7692 A 2 8 0 6084 2 8 1 7691 PowerEdge 165 23 5 3 2 8 1 7692 A 2 8 0 6084 2 8 1 7691 PowerEdge 265 23 53 2 8 1 7692 2 8 0 6084 2 8 1 7691 PowerEdge 460 24 54 2 8 1 7692 2 8 0 6084 2 8 1 7691 PowerEdge 165 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions 89 Table 8 8 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 3 Di continued Storage Dell OpenManage PERC Windows 2000 Windows Windows Server Management Version Firmware Driver Server 2003 Service Version Driver 24 54 2 8 1 7692 NA 2 8 0 6084 2 8 1 7691 PowerEdge 2650 24 5 4 2 8 1 7692 2 8 0 6084 2 8 1 7691 PowerEdge 4600 The 1 1 4 Linux driver is included in the Red Hat Package Manager RPM 2302 Table 8 9 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 3 Di Storage Dell PERC Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Linux Management OpenManage Firmware Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Service Version Version Linux 3 Linux 4 Linux 5 Server Driver Driver server versions 9 Driver and 10 lona 43 2 8 0 6092 11 6 NA A A PowerEdge 1650 lona 43 2 8 0 6092 1 1 4 NA A A PowerEdge 2650 lona 43 2 8 0 6092 1 1 4 NA A A PowerEdge 4600 2 44 2 8 0 6092 1 1 4
5. 750 X 800 830 840 850 K 860 1600SC X 1650 X X 1750 X 1800 X 1850 X 1855 X 1900 X 1950 X 1955 X 2600 X 2650 X 2800 X 2850 X 2900 X 2950 X 120 Remote Access Service Availability Table 10 1 Availability of RACs on Specific Dell Systems continued Dell DRACII ERA ERA O DRACIII DRAC4 DRAC MC DRAC 5 iDRAC System XT 2970 X 4600 X 6600 6650 X 6800 X 6850 X 6950 X R200 X 1200 X T300 R300 M600 X M605 X T605 R805 R900 R905 PowerVault X 100 PowerVault X 500 PowerVault X 600 x Remote Access Service Availability 121 RAC Firmware Versions Table 10 2 shows the firmware version required for each RAC that is offered on the corresponding Systems Management CD Table 10 2 RAC Firmware Version by Systems Management CD Version Systems Firmware Version DRAC III ERA ERA O DRAC 4 3 0 1 10 NA NA NA NA 3 0 1 1 10 NA NA NA NA 3 0 2 1 10 1 05 NA NA NA 34 1 20 1 05 1 10 NA NA 344 1 20 1 05 1 20 NA NA 32 1 30 1 07 1 20 NA NA 322 1 30 1 07 1 20 1 30 NA NA NA 121 NA NA NA 33 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 NA 3 4 22 22 22 22 NA 3 5 25 25 25 25 NA 3 6 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 NA 3 7 3 10 3
6. AS ES AS ES AS ES and AS ES and WS version 3 WS version 3 WS version 3 WS version 3 Server 1 8 1 1 9 1 9 1 9 Administrator ManagedNode 1 8 1 1 9 1 9 1 9 Framework MNF Instrumentation 5 1 1 5 2 5 2 5 2 Service Server Agent Remote Access 4 0 0 3 30 DRAC IIT NA NA Service SW 4 0 0 DRAC 4 BMC Firmware 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 Version Diagnostic 3 0 1 3 3 1 3 1 Service Update Service 1 9 1 9 1 1 9 1 1 9 1 Server See MNF in See MNF in See MNF in MNF in Administrator this table this table this table this table Core 56 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 7 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 4 0 1 to 4 1 2 continued Systems 4 0 1 4 1 4 1 1 4 12 Management CD Version IT Assistant 6 5 2 6 5 3 6 5 3 6 5 3 Storage 3 5 3 6 3 6 3 6 Management Service Array Manager enhanced NA 1 0 1 0 1 0 Storage Management Service RAC Firmware DRAC 4 1 0 1 0 NA NA RAC firmware NA NA NA NA DRAC I NOTE The DRAC II software is no longer included on the Systems ManagementCD but can be obtained from earlier releases or support dell com RAC firmware NA 3 12 NA NA DRAC III RAC firmware NA 3 12 NA NA DRAC RAC firmware NA 3 12 NA NA ERA RAC firmware NA 3 12 NA NA ERA O Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 57 Table 4 8 shows c
7. Available Services on Supported Operating 3 Systems Management Standards Availability on Supported Systems Availability on Supported Operating Systems Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Version Number Information Compatible Systems and Applications by Installation and Server Management CD DVD Version Device Drivers and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Server Agent Supported Applications and Systems Hardware Instrumentation Package Supported Applications and Systems Contents 7 BIOS Update Requirements Overview Minimum Requirements for BIOS Update Support Downloading the Latest BIOS Packages Minimum Required and Latest Available BIOS for Update by System 8 RAID Controller Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions Overview Key Table Footnotes 4 0 _ 0 22 2 PERG 4 Di 2 22222 2522 wa ee CERC 100 4 PERC 3 01
8. BMC Firmware Version On 800 1 30 or later 1 30 or later NA 830 1 41 or later 1 41 or later NA 840 1 0 or later 1 0 or later NA 850 1 41 or later 1 41 or later NA 860 1 0 or later 1 0 or later NA 1425SC 1 30 or later 1 30 or later NA 1800 1 23 or later 1 23 or later NA 1850 1 23 or later 1 23 or later NA 1855 1 0 or later 1 0 or later NA 1950 1 0 or later 1 0 or later NA 1955 1 0 or later 1 0 or later NA 2800 1 23 or later 1 23 or later NA 2850 1 23 or later 1 23 or later NA 2900 1 0 or later 1 0 or later NA 2950 1 0 or later 1 0 or later NA 6800 1 40 or later 1 40 or later NA 6850 1 40 or later 1 40 or later NA 6950 NA NA 1 0 or later Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 43 Table 4 5 shows compatible applications and Dell systems for the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD versions 4 3 to 4 5 1 Table 4 5 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Installation and Server Management CD Version 4 3 to 4 5 1 Installationand 4 3 44 45 4 5 1 Server Management CD Version Dell 350 350 350 1850 PowerEdge 500SC 500SC 500SC 2850 systems 600SC 600SC 600SC 6800 Indicates 650 650 650 6850 new systems 700 700 700 for the given 750 750 750 version of the 800 800 800 CD 1400 1400 830 15005 1500SC 850 1550 1550 1400 1600SC 1600SC 1500SC 1650 1650 1550 1655MC 1655MC 1600SC 1750 1750 1650 1800 1800 1655MC 1850 1850 1750 1855 1855 1800 2400 2400 1850 2450 2450 1
9. systems Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Server 2003 R2 Standard Enterprise and Datacenter x64 Editions with SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard and Enterprise Editions with SP2 32 bit x86 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web and Enterprise Editions with SP2 32 bit x86 Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Standard and Premium Editions Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Express Workgroup Standard and Enterprise x64 Editions Microsoft Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 Gold Standard and Enterprise x64 Editions Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server with SP4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS ES and AS version 4 x86 2003 R2 Standard Enterprise and Datacenter x64 Editions with SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard and Enterprise Editions with SP2 32 bit x86 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web and Enterprise Editions with SP2 32 bit x86 Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Standard and Premium Editions Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Express Workgroup Standard and Enterprise x64 Editions Microsoft Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 Gold Standard and Enterprise x64 Editions Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server with SP4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS ES and AS version 4
10. 01 16005 00 1650 05 1655 00 1750 05 1800 00 1850 00 1855 00 2300 09 2400 01 2450 02 2500 2500SC 00 2550 06 2600 01 2650 00 4300 06 4350 A03 4400 04 4600 00 6300 A08 6350 A08 6400 A01 BIOS Update Requirements 71 Table 7 1 PowerEdge Systems and Minimum BIOS Versions Required for Remote Flash Update continued PowerEdge System Minimum BIOS Required for Remote Flash Update 6450 01 6600 08 6650 08 8450 06 78 BIOS Update Requirements RAID Controller Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions Overview Starting with Dell OpenManage Server Administrator version 5 0 only the enhanced Storage Management Service will be supported The Storage Management Service allows you to configure and manage your storage devices from within Server Administrator NOTE The Storage Management Service mentioned in this guide refers to the enhanced Storage Management Service Server Administrator no longer supports the basic Storage Management Service also known as Array Manager NOTE See Table 1 1 for information on where you can find the systems management software Most versions of the systems management CD support management of RAID controllers in the form of PERC cards and some systems management releases also support CERC IDE and SATA controllers System administrators responsible for monitoring the compatibility of t
11. and Novell NetWare operating systems The following excerpts from previous readme txt files show a record of features and resolved issues for releases of Server Agent only For the complete text of readme txt files see the Dell Support website at support dell com You can find additional information on more recent systems management applications in the Server Administrator readme txt found on the Systems Management CDs version 3 0 or later Server Agent 4 5 The following subsections contain requirements features and open issues for Server Agent version 4 5 Release date October 2001 Requirements Supported systems Dell 1500SC Operating Systems e Microsoft Windows Server 4 x with SP 4 or later e Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family includes Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server Novell NetWare 5 x Red Hat Linux 7 1 NOTE Server Agent is not supported on a PowerEdge 1500SC system running either the Red Hat Linux 7 0 operating system or the Novell NetWare 4 x operating system Historical Release Information for Legacy Systems 125 New in Server Agent Version 4 5 Support was added for the PowerEdge 1500SC system Server Agent 4 4 1 The following subsections contain requirements features and open issues for Server Agent version 4 4 1 Release date September 2001 Requirements Supported systems Dell PowerEdge 300 350 500SC 1300 1400 1550 2300 24
12. x86 37 Table 4 3 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Installation and Server Management CD Version 5 2 and 5 2 1 continued Installation and Server Management CD Version 5 2 5 2 1 Server Administrator Server Administrator Framework Instrumentation Service Server Agent Diagnostic Service IT Assistant Storage Management Service RAC Firmware DRAC 5 DRAC 4 DRAC MC DRAC ERA ERA O ERA XT ERA MC 38 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS ES and AS version 4 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server x86_64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 x86 64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Gold x86 64 5 2 3 2 5 7 NA 8 0 1 2 2 1 20 1 50 14 3 35 144 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS ES and AS version 4 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server 86 64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 x86_64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 86 64 5 2 1 2 2 5 7 8 04 2 2 1 20 1 50 14 3 35 1 44 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 3 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Installation and Server Management CD Version 5 2 and 5 2 1 continued Installation and Server 52 5 2 1 Management CD Version BMC Firmware Version On Dell Systems 800 1 30 or later 1 30 or later 830 1
13. MD1120 NOTE The PowerEdge 1200 T300 R300 T605 and R905 are scheduled to be available in the first half of 2008 Added support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP4 The Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD contains version 5 4 of the Dell OpenManage systems management software kit The root of the DVD also contains ISO images of the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility version 1 0 and the Dell Systems Console and Agent CD Dell OpenManage software version 5 3 0 1 You can use these ISO images to create CDs for systems that do not have DVD drives However if you need the latest version version 1 0 3 of the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility to support x6xx and x7xx Dell systems and Windows Server 2008 operating systems you can download the ISO Introduction image from the Dell Support site at support dell com You can also download Web packages of versions 5 4 of the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator and Dell OpenManage Management Station software from the Dell Support site at support dell com You can transfer the contents of these Web packages to CDs or USB keys for systems that do not have DVD drives Purpose of This Guide Server Administrator operates on many Dell hardware platforms hereafter called systems with operating systems such as Microsoft Windows SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux To use the systems management features of Server Administrator fully
14. SP3 SP3 includes recommended recommended recommended Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows 2000 SBS Novell NetWare 5 1 Novell Novell NetWare 5 1 SP5 or later NetWare 5 1 NetWare 5 1 SP4 or later Support Pack 6 Support Pack 6 or later or later NetWare 6 0 NetWare 6 5 Novell NetWare Novell NetWare or later 6 5 Support 6 5 Support Pack 1 or later Pack 1 or later Red Hat Linux Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Server 2 1 Linux AS Linux AS Linux AS version 2 1 ES versions 2 1 version 2 1 and 3 WS AS ES and WS version 3 version 3 Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat NA Linux 9 Linux 9 Linux 9 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 59 Table 4 8 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 3 5 Through 3 8 continued Systems 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 Management CD Version Server 1 5 1 6 17 1 5 Administrator Managed 1 5 1 6 17 1 8 Node Framework MNF Instrumentati 4 10 0 4 11 4 12 5 on Service Server Agent Diagnostic 2 5 2 6 2 7 3 0 Service Update 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 Service Server See MNF in See MNF in See MNF in Administrator this table this table this table this table Core IT Assistant 6 4 4 6 5 6 5 6 5 Storage 3 4 3 5 3 5 3 5 Management Service Array Manager 60 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 8 Compatible Del
15. you must understand which features of Server Administrator match your system s hardware configuration and operating system Update of Compatibility Guide The Server Administrator Compatibility Guide is updated with each major OpenManage release It summarizes all systems management releases that precede the current release date Always consult the readme txt file available with your systems management software for each release for the most current information on compatible systems management elements NOTE See Table 1 1 for information on where you can find the systems management software Supported Instrumentation Each supported systems management software contains instrumentation for your Dell system The sections of this guide are organized around the primary instrumentation product names and show the relationship among the following variables Systems management softwar Supported operating systems Instrumentation service Dell system for example 1600SC Introduction 11 In Table 1 2 the instrumentation product names are associated with a range of systems management software CD version Table 1 2 Systems Management Product Name and Corresponding Version Numbers Instrumentation Product Media Version Section in This Guide Names Dell OpenManage 54 Server Administrator Server Dell Systems Supported Applications and Administrator Management Tools and Systems Documentation DVD 5 3 th
16. 00 01 2 2 5 2 0 10 47 00 03 02 83 12 4 00 00 00 03 02 83 12 6 12 02 00 version 9 4 00 00 0 version 10 23 53 0 10 51 00 2 06 48 02 2 3 02 83 12 7 4 00 07 00 2 3 02 83 12 7 6 12 05 version 9 4 00 07 00 2 version 10 24 5 4 0 10 51 00 2 06 48 02 2 3 02 83 12 7 4 00 07 00 2 3 02 83 12 6 12 05 version 9 lative version 9 SP4 4 00 07 00 2 version 10 Dell OpenManage version 5 3 supports only Update 5 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 and only SP3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 Dell OpenManage version 5 4 supports only Gold for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server SP4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 and Gold for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 SAS 5 E Adapter The SAS 5 E Adapter supports the following Dell systems 1800 1850 1900 1950 2800 2850 2900 2950 2970 6800 6850 6950 R900 PowerVault NX1950 PowerVault 500 and Powervault 600 Table 8 29 and Table 8 30 show the other elements supported by the SAS 5 E Adapter 108 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions Table 8 29 Storage Management Service Supported Elements SAS 5 E Adapter Storage Dell SAS Windows 2000 Windows Windows Management OpenManage Firmware Driver Server 2003 Server 2008 Service Version BIOS Version Driver 2 0 5 0 00 06 40 00 06 06 00 01 1 21 08 00 1 21 08 00 NA 24 5 1 00 06 40 00 06 06 00 01 1 21 08 00 1 21 08 00 NA 2 2 5 2 00 10 47 00 06 12 02 00 124
17. 00 1 24 04 00 24 0400 24 54 0 10 51 00 06 12 05 00 1 24 04 40 24 0440 1 26 05 00 Table 8 26 Storage Management Service Supported Elements SAS 5 iR Integrated Storage Dell SAS Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Management OpenManage Firmware Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Linux Service Version BIOS Version Linux3 Linux 4 Driver 5 Enterprise Driver Driver Server versions 9 and 10 2 0 5 0 00 06 50 00 2 06 32 3 02 63 NA 3 02 63 06 06 00 02 2 51 00 06 50 00 2 06 32 3 02 63 3 02 63 06 06 00 02 2 2 5 2 00 10 47 00 06 3 02 83 12 4 00 00 00 03 02 83 12 12 02 00 version 9 4 00 00 00 version 10 23 5 3 00 10 51 00 06 3 02 83 12 7 4 00 07 00 2 3 02 83 12 7 12 05 00 version 9 4 00 07 00 2 version 10 106 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions Table 8 26 Storage Management Service Supported Elements SAS 5 iR Integrated Storage Dell SAS Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Management OpenManage Firmware Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Linux Service Version BIOS Version Linux3 Linux 4 Driver Linux5server Enterprise Driver Driver Server versions 9 and 10 24 54 00 10 51 00 06 3 02 83 12 7 4 00 07 00 2 03 02 83 12 12 05 00 version 9 Native version 9 SP4 4 00 07 00 2 version 10 Dell OpenManage version 5 3 supports only Update 5 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 and only SP3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 Dell OpenManage
18. 1 5 2372 PowerEdge 1650 2ona 44 2 8 0 6092 11 6 1 5 2372 A A PowerEdge 2650 2ona 44 2 8 0 6092 1 1 4 1 5 2372 A A PowerEdge 4600 200na 5 0 2 8 0 6098 1 1 4 1 5 2392 A A PowerEdge 1650 200na 5 0 2 8 0 6098 1 1 4 1 5 2392 A A PowerEdge 2650 2 0 5 0 2 8 0 6098 1 1 4 1 5 2392 A A PowerEdge 4600 21 51 2 8 0 6098 1 1 4 1 5 2392 A A PowerEdge 1650 90 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions Table 8 9 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 3 Di continued Storage Management Service 2 lona PowerEd 2 l ona PowerEd 2 2 PowerEd 22 PowerEd 22 PowerEd 23 PowerEd 23 PowerEd 23 PowerEd 2 PowerEd 240na PowerEd 2 40na PowerEd ge 265 ge 460 ge 165 ge 265 ge 460 ge 165 ge 265 ge 460 ge 165 ge 265 ge 460 Dell OpenManage Version 51 51 52 52 5 2 53 5 3 5 3 5 4 5 4 5 4 PERC Firmware Version 2 8 0 6098 2 8 0 6098 2 8 1 6098 2 8 1 6098 2 8 1 6098 2 8 1 7692 2 8 1 7692 2 8 1 7692 2 8 1 7692 2 8 1 7692 2 8 1 7692 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Driver 114 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Driver 15 2392 1 5 2392 1 52372 1 52372 1 5 2372 1 5 2372 1 5 2372 1 52372 1 52372 15 2372 1 15 2372 1 Re
19. 126 Server 441 126 Requirements 126 New Server Agent Version 441 126 Server 440 127 Requirements 127 New Server Agent Version4 4 0 127 Server 430 127 Requirements 127 New in Server Agent Version4 3 0 128 Server Agent 4 3 0 Resolved Issues 128 Contents Server 422 129 129 New and Resolved Issues in Server Agent 422 129 Server Agent 421 129 130 New in Server Agent Version 421 130 Resolved Issues for Server Agent 421 130 Server Agent 420 131 131 kd OEC HOM S HS 133 Contents Introduction Overview Dell OpenManage Server Administrator provides a powerful integrated set of systems management applications for keeping the systems on your network healthy Server Administrator provides fault management information prefailure information and asset and inventory information to management applications In addition to supporting systems management industry standards Server Administrator also provides additional systems management information about the components of y
20. 4 0 with NT 4 0 with NT 4 0 with 4 0 with SP4 systems NT 4 0with SP4or later SP4orlater SP 4 later later SP4 or later Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows 2000 Server 2000 Server 2000 Server 2000 Server 2000 Server family family family family family Novell NetWare 4 x NetWare 4 x NetWare 4 x NetWare 4 x NetWare or 5 x or 5 x or 5 x or 5 x 4 x or 5 x Red Hat Linux 7 0 Linux 7 0 Linux 7 0 Linux 7 0 Linux 7 0 kernel kernel kernel version version version 2 2 16 2 2 16 2 2 16 70 Server Agent Supported Applications and Systems Table 5 1 Server Agent Versions Applications and Dell Systems continued Applications CD Version 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 21 2 2 Instrumenta tion Service Server Agent Remote Access Service DRAC II Remote Access Service DRAC III Online Diagnostics IT Assistant Storage Management Service Array Manager 43 2 3 2 11 6 0 2 7 43 NA 11 6 0 3 0 44 14 6 0 3 0 44 1 24 NA 6 0 3 0 45 24 6 0 3 1 Server Agent Supported Applications and Systems 71 72 Server Agent Supported Applications and Systems Hardware Instrumentation Package Supported Applications and Systems This section provides information about instrumentation applications and systems that are supported by the Dell OpenManage Applications CD versions 1 1 through 1 7 Both the Dell OpenManage
21. 52 422A NA 6 46 2 32 NA 22044 NA NA PowerEdge 32 bit 1750 6 46 3 64 64 bit 23 53 252D 548 6 46 2 32 210101 22044 PowerEdge 32 bit 2600 6 46 3 64 64 bit 23 53 4220 545 6 46 2 32 210101 22044 PowerEdge 32 bit 1750 6 46 3 64 64 bit 24 54 252D 548 646232 210101 22044 PowerEdge 32 bit 2600 6 46 3 64 64 bit 23 5 4 422D 545 646232 210101 22044 PowerEdge 32 bit 1750 6 46 3 64 64 bit RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions 87 CERC ATA 100 4 CH The CERC ATA 100 4 CH supports the following Dell systems 600SC 650 16005 Table 8 7 shows the other elements supported by the 100 4 CH Table 8 7 Storage Management Service Supported Elements CERC ATA 100 4 CH Storage Dell PERC Windows Windows RedHat RedHat RedHat SUSE Linux Management OpenManage Firmware 2000 Server Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Service Version Version Driver 2003 Linux3 Linux4 Linux5 Server Driver Driver Driver server versions 9 Driver and 10 11 43 6 62 5 46 6 41 2 32 Native NA NA 12 44 6 62 5 46 6 41 2 32 2 10 1 2 10 2 0 5 0 6 62 5 46 6 41 2 32 2 10 1 2 10 NA NA 24 51 6 62 5 46 6 41 2 32 2 10 1 2 10 NA NA 2 2 5 2 6 62 NA 6 41 2 32 NA 2 NA NA 2 3 5 3 6 62 NA 6 41 2 32 NA 2 10 NA NA 24 5 4 6 62 6 41 2 32 210 PERC 3 Di The PERC 3 Di supports the follow
22. 53 5 2 1 0066 NA 00 00 03 13 00 00 0313 00 00 03 13 24 54 5 2 1 0066 00 00 03 13 00 00 0316 00 00 03 16 Dell OpenManage version 5 3 supports only Update 5 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 and only SP3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 Dell OpenManage version 5 4 supports only Gold for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server SP4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 and Gold for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 PERC 5 i Adapter The PERC 5 i Adapter supports the following Dell systems 840 6850 6950 1430SC and PowerVault 100 NOTE references made to PowerEdge 840 also apply to PowerVault 100 Table 8 19 and Table 8 20 show the other elements supported by the PERC 5 i Adapter Table 8 19 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 5 i Adapter Storage Dell PERC Windows 2000 Windows Windows Management OpenManage Firmware Driver Server Server 2008 Service Version Version 2003 Driver Driver 2 0 5 0 5 0 1 1 18 00 32 1 18 0 32 NA 32 bit 1 18 0 64 64 bit RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions 101 Table 8 19 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 5 i Adapter continued Storage Management Service Dell OpenManage Version PERC Firmware Version Windows 2000 Windows Windows Driver Server 2003 Server 2008 Driver Driver 24 22 29 54 5 0 1 5 2 1 0066 5 2 1 0066 1 18 00 3
23. 6650 2950 6800 4600 6850 6600 6650 6800 6850 40 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 4 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Installation and Server Management CD Version 5 0 to 5 1 1 continued Installation and 5 1 5 1 1 Server Management CD Version Supported Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft operating systems Windows Server Windows Server Windows Server 2003 family 2003 family 2003 family includes Web includes Web Standard and Standard Standard Enterprise Enterprise and Enterprise and Editions R2 x64 Editions x64 Editions 32 and 64 bit SP1 SP1 Microsoft Microsoft Windows Small Windows Small Business Business Server 2003 SP1 Server 2003 SP1 Microsoft Microsoft Windows Server Windows Server 2003 R2 2003 R2 Microsoft Microsoft Windows Storage Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Server 2003 R2 includes Express includes Express Standard Standard Workgroup and Workgroup and Enterprise Enterprise editions editions Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Server family Server family includes includes Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Server Windows Server Windows 2000 Advanced 2000 Advanced Server and Server and Microsoft Microsoft Windows Small Windows Small Business Business Server 2000 Server 2000 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 41 Table 4 4 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Installation and Server Management
24. CD Version 5 0 to 5 1 1 continued Installation and 5 0 5 1 5 1 1 Server Management CD Version Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux AS ES and WS AS ES and WS AS version 4 version 3 version 3 Gold x86 and Update 6 x86 Update 6 x86 x86 64 and x86 64 and x86 64 Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux version 4 x86 version 4 x86 and x86 64 and x86 64 SUSE Linux SUSE Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Enterprise Server Enterprise Server version 9 SP3 version 9 SP3 version 10 Gold x86 64 and 10 Cold x86 64 x86 64 NOTE SUSE Linux NOTE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Enterprise Server version 10 does not version 10 does not supportthe DRAC4 support the DRAC 5 and DRAC 5 client GUI client GUI Server 5 0 5 1 5 1 1 Administrator Server 3 0 3 1 3 1 1 Administrator Framework Instrumentation 5 6 5 6 5 6 Service Server Agent Diagnostic Service 3 6 NA NA IT Assistant 7 2 8 0 8 0 Storage 2 0 2 1 2 1 Management Service 42 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 4 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Installation and Server Management CD Version 5 0 to 5 1 1 continued Installation and 5 0 5 1 5 1 1 Server Management CD Version RAC Firmware DRAC 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 DRAC 4 1 35 1 35 DRAC MC 1 3 13 DRAC III ERA 3 3 5 335 144 144
25. Data Storage Server 2003 Gold Server 2003 Gold Standard and Enterprise Standard and Enterprise x64 Editions x64 Editions e Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2 Professional with SP2 Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and 2000 Server and Advanced Server with Advanced Server with SP4 SP4 32 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 2 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Dell Systems Console and Agent CD Version 5 3 and 5 3 0 1 continued Dell Systems Console and 53 5 3 0 1 Agent CD Component Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server x86 64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 x86 64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86 64 NOTE See the Ze Systems Software Support Matrix on the Dell Support website at support dell com for the latest information on supported operating systems Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server 86 64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 x86 64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86_64 NOTE See the Ze Systems Software Support Matrix on the Dell Support website at support dell com for the latest information on supported operating Systems 33 Table 4 2 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Dell Systems Console and Agent CD Versio
26. Hardware Instrumentation Package HIP and the Dell OpenManage Server Agent are supported by the Applications CD versions 1 3 through 1 7 For more information about applications and systems supported by Server Agent see Server Agent Supported Applications and Systems Table 6 1 shows compatible applications and Dell PowerEdge systems for the Applications CD versions 1 1 through 1 7 Table 6 1 HIP Versions Applications and Dell PowerEdge Systems Applications 1 1 1 2 13 14 15 1 6 1 7 CD Version PowerEdge 130 13 13 1300 13 300 30 systems 210 21 21 2100 1400 300 350 Indicates 22 22 22 2200 21 400 13 new systems for 23 23 23 2300 220 550 14 the given 24 24 24 2400 230 2300 155 version of the 245 245 245 2450 24 2400 23 CD 4106 41 41 4100 24 2450 24 42 42 42 4200 41 4300 245 43 43 43 4300 420 4350 43 435 435 435 4350 43 4400 435 44 44 44 4400 435 6300 44 610 61 61 6100 44 6350 63 63 63 63 6300 61 6400 635 635 635 635 6350 63 6450 64 64 64 64 6400 635 8450 645 645 645 645 6450 640 845 84 845 845 8450 65 845 Hardware Instrumentation Package Supported Applications and Systems 73 Table 6 1 HIP Versions Applications and Dell PowerEdge Systems continued Applications 1 1 12 13 14 15 1 6 1 7 CD Version Supported Microsoft Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows operating Windows NT 4 0 NT 4 0 NT 4 0 NT 4 0 NT 4 0 NT 4 0 syste
27. PERC 4 IM controller The LSI 1020 1030 embedded SCSI controller The SAS 5 Integrated and SAS 5 E controller NOTE The firmware and drivers listed in this section refer to the minimum supported version as of the publication date of this document Later versions of the firmware and drivers may also be supported or required For the most recent driver and firmware requirements see the Dell Support website at support dell com for the Storage Management Service Key to Table Footnotes Some drivers in the following tables are marked with an asterisk You can refer to the following paragraph for more information Linux Driver Included in RPM The 1 1 4 Linux driver is included in RPM 2302 Red Hat Package Manager 2302 80 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions PERC 4 DC The PERC 4 DC supports the following Dell systems 650 750 1650 1750 1800 1850 2600 2650 2800 2850 4600 6600 6650 6800 and 6850 Table 8 1 shows the other elements supported by the PERC 4 DC Table 8 1 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 4 DC Storage Dell PERC Microsoft Windows RedHat RedHat RedHat SUSE Linux Management OpenManage Firmware Windows Server Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Service Version Version 2000 2003 Limx 3 Linux4 Linux5 Server Driver Driver Driver Driver server versions 9 Driver and 10 14 43 3500 54 6 41 2 32 2107
28. PERC 5 E Adapter NOTE The RAID cards support both 32 and 64 bit versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems and only 64 bit versions of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems However ia64 versions of any operating system are not supported Table 8 17 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 5 E Adapter Storage Dell OpenManage PERC Firmware Windows 2000 Windows Server Windows Management Version Version Driver 2003 Server 2008 Service Driver 14 451 5 0 1 18 00 32 1 18 0 32 32 bit NA 1 18 0 64 64 bit 2 0 5 0 5 0 1 18 00 32 1 18 0 32 32 bit NA 1 18 0 64 64 bit 24 54 5 0 1 18 00 32 1 18 0 32 32 bit NA 1 18 0 64 64 bit 2 7 52 5 2 8 0 32 2 8 0 32 32 bit NA 2 8 0 64 64 bit 23 53 5 2 1 0066 2 14 0 32 2 14 0 32 32 bit NA 2 14 0 64 64 bit 24 54 5 2 1 0066 2 14 0 32 2 14 0 32 32 bit Native 2 14 0 64 64 bit 100 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions Table 8 18 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 5 E Adapter Storage Dell PERC Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Management OpenManage Firmware Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Linux Service Version Version Linux 3 Driver Linux 4 Driver Linux 5server Enterprise Driver Server versions 9 and 10 2 0 5 0 5 0 1 00 00 02 03 00 00 0203 NA 00 00 02 05 2 1 5 5 0 1 00 00 02 03 00 00 0203 NA 00 00 02 05 2 2 52 5 1 1 NA 00 00 03 06 00 00 03 06 00 00 03 06 23
29. RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions PERC 6 E Adapter The PERC 6 E Adapter supports the following Dell systems 1950 2900 2950 2970 6950 R200 R900 PowerVault 500 and PowerVault 600 NOTE references made to PowerEdge 840 2950 and 2900 also apply to PowerVault 100 PowerVault 500 and PowerVault 600 respectively Table 8 33 and Table 8 34 show the other elements supported by the PERC 6 E Adapter Table 8 33 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 6 E Adapter 2 14 0 64 64 bit Storage Dell OpenManage PERC Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Management Version Firmware Driver Service 2 3 5 3 6 0 1 0080 2 14 0 32 32 bit NA 2 14 0 64 64 bit 2 4 5 4 6 0 2 0001 214 0 32 32 bit Native 64 bit Table 8 34 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 6 E Adapter Storage Dell OpenManage PERC Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Linux Management Version Firmware Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Service Linux 4 5 Linux 5 server Server Driver Driver version 10 2 3 5 3 6 0 1 0080 00 00 03 13 00 00 03 13 00 00 03 13 2 4 54 6 0 2 0001 00 00 03 16 00 00 03 16 00 00 03 16 Dell OpenManage version 5 3 supports only Update 5 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 and only SP3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 Dell OpenManage version 5 4 supports only Gold for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server SP4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 and Gold for
30. Software Support Matrix allows you to identify operating systems and Dell OpenManage software that your Dell system supports The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User s Guide describes the installation and use of Server Administrator Server Administrator is a suite of management agents installed on the managed system that provide fault management information prefailure information and asset inventory information to management console applications such as Server Administrator and IT Assistant This guide also provides information about configuring your remote access controller RAC The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator SNMP Reference Guide documents the SNMP management information base MIB The SNMP MIB files define variables that extend the standard MIB to cover the capabilities of systems management agents The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator CIM Reference Guide documents the Common Information Model CIM provider an extension of the standard management object format MOF file The CIM provider MOF documents supported classes of management objects The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide lists the messages that are displayed in your Server Administrator home page Alert log or on your operating system s event viewer This guide explains the text severity and cause of each alert message that Server Administrator issues The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Command Line Interface U
31. and 10 24 51 351X 5 48 646232 210101 2 2044 NA 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit 22 5 2 352 NA 6 46 2 32 NA 22044 NA NA 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit 23 5 3 352D 548 6 46 2 32 210101 220 44 64 bit 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit 24 54 352D 548 646232 210101 220 44 NA NA 64 bit 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions 95 CERC SATA 1 5 6 Channel The CERC SATA 1 5 6 Channel supports the following Dell systems 700 750 800 830 850 and 1800 Table 8 13 and Table 8 14 show the other elements supported by the CERC SATA 1 5 6 Channel Table 8 13 Storage Management Service Supported Elements CERC SATA 1 5 6 Channel Storage Dell OpenManage PERC Firmware Windows 2000 Windows Windows Management Version Version Driver Server 2003 Server 2008 Service Driver 14 43 2 8 0 7403 2 8 0 7010 2 8 0 7010 NA 12 4 4 4 1 0 7406 4 1 0 7010 4 1 0 7010 NA 32 bit 4 1 1 7035 64 bit 2 0 5 0 4 1 0 7417 4 1 0 7010 4 1 0 7010 NA 32 bit 4 1 1 7038 64 bit 2 1 54 4 1 0 7417 4 1 0 7010 4 1 0 7010 NA 32 bit 4 1 1 7038 64 bit 2 2 5 2 4 1 0 7417 NA 4 1 0 7010 NA 32 bit 4 1 1 7038 64 bit 23 53 4 1 0 7419 4 1 1 7040 4 1 1 7040 4 1 1 7040 24 54 4 1 0 7419 4 1 1 7040 4 1 1 7040 4 1 1 7040 The 1 1 4 Linux driver is included in the Red Hat Package Manager RPM 2302 96 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions Table 8 14
32. attribute of its principal Principals can be people application code such as a signed applet or any other uniquely identified entity such as a secure port server or Web server XMM Abbreviation for extended memory manager a utility that allows application programs and operating systems to use extended memory in accordance with the XMS XMS Abbreviation for eXtended Memory Specification X Window System The graphical user interface used in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment Acronym for zero insertion force Some systems use ZIF sockets and connectors to allow devices such as the microprocessor chip to be installed or removed with no stress applied to the device ZIP A 3 5 inch removable disk drive from Iomega Originally it provided 100 MB removable cartridges The drive is bundled with software that can catalog the disks and lock the files for security A 250 MB version of the Zip drive also reads and writes the 100 MB Zip cartridges Glossary 173 174 Glossary
33. kilobit s 1024 bits Kbit s sec Abbreviation for kilobit s per second key combination Acommand requiring you to press multiple keys at the same time For example you can reboot your system by pressing the lt Ctrl gt Alt lt Del gt key combination kg Abbreviation for kilogram s 1000 grams kHz Abbreviation for kilohertz 1000 hertz LAN Acronym for local area network A LAN system is usually confined to the same building or a few nearby buildings with all equipment linked by wiring dedicated specifically to the LAN Ib Abbreviation for pound s LCC Abbreviation for leaded or leadless chip carrier LIF Acronym for low insertion force Some systems use LIF sockets and connectors to allow devices such as the microprocessor chip to be installed or removed with minimal stress to the device LED Abbreviation for light emitting diode An electronic device that lights up when a current is passed through it local bus On a system with local bus expansion capability certain peripheral devices such as the video adapter circuitry can be designed to run much faster than they would with a traditional expansion bus Some local bus designs allow peripherals to run at the same speed and with the same width data path as the system s microprocessor 150 Glossary The device names for the first through third parallel printer ports on your system are LPT LPT2 and LPT3 LRA Abbreviation for local
34. or support dell com ERA MC NA NA 1 44 BMC 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 Firmware Version Table 4 7 shows compatible applications and Dell systems for Systems Management CD version 4 0 1 to 4 1 2 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 53 Table 4 7 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 4 0 1 to 4 1 2 Systems 4 0 1 4 1 4 1 1 4 1 2 Management CD Version Dell 1850 350 1800 800 PowerEdge 2800 500SC systems 2850 6008 Indicates 650 new systems 700 for the given 750 version of the 1400 CD 1500SC 54 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 7 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 4 0 1 to 4 1 2 continued Systems 4 0 1 4 1 4 1 1 4 12 Management CD Version Supported Windows Server WindowsServer WindowsServer Windows Server operating 2003 family 2003 family 2003 family 2003 family systems includes Web includes Web includes Web includes Web Standard and Standard and Standard and Standard and Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise editions and editions and editions and editions and Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Windows Small Windows Small Windows Small Windows Small Business Server Business Server Business Server Business Server SBS 2003 SBS 2003 SBS 2003 SBS 2003 supported by PowerEdge 2800 only Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Wi
35. or later 1800 1 23 or later 1850 1 23 or later 1855 1 11 or later 1900 1 27 or later 28 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 1 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD for Dell OpenManage 5 4 continued Dell Systems Management Tools Supported System Version Number and Documentation DVD 1950 1 27 or later 1955 1 23 or later 2800 1 23 or later 2850 1 23 or later 2900 1 27 or later 2950 1 27 or later 2970 See the appropriate readme file for the latest information 6800 1 64 or later 6850 1 64 or later 6950 1 26 or later T200 3 0 or later T300 3 0 or later R200 3 0 or later R300 3 0 or later T605 3 0 or later R900 3 0 or later PowerVault 100 3 0 or later PowerVault 500 3 0 or later PowerVault 600 3 0 or later PowerVault NX1950 3 0 or later NOTE All references in this document to systems also apply to the PowerVault NX1950 PowerVault 500 and PowerVault 600 systems All references to the Dell PowerEdge 840 system also apply to the PowerVault 100 system Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 29 Table 4 2 shows compatible applications and Dell systems for the Dell Systems Console and Agent CD version 5 3 or Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD Table 4 2 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Dell Systems Console and Agent CD Version 5 3 and 5 3 0 1 Dell Systems Consol
36. random access memory Because SRAM chips do not require continual refreshing they are substantially faster than DRAM chips SSL Abbreviation for secure socket layer state Refers to the condition of an object that can have more than one condition For example an object may be in the not ready state status Refers to the health or functioning of an object For example a temperature probe can have the status normal if the probe is measuring acceptable temperatures When the probe begins reading temperatures that exceed limits set by the user it reports a critical status 164 Glossary SVGA Abbreviation for super video graphics array VGA and SVGA are video standards for video adapters with greater resolution and color display capabilities than previous standards To display a program at a specific resolution you must install the appropriate video drivers and your monitor must support the resolution Similarly the number of colors that a program can display depends on the capabilities of the monitor the video driver and the amount of video memory installed in the system switch Onasystem board switches control various circuits or functions in your computer system These switches are known as DIP switches they are normally packaged in groups of two or more switches in a plastic case Two common DIP switches are used on system boards slide switches and rocker switches The names of the switches are based on how the sett
37. response agent m Abbreviation for 5 mA Abbreviation for milliampere s mAh Abbreviation for milliampere hour s managed system A managed system is any system that is monitored and managed using Server Administrator Systems running Server Administrator can be managed locally or remotely through a supported Web browser See remote management system math coprocessor See coprocessor Mb Abbreviation for megabit MB Abbreviation for megabyte s The term megabyte means 1 048 576 bytes however when referring to hard drive storage the term is often rounded to mean 1 000 000 bytes MB sec Abbreviation for megabytes per second Mbps Abbreviation for megabits per second MBR Abbreviation for master boot record Glossary 151 MCA Abbreviation for Micro Channel Architecture which is designed for multiprocessing MCA eliminates potential conflicts that arise when installing new peripheral devices MCA is not compatible with either EISA or XT bus architecture so older cards cannot be used with it memory A system can contain several different forms of memory such as RAM ROM and video memory Frequently the word memory is used as a synonym for RAM for example an unqualified statement such as system with 16 MB of memory refers to system with 16 MB of RAM memory address A specific location usually expressed as a hexadecimal number in the system s RAM memory manager A utili
38. to put the system into protected mode provider provider is an extension of a CIM schema that communicates with managed objects and accesses data and event notifications from a variety of sources Providers forward this information to the CIM Object Manager for integration and interpretation PS Abbreviation for power supply PS 2 Abbreviation for Personal System 2 PXE Abbreviation for Pre boot eXecution Environment Abbreviation for quad flat pack 158 Glossary RAC Acronym for remote access controller RAID Acronym for redundant array of independent drives RAM Acronym for random access memory A system s primary temporary storage area for program instructions and data Fach location in RAM is identified by a number called a memory address Any information stored in RAM is lost when you turn off your system RAMDAC Acronym for random access memory digital to analog converter RAW Unprocessed The term refers to data that is passed along to an I O device without being interpreted In contrast cooked refers to data that is processed before being passed to the I O device It often refers to uncompressed text that is not stored in any proprietary format The term comes from UNIX which supports cooked and raw modes for data output to a terminal RBAC Abbreviation for role based access control RDRAM Acronym for Rambus DRAM A dynamic RAM chip technology from Rambus Inc Direct RDRAMs are u
39. usability probe readings also compromise the issues caused by these incorrect fan RPM values usability of Server Agent The incorrect fan RPM readings originate on PowerEdge systems that report systems management information to the management console using Server Agent version 4 0 Seven character service tags display Formerly certain combinations of characters incorrectly and numbers in the seven character service tag either did not display correctly or did not display at all Server Agent 4 2 1 displays service tags correctly False power supply fan readings Server Agent 4 2 1 corrects the problem of false Server Agent reports high power fan probe alerts supply fan RPM readings The readings exceed the upper failure threshold and are reported as failures Server Agent 4 2 0 The following subsections contain requirements and features for Server Agent version 4 2 0 Release date December 2000 Requirements Supported systems Dell PowerEdge 300 1300 1400 1550 2300 2400 2450 4300 4350 4400 6300 6350 6400 6450 and 8450 Operating Systems Red Hat Linux 7 0 Kernel version 2 2 16 Red Hat Linux SNMP agent ucd snmp version 4 1 2 8smux or later Historical Release Information for Legacy Systems 131 132 Historical Release Information for Legacy Systems Glossary The following list defines or identifies technical terms abbreviations and acronyms used in your system documents A A
40. version 5 4 supports only Gold for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server SP4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 and Gold for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 SAS 5 i Integrated The SAS 5 1 Integrated controller supports the following Dell systems 1950 2900 2950 and 2970 Table 8 27 and Table 8 28 show the other elements supported by the SAS 5 1 Integrated controller Table 8 27 Storage Management Service Supported Elements SAS 5 i Integrated Storage Dell OpenManage SAS Firmware Windows 2000 Windows Windows Management Version BIOS Version Driver Server 2003 Server 2008 Service Driver 2 0 5 0 00 06 40 00 06 06 00 01 1 21 08 00 1 21 08 00 NA 2 1 5 1 00 06 40 00 06 06 00 01 1 21 08 00 1 21 08 00 2 2 5 2 00 10 47 00 06 12 02 00 1 24 0 2 1 24 0 2 NA 23 53 00 10 51 00 06 12 05 00 1 24 04 00 1 24 04 00 NA 24 54 00 10 51 00 06 12 05 00 1 24 04 40 1 24 04 40 1 26 05 00 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions 107 Table 8 28 Storage Management Service Supported Elements SAS 5 i Integrated Storage Dell SAS Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Management OpenManage Firmware Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Linux Service Version BIOS Version Linux 3 Linux 4 Linux 5 Enterprise Driver Driver server Driver Server versions 9 and 10 2 0 5 0 0 06 40 00 02 06 32 03 02 63 NA 03 02 63 6 06 00 01 2 5 0 06 40 00 02 06 32 03 02 63 NA 03 02 63 6 06
41. version of the TCP IP FTP protocol that has no directory or password capability text mode A video mode that can be defined as x columns by y rows of characters threshold values Systems are normally equipped with various sensors that monitor temperature voltage current and fan speed The sensor s threshold values specify the ranges min and max values for determining whether the sensor is operating under normal noncritical critical or fatal conditions Server Administrator supported threshold values are e UpperThresholdFatal e UpperThresholdCritical UpperThresholdNon critical Normal LowerThresholdNon critical e LowerThresholdCritical e LowerThresholdFatal time out A specified period of system inactivity that must occur before an energy conservation feature is activated tpi Abbreviation for tracks per inch TOFP Abbreviation for thin quad flat pack TSR Abbreviation for terminate and stay resident A TSR program runs in the background Most TSR programs implement a predefined key combination sometimes referred to as a hot key that allows you to activate the TSR program s interface while running another program When you finish using the TSR program you can return to the other application program and leave the TSR program resident in memory for later use TSR programs can sometimes cause memory conflicts When troubleshooting rule out the possibility of such a conflict by rebooting your system withou
42. 00 2450 2500 2550 4300 4350 4400 6300 6350 6400 6450 and 8450 Operating Systems e Microsoft Windows NT Server 4 x with SP 4 or later e Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family includes Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server Novell NetWare 4 x or 5 x e Red Hat Linux 7 0 NOTE Server Agent is not supported on a PowerEdge 50050 system running the Red Hat Linux 7 0 operating system New in Server Agent Version 4 4 1 This release contains the following new features and changes Support for Red Hat Linux 7 1 SBE Kernels 2 4 3 6 and 2 4 3 12 with prebuilt device drivers Dynamic Kernel Support for Red Hat Linux Removal of support for the DMI management protocol e Inthe Server Agent MIB 10892 mib replacement of Dell by Server in the annotation TYPE field for each trap e In the Server Agent event configuration file 10892evt cfg the changing of the ALIAS value from Dell Server3 Baseboard Agent to Server Agent and replacement of Dell by Server in the Short Descr field for each event 126 Historical Release Information for Legacy Systems Server Agent 4 4 0 The following subsections contain requirements features and open issues for Server Agent version 4 4 0 Release date July 2001 Requirements Supported systems Dell PowerEdge 350 500SC and 1550 Operating Systems e Microsoft Windows NT Server 4 x with SP 4 or later e Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family
43. 02 1 24 0 2 NA 23 53 00 10 51 00 06 12 05 00 1 24 04 00 1 24 04 00 NA 5 4 00 10 51 00 06 12 05 00 1 24 04 40 1 24 04 40 1 26 05 00 Table 8 30 Storage Management Service Supported Elements SAS 5 E Adapter Storage Dell SAS Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Linux Management OpenManage Firmware Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Server Service Version BIOS Version Linux 3 Linux 4 Linux 5 versions 9 Driver Driver and 10 2 0 5 0 00 06 40 00 02 06 32 03 02 63 03 02 63 06 06 00 01 2 1 5 1 00 06 40 00 02 06 32 03 02 63 03 02 63 06 06 00 01 2 2 5 2 00 10 47 00 0 03 02 8312 4 00 00 00 03 02 83 12 6 12 02 0 version 9 4 00 00 00 version 10 23 53 00 10 51 00 2 06 48 02 2 3 02 83 12 7 4 00 07 00 2 3 02 83 12 7 06 12 05 00 version 9 4 00 07 00 2 version 10 24 5 4 00 10 51 00 2 06 48 02 2 3 02 83 12 7 4 00 07 00 2 03 02 83 12 06 12 05 00 version 9 Native version 9 SP4 4 00 07 00 2 version 10 Dell OpenManage version 5 3 supports only Update 5 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 and only SP3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 Dell OpenManage version 5 4 supports only Gold for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server SP4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 and Gold for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions 109 PERC 6 i Integrated and Adapter The PERC Integrat
44. 06 06 00 02 24 51 00 06 50 00 02 06 32 03 02 63 NA 3 02 63 06 06 00 02 22 5 2 00 10 47 00 03 02 83 12 4 00 00 00 3 02 83 12 06 12 02 version 9 4 00 00 00 version 10 23 53 00 10 51 00 06 NA 3 02 83 12 7 4 00 07 00 2 3 02 83 12 7 12 05 00 version 9 4 00 07 00 2 version 10 24 54 00 10 51 00 06 NA 3 02 83 12 7 4 00 07 00 2 3 02 83 12 12 05 00 version 9 Native version 9 SP4 4 00 07 00 2 version 10 Dell OpenManage version 5 3 supports only Update 5 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 and only SP3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 Dell OpenManage version 5 4 supports only Gold for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server SP4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 and Gold for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 SAS 5 iR Integrated The SAS 5 iR Integrated supports the following Dell system 1955 Table 8 25 and Table 8 26 show the other elements supported by the SAS 5 iR Integrated RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions 105 Table 8 25 Storage Management Service Supported Elements SAS 5 iR Integrated Storage Dell SAS Windows Windows Windows Management OpenManage Firmware 2000 Server Server 2008 Service Version BIOS Version Driver 2003 Driver 2 0 5 0 0 06 50 00 1 21 08 00 21 08 00 NA 6 06 00 02 21 54 06 50 00 1 21 08 00 21 08 00 NA 6 06 00 02 2 2 5 2 10 47 00 06 12 02 00 1 24 0 2 24 0 2 NA 23 53 10 51 00 06 12 05
45. 10 84 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware Driver Versions PERC 3 0C The PERC 3 QC supports the following Dell systems 2600 2650 4600 6600 and 6650 Table 8 5 shows the other elements supported by the PERC 3 QC Table 8 5 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 3 0 Storage Dell PERC Window Windows RedHat RedHat RedHat SUSE Linux Managemen OpenManage Firmware 52000 Server2003 Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise t Service Version Version Driver Driver Linux 3 Linux4 Linux5 Server Driver Driver server versions 9 Driver and 10 11 43 1970 5 46 6412 2 2107 NA NA NA 12 44 1980 548 646222 2107 22044 NA NA 32 bit 6412 64 64 bit 2 0 540 198X 548 646232 210101 22044 NA NA 32 bit 6 463 64 64 bit 21 51 198X 548 646232 210101 22044 NA NA 32 bit 6 463 64 64 bit 22 52 199A NA 646232 NA 22044 NA 32 bit 6 463 64 64 bit 23 53 199D 548 646222 210101 22044 NA NA 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit 24 54 199D 548 646222 210101 22044 NA NA 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions 85 PERC The PERC 4 Di supports the following Dell systems 1750 and 2600 4 Di Table 8 6 shows the other elements supported by the PERC 4 Di Table 8 6 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 4 Di Storage Dell PERC Windows Windows R
46. 10 3 10 3 10 NA 3 8 3 12 3 12 3 12 312 4 0 1 NA NA NA NA 1 0 41 3 14 3 14 3 14 3 14 1 0 414 NA NA NA 1 0 412 NA NA NA 1 0 413 NA NA NA NA 1 0 414 NA NA NA NA NA 42 3 20 3 20 3 20 3 20 11 122 Remote Access Service Availability Table 10 3 shows the firmware version required for each RAC that is offered on the corresponding Dell PowerEdge Server Update Utility CD NOTE Starting with Dell OpenManage version 5 3 the RAC firmware is available on the Ze Server Updates DVD Table 10 3 Firmware Version by Server Update Utility Media Version Dell Server Firmware Version ee i DRACIII ERA ERA O DRAC DRAC4 DRAC DRAC5 iDRAC Version 4 3 1 0 3 21 320 320 320 1 2 1 1 0 NA NA 4 4 11 3 3 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 130 111 NA 45 1 2 3 3 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 130 1 2 0 NA NA 5 0 1 3 3 35 3 35 335 3 35 1 35 13 1 0 5 1 1 4 3 55 3 35 3 35 3 35 1 35 13 1 0 5 1 1 15 NA NA NA NA 1 0 NA 5 2 1 5 3 35 3 35 3 35 3 35 1 50 1 4 120 5 3 1 6 335 335 335 335 16 15 1 30 1 0 5 4 17 3 3 8 335 335 335 1 61 15 1 3 3 L0 Remote Access Service Availability 123 124 Remote Access Service Availability Historical Release Information for Legacy Systems Overview The following sections contain historical information about releases of the Dell OpenManage Server Agent running on supported Microsoft Windows Red Hat Enterprise Linux
47. 2 1 18 0 32 32 bit 1 18 0 64 64 bit 2 8 0 32 2 8 32 32 bit 2 8 64 64 bit 2 14 0 32 2 14 244 64 b 214032 214 32 b 214 64 b 32 NA 32 bit 64 it NA 32 Native it 64 it Table 8 20 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 5 i Adapter Storage Dell PERC Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Management OpenManage Firmware Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Linux Service Version Version Linux 3 Driver Linux 4 Driver Linux5server Enterprise Driver Server versions 9 and 10 2 0 5 0 5 0 1 00 00 02 03 00 00 0203 00 00 02 05 2 1 5 1 5 0 1 00 00 02 03 00 00 0203 00 00 02 05 2 2 5 2 5 1 1 00 00 03 06 00 00 03 06 00 00 03 06 23 53 5 2 1 0066 00 00 03 16 00 00 0516 00 00 0316 24 54 5 2 1 0066 00 00 03 16 00 00 0516 00 00 03 16 Dell OpenManage version 5 3 supports only Update 5 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 and only SP3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 Dell OpenManage version 5 4 supports only Gold for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server SP4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 and Gold for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 102 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware Driver Versions PERC 5 i Integrated The PERC 5 1 Integrated supports the following Dell systems 1900 1950 2900 2950 2970 and PowerVault NX1950 Table 8 21 and Table 8 22 show the other elements supp
48. 2450 2450 2400 2300 2550 2500 2500 2500 2450 2400 4300 2550 2550 2550 2500 2450 4350 4300 2650 2650 2550 2500 4400 4350 4300 4300 2600 2550 6300 4400 4350 4350 2650 2600 6350 4600 4400 4400 4300 2650 6400 6300 4600 4600 4550 4300 6450 6350 6300 6300 4400 4350 8450 6400 6350 6350 4600 4400 6450 6400 6400 6300 4600 8450 6450 6450 6350 6300 6600 6600 6400 6350 6650 6650 6450 6400 8450 8450 6600 6450 6650 6600 8450 6650 8450 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 65 Table 4 10 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 3 0 Through 3 2 2 continued Systems 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 Management CD Version Supported Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows operating NT 4 0 NT 4 0 NT40 NT40 NT40 NT 4 0 systems with SP4 Server Server Server Server Server family family family family family SP6aor SP6aor SP6aor SP6aor SP6a or later later later later later Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 Server Server Server Server Server Server family family family family family family hotfixes hotfixes hotfixes SP3 rec SP3 rec for for for SNMP SNMP SNMP Novell Novell Novell Novell Novell Novell NetWare NetWare NetWare NetWare NetWare NetWare 4x 5x or 5 1 SP2 5 1 SP2 5 1 SP2 5 1 SP2 5 1 SP2 or 6 x or later orlater orlater orlater later Linux 7 1 NetWar
49. 3 to 4 2 continued Systems 413 4 1 4 42 Management CD Version Supported Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 operating family includes Web family includes Web family includes Web systems Standard and Standard and Standard and Enterprise editions and Microsoft Windows Small Business Server SBS 2003 supported by PowerEdge 2800 only Windows 2000 Server family includes Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server Novell NetWare 5 1 Support Pack 7 or later plus hot fixes Novell NetWare 6 5 Support Pack 1 or later plus hot fixes Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS and ES version 2 1 and AS Enterprise editions and Microsoft Windows Small Business Server SBS 2003 supported by PowerEdge 2800 only Windows 2000 Server family includes Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server Novell NetWare 5 1 Support Pack 7 or later plus hot fixes Novell NetWare 6 5 Support Pack 1 or later plus hot fixes Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS and ES version 2 1 and AS Enterprise editions and Microsoft Windows Small Business Server SBS 2003 Windows 2000 Server family includes Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows 2000 SBS Novell NetWare 5 1 Support Pack 7 or later plus hot fixes NOTE Novell NetWare is not supported on the PowerEdge 650 system Novell NetWare 6 5 Support Pack 1 or later plus hot fixes NOT
50. 41 or later 1 41 or later 840 1 67 or later 1 67 or later 850 1 41 or later 1 41 or later 860 1 67 or later 1 67 or later 1425SC 1 30 or later 1 30 or later 1800 1 23 or later 1 23 or later 1850 1 23 or later 1 23 or later 1855 1 11 or later 1 11 or later 1900 1 27 or later 1 27 or later 1950 1 27 or later 1 27 or later 1955 1 23 later 1 23 or later 2800 1 23 or later 1 23 or later 2850 1 23 or later 1 23 or later 2900 1 27 or later 1 27 or later 2950 1 27 or later 1 27 or later 2970 See the appropriate readme file for the latest information 6800 1 64 or later 1 64 or later 6850 1 64 or later 1 64 or later 6950 1 26 or later 1 26 or later R200 NA 2 1 or later Table 4 4 shows compatible applications and Dell systems for the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD versions 5 0 to 5 1 1 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 39 Table 4 4 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Installation and Server Management CD Version 5 0 to 5 1 1 Installation and 5 0 5 1 5 1 1 Server Management CD Version Dell PowerEdge 600SC 600SC 6950 systems 650 650 Indicates new 700 700 systems for the 750 750 given version of the 750N 750N CD 755N 755N 770N 770N 775 775 800 800 830 830 850 840 16005 850 1650 860 1655 16005 1750 1650 1800 1655 1850 1750 1855 1800 1950 1850 1955 1855 2600 1900 2650 1950 2800 1955 2850 2600 2900 2650 2950 2800 4600 2850 6600 2900
51. 6450 8450 6600 6600 6650 6650 8450 8450 62 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 9 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 3 2 3 Through 3 4 continued Systems 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 Management CD Version Supported Microsoft Microsoft Windows NT Windows operating Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 Server Server 2003 systems Server Family 4 0 Server family SP6a or SP3 family SP6a later recommended later NetWare 5 1 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 SP2 later Server family Server family Server family SP3 SP3 SP3 recommended recommended recommended NetWare 6 0 NetWare 5 1 NetWare 5 1 NetWare 5 1 later SP2 later SP2 later SP2 or later Red Hat NetWare 6 0 NetWare 6 0 NetWare 6 0 Enterprise 5 later SPlorlater or later Linux Advanced Server 2 1 Red Hat Linux Linux Linux Linux 7 3 with the Advanced Advanced Advanced 2 4 18 4smp Server 2 1 Server 2 1 Server 2 1 kernel Linux 7 3 with Linux 7 3 with Linux 8 0 and the 2 4 18 4smp_ the 2 4 18 4smp Linux 9 kernel kernel Linux 8 0 with Linux 8 0 with the 2 4 18 the 2 4 18 l4smp kernel 14smp kernel Server 1 2 3 1 3 1 3 4 1 4 Administrator Managed Node 1 2 3 13 13 1 4 Framework MNF Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 63 Table 4 9 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Vers
52. 655MC 2 4 PowerEdge 5 4 1 03 23 9 1 09 11 1 09 11 ative 855 92 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions Table 8 11 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 4 IM Storage Management Service Dell Version PERC Red Hat OpenManage Firmware Version Enterprise Linux 3 Driver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Driver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server Driver SUSE Linux Enterprise Server versions 9 and 10 PowerEd 655MC 0 1 PowerEd 855 2 PowerEd 655MC 2 PowerEd 855 2 0 on PowerEd 655MC 2 0 on PowerEd 855 2 lon PowerEd 655MC 2 lon PowerEd 855 2 2 on PowerEd 655MC 2 2 on PowerEd 855 23 PowerEd 655MC RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions ge ge ge ge ge ge ge ge ge ge ge 44 44 03 23 9 03 23 9 03 23 9 03 23 9 03 23 9 03 23 9 03 23 9 00 12 00 00 0c 00 03 23 90 00 12 00 00 0 0 00 12 00 ative ative ative ative ative ative ative ative 93 Table 8 11 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 4 IM continued Storage Dell PERC Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Linux Management OpenManage Firmware Version Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Ser
53. 855 2500 2500 2400 2550 2550 2450 2600 2600 2500 2650 2650 2550 2800 2800 2600 2850 2850 2650 4400 4400 2800 44 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 5 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Installation and Server Management CD Version 4 3 to 4 5 1 continued Installationand 4 3 4 4 45 4 5 14 Server Management CD Version 4600 4600 2850 6400 6400 4400 6450 6450 4600 6600 6600 6400 6650 6650 6450 6800 6800 6600 6850 6850 6650 8450 8450 6800 750N 750N 6850 755N 755N 8450 770N 770N 750N 775N 775N 755N 770N 775 Supported Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft operating Windows Windows Windows Windows systems Server 2003 Server 2003 Server 2003 Server 2003 family family family family includes includes includes includes Web Web Web Web Standard Standard Standard Standard and Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise and and and editions x64 Editions x64 Editions x64 Editions SP1 SP1 SP1 e Microsoft e Microsoft e Microsoft e Microsoft Windows Windows Windows Windows Small Small Small Small Business Business Business Business Server SBS Server 2003 Server 2003 Server 2003 2003 SP1 SP1 SP1 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 45 Table 4 5 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Installation and Server Management CD Version 4 3 to 4 5 1 continued Installationand 4 3 44 45 4 5 1 Se
54. A NA NA NA NA NA ACEnic Copper Gigabit NOTE Dell no longer supports this NIC Broadcom 7 100 7 100 74 12 3 10 See the 3 37 NetXtreme 7 7 family 7 7 family 7 7 family Broadcom appropriate Broadcom Family of of ofadapters of driver readme Tigon3 Adapters adapters adapters for the ethernet latest driver information Intel 6 0 8 0 17 NA NA Intel See the 3 4 14 1 EtherExpress Intel PRO 100 appropriate NAPI Intel Family of PRO 100 Adapters readme file PRO 100 Adapters Adapters for the Network 8 4 21 5 7 6 1 Intel latest Intel PRO 1000 information 6215 PRO 1000 Adapters Intel Adapters PRO 1000 Network Driver 118 Network Interface Controllers and Supported Operating Systems Remote Access Service Availability Overview Although all supported operating systems for Server Administrator support remote access remote access availability is system dependent The Remote Access Service is supported only on the following Dell PowerEdge systems 700 750 800 830 840 850 860 1600SC 1650 1655MC 1750 1800 1850 1855 1900 1950 1955 2600 2650 2800 2850 2900 2950 2970 4600 6600 6650 6800 6850 6950 T200 T300 R200 R300 M600 M605 T605 R805 R900 R905 Dell PowerVault 100 PowerVault 500 and PowerVault 600 NOTE The PowerEdge 1200 T300 R300 T605 and R905 are scheduled to be available in the first half of 2008 NOTE references ma
55. Authentication Protocol an authentication scheme used by PPP servers to validate the identity of the originator of the connection upon connection or any time later chip A set of microminiaturized electronic circuits that are designed for use as processors and memory in systems Small chips can hold from a handful to tens of thousands of transistors They look like tiny chips of aluminum no more than 1 16 inch square by 1 30 inch thick which is where the term chip came from Large chips which can be more than a half inch square hold millions of transistors It is actually only the top one thousandth of an inch of a chip s surface that holds the circuits The rest of it is just a base CIM Acronym for Common Information Model which is a model for describing management information from the DMTF CIM is implementation independent allowing different management applications to collect the required data from a variety of sources CIM includes schemas for systems networks applications and devices and new schemas will be added It provides mapping techniques for interchange of CIM data with MIB data from SNMP agents CIMOM Acronym for common information model object manager Abbreviation for comprehensive input output CLI Abbreviation for command line interface cm Abbreviation for centimeter s CMOS Acronym for complementary metal oxide semiconductor In systems CMOS memory chips are often used for NVRAM storag
56. Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 5 4 Compatibility Guide Notes and Notices NOTE A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer NOTICE NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem Information in this document is subject to change without notice 2003 2008 Dell Inc All rights reserved Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc is strictly forbidden Trademarks used in this text Dell the DELL logo PowerEdge Power Vault and OpenManage are trademarks of Dell Inc Microsoft Windows Windows NT Windows Server Vista and MS DOS are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Novell NetWare ConsoleOne and SUSE are registered trademarks of Novell Inc Red Hat Red Hat Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc Intel Pentium and EtherExpress are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation 3COM is a registered trademark of 3Com Corporation VMware is a registered trademark of VMware Inc VESA is a registered trademark of Video Electronics Standards Association OS 2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries ACEnic is a trademark of Alteon Web
57. Di continued Storage Dell PERC Windows Windows Red Hat Red Hat RedHat SUSE Management OpenManage Firmware 2000 Server Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Linux Service Version Version Driver 2003 Linux 3 Linux 4 Linux 5 Enterprise Driver Driver Driver server Server Driver versions 9 and 10 2 0 5 0 521X 5 48 646232 210101 22044 2 20 4 7 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit 24 5 1 521 5 48 646232 210101 22044 22047 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit 2 2 5 2 522A NA 6 46 2 32 NA 22044 NA 2 20 4 7 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit 2 3 5 3 5A2D 548 6 46 2 32 210101 22044 22047 PowerEdge 32 bit 2850 6 46 3 64 64 bit 2 3 on 53 5A2D 548 646232 210101 22044 2 20 4 7 PowerEdge 32 bit 6850 6 46 3 64 64 bit 2 4 5 4 5 20 548 6 46 2 32 210101 22044 2 20 47 PowerEdge 32 bit 2850 6 46 3 64 64 bit 2 4 on 5 4 5A2D 548 6 46 2 32 210101 2 2044 2 20 4 7 PowerEdge 32 bit 6850 6 46 3 64 64 bit Dell OpenManage version 5 3 supports only SP3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 98 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware Driver Versions PERC 4e Si The PERC 4e Si supports the following Dell system 1850 Table 8 16 show the other elements supported by the PERC 4e Si Table 8 16 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 4e Si Storage Management Service Dell OpenManage Version PERC Firmware Version Windows Windows 2000 Driver Serv 2003 e
58. E Novell NetWare is not supported on the PowerEdge 650 system Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS and ES version 2 1 and AS ES and WS version 3 ES and WS version 3 ES and WS version 3 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 51 Table 4 6 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 4 1 3 to 4 2 continued Systems Management CD Version 4 1 3 4 1 4 4 2 Server Administrator 1 9 1 ManagedNode 1 9 Framework MNF Instrumentation 5 2 Service Server Agent Diagnostic Service 3 1 1 Update Service 1 9 2 Server Administrator Core IT Assistant Storage Management Service Array Manager enhanced Storage Management Service RAC Firmware DRAC 4 DRAC MC DRACIII ERA ERA O and ERA XT 52 See MNF in this table 6 5 3 NA 1 0 1 0 1 0 NA 1 9 1 1 9 5 2 3 1 1 NA See MNF in this table 6 5 3 NA 1 0 1 11 1 9 2 1 9 5 2 3 1 1 9 1 See MNF in this table 6 5 3 3 6 1 0 11 NA 3 21 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 6 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 4 1 3 to 4 2 continued Systems 4 1 3 4 1 4 42 Management CD Version RAC firmware NA NA DRAC II NOTE The DRAC II software is no longer included on the Systems Management CD but can be obtained from earlier releases
59. Most microprocessors include a heat sink 146 Glossary HMA Abbreviation for high memory area The first 64 KB of extended memory above 1 MB A memory manager that conforms to the XMS can make the HMA a direct extension of conventional memory Also see XMM host adapter A host adapter implements communication between the system s bus and the controller for a peripheral device hard drive controller subsystems include integrated host adapter circuitry add a SCSI expansion bus to your system you must install or connect the appropriate host adapter hot plug The ability to remove and replace a redundant part while the system is still running Also called a hot spare HPFS Abbreviation for the High Performance File System option in the Windows NT operating systems HTTP Abbreviation for Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP is the client server TCP IP protocol used on the World Wide Web for the exchange of HTML documents HTTPS Abbreviation for HyperText Transmission Protocol Secure HTTPS is a variant of HTTP used by Web browsers for handling secure transactions HTTPS is unique protocol that is simply SSL underneath HTTP You need to use https for URLs with SSL whereas you continue to use http for URLs without SSL Hz Abbreviation for hertz ICES Abbreviation for Interface Causing Equipment Standard in Canada ICMP Abbreviation for Internet Control Message Protocol ICMP is a TCP I
60. OS update capability did not require that you be logged in directly to the system whose BIOS you were updating If the target system had the minimum required BIOS version installed you could update the BIOS to the latest version remotely The purpose of this section is to help you to identify the minimum prerequisite BIOS version to update to the latest available BIOS for each supported Dell PowerEdge system You can use this method of BIOS update only if you are running Dell OpenManage Systems Management CD version 4 2 or earlier NOTE Starting with Dell OpenManage version 4 3 you can update your system s BIOS drivers and firmware from the De PowerEdge Server Update UtilityCD or from the Dell Support website at support dell com Minimum Requirements for BIOS Update Support This section lists the minimum BIOS requirements for upgrading to the latest BIOS version available for each Dell PowerEdge system supported by Server Administrator You can download the latest BIOS versions from the Dell Support website at support dell com NOTE This guide is updated only once per business quarter To ensure that you have the latest BIOS version available always download the latest BIOS versions from the Dell Support website at support dell com To locate the BIOS update files that you want perform the steps in the following subsections BIOS Update Requirements 75 Downloading the Latest BIOS Packages 1 Go to the Dell Support w
61. P protocol used to send error and control messages Glossary 147 ICU Abbreviation for ISA Configuration Utility ID Abbreviation for identification IDE Abbreviation for Integrated Drive Electronics IDE is a computer system interface used primarily for hard drives and CDs 1 0 Abbreviation for input output The keyboard is an input device and a printer is an output device In general I O activity can be differentiated from computational activity For example when a program sends a document to the printer it is engaging in output activity when the program sorts a list of terms it is engaging in computational activity Abbreviation for independent hardware vendor IHVs often develop their own MIBs for components that they manufacture interlacing A technique for increasing video resolution by only updating alternate horizontal lines on the screen Because interlacing can result in noticeable screen flicker most users prefer noninterlaced video adapter resolutions internal microprocessor cache An instruction and data cache built in to the microprocessor IP address Abbreviation for Internet Protocol address See TCP IP IPMI Abbreviation for Intelligent Platform Management Interface which is an industry standard for management of peripherals used in enterprise computers based on Intel architecture The key characteristic of IPMI is that inventory monitoring logging and recovery control functions are ava
62. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 SAS 6 iR Integrated and Adapter The SAS Integrated supports the following Dell PowerEdge non modular systems 1950 2900 2950 2970 R900 PowerVault 500 and PowerVault 600 The SAS 6 iR Integrated also supports the following Dell PowerEdge modular systems M600 and M605 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions 111 The SAS Adapter supports the following Dell systems SC460 840 R300 1300 and 605 Table 8 35 shows the other elements supported by the SAS Integrated and Adapter Table 8 35 Storage Management Service Supported Elements SAS 6 iR Integrated and Adapter Storage Dell OpenManage SAS Firmware Windows Windows Management Version BIOS Version Server 2003 Server 2008 Service Driver 2 3 5 3 00 20 46 00 06 14 10 00 1 24 04 00 NA 2 4 5 4 00 20 48 00 06 14 10 00 1 24 04 40 1 26 05 00 Table 8 36 Storage Management Service Supported Elements SAS 6 iR Integrated and Adapter Storage Dell SAS Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Linux Management OpenManage Firmware Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Server Service Version BIOS Version Linux 4 5 Linux 5server versions 9 and 10 Driver Driver 2 3 53 00 20 46 00 06 14 10 00 3 02 83 12 7 4 00 07 00 3 03 83 12 7 version 9 4 00 07 00 2 version 10 2 4 5 4 00 20 48 00 06 14 10 00 3 02 83 12 7 4 00 07 00 2 03 02 83 12 version 9 Native version 9 SP4 4 00 07 00 2
63. Storage Management Service Supported Elements CERC SATA 1 5 6 Channel Storage Dell PERC Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Linux Management OpenManage Firmware Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Server Service Version Version Linux 3 Linux 4 Linux 5server versions 9 and 10 Driver Driver Driver 14 43 2 8 0 7403 1 4 12 44 4 1 0 7406 1 4 2 0 5 0 4 1 0 7417 21 4 115 2372 21 54 4 1 0 7417 14 1 5 2372 A A 2 2 5 2 4 1 0 7417 115 2392 23 5 3 4 1 0 7419 1 5 2392 24 5 4 4 1 0 7419 1 5 2392 The 1 1 4 Linux driver is included in the Red Hat Package Manager RPM 2302 PERC 4e Di The PERC 4e DI supports the following Dell systems 2800 2850 6800 and 6850 Table 8 15 shows the other elements supported by the PERC 4e Di Table 8 15 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 4e Di Storage Dell PERC Windows Windows Red Hat RedHat RedHat SUSE Management OpenManage Firmware 2000 Server Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Linux Service Version Version Driver 2003 Linux 3 Linux 4 Linux 5 Enterprise Driver Driver Driver server Server Driver versions 9 and 10 11 43 5130 5 46 641232 2 10 7 NA NA NA 12 44 510 5 48 6 46 2 32 2 10 7 22044 NA NA 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions 97 Table 8 15 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 4e
64. Systems Broadcom is a registered trademark and NetXtreme is a trademark of Broadcom Corporation RDRAM is a registered trademark of Rambus Inc Server Administrator includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation www apache org Server Administrator utilizes the OverLIB JavaScript library This library can be obtained from www bosrup com Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products Dell Inc disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own January 2008 Contents 1 Introduction 9 Overview 9 Where Can Find The Server Administrator 9 What s New Dell OpenManage Version5 4 10 Purpose of ThisGuide 11 Update of Compatibility Guide 11 Supported Instrumentation 11 Supported Operating Systems 12 Supported Browsers 13 Supported GUI Languages 14 Other Documents You Might Need 14 2 Server Administrator Services 17 riai oe A ESSE 17 Descriptions of Server Administrator Services 17 Instrumentation Service 17 Remote Access Service 17 Storage Management Service 18 008 dee en Edu 18 Contents
65. available in the first half of 2008 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 25 26 Table 4 1 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD for Dell OpenManage 5 4 continued Dell Systems Management Tools Supported System Version Number and Documentation DVD Supported operating systems Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Web Standard Enterprise and Core Edition x86 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Enterprise DataCenter and Core Edition x64 NOTE Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is scheduled to be available in the first half of 2008 For the latest information see http www microsoft com windowsserver2008 def ault mspx Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 1 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD for Dell OpenManage 5 4 continued Dell Systems Management Tools Supported System Version Number and Documentation DVD Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Enterprise and Datacenter x64 Editions with SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard and Enterprise Editions with SP2 32 bit x86 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web and Enterprise Editions with SP2 32 bit x86 Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Standard and Premium Editions Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Express Workgroup Standa
66. bbreviation for ampere s AC Abbreviation for alternating current AC power switch Aswitch with two AC power inputs that provides AC power redundancy by failing over to a standby AC input in the event of a failure to the primary AC input access Refers to the actions a user can take on a variable value Examples include read only and read write ACL Abbreviation for access control list ACL files are text files that contain lists that define who can access resources stored on a Novell Web server adapter card An expansion card that plugs into an expansion card connector on the system s system board An adapter card adds some specialized function to the system by providing an interface between the expansion bus and a peripheral device Examples of adapter cards include network cards sound cards and SCS adapters ADB Abbreviation for assign database AGP Abbreviation for advanced graphics port Glossary 133 ASCII Acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange A text file containing only characters from the ASCII character set usually created with a text editor such as Notepad in Microsoft Windows is called an ASCII file ASIC Acronym for application specific integrated circuit ASPI Acronym for advanced SCSI programming interface asset tag code An individual code assigned to a system usually by a system administrator for security or tracking purposes attribute An attribute or p
67. ced Server Novell NetWare 4 x or 5 x New in Server Agent Version 4 2 1 Added support for PowerEdge 1550 system Resolved Issues for Server Agent Version 4 2 1 Table 11 1 Resolved Issues for Server Agent Version 4 2 1 Problem Solution IT Assistant is unable to performa Server Agent 4 2 1 enables IT Assistant to remote flash BIOS update for the perform a remote flash BIOS update for the PowerEdge 300 system PowerEdge 300 system Server Agent reports an error Server Agent 4 2 1 reports correct CPU voltage message that values are incorrect for threshold values CPU voltage threshold values for the PowerEdge 8450 system on systems with a CPU speed of 700 MHz and higher Server Agent 4 0 did not implement Server Agent 4 2 1 correctly parses the the 96 alert parameter correctly in parameter The ZALERT parameter the local response agent can now be located anywhere in the command line and can optionally be enclosed in double quotes when the user wants to pass the alert message to the command line as a single string 130 Historical Release Information for Legacy Systems Table 11 1 Resolved Issues for Server Agent Version 4 2 1 continued Problem Solution Intermittent incorrect fan probe Server Agent 4 2 1 prevents false alerts for fan readings of zero RPMs cause faulty probes based on incorrect readings of fan RPM alerts to be generated Invalid values This update also addresses
68. d Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server Driver SUSE Linux Enterprise Server versions 9 and 10 The 1 1 4 Linux driver is included in the Red Hat Package Manager RPM 2302 PERC 4 IM The PERC 4 IM supports the following Dell systems 1655MC and 1855 Table 8 10 and Table 8 11 show the other elements supported by the PERC 4 IM RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions Table 8 10 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 4 IM Storage Dell OpenManage Windows 2000 Windows Windows Management Version Firmware Version Driver Server 2003 Server 2008 Service Driver 1 PowerEdge 43 1 00 12 0 1 08 06 08 18 655MC 1 00 0c 00 Hex Native 0 1 on 4 1 4 1 03 23 9 1 09 11 09 11 A PowerEdge 1855 2 on PowerEdge 4 4 1 00 12 0 1 08 06 08 18 A 655MC 1 00 0c 00 Hex Native 2 on PowerEdge 4 4 1 03 23 9 1 09 11 09 11 A 855 2 0 on PowerEdge 5 0 1 03 23 9 1 08 06 Native A 655MC 2 0 on PowerEdge 5 0 1 03 23 9 1 09 11 1 09 11 855 2 1 on PowerEdge 51 1 03 23 9 1 08 06 Native A 655MC 2 lonPowerEdge 5 1 1 03 23 9 1 09 11 1 09 11 A 855 2 2 on PowerEdge 52 1 03 23 90 NA Native 655MC 2 2 on PowerEdge 5 2 1 03 23 9 NA 1 09 11 855 2 3 on PowerEdge 5 3 1 00 12 0 1 08 06 Native 655MC 2 3 on PowerEdge 5 3 1 03 23 9 1 09 11 1 09 11 ative 855 24 PowerEdge 5 4 1 00 12 0 1 08 06 Native A
69. d Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions Network Interface Controllers and Supported Operating Systems Overview The drivers required for a Network Interface Card NIC depend on the operating system installed on your system Table 9 1 shows the relationship between NICs supported by Dell OpenManage Server Administrator and the drivers that they require on each supported operating system For a list of Server Administrator supported operating systems see the tables in Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems NOTE See Table 1 1 for information on where you can find the systems management software NIC Drivers and Operating Systems To determine required drivers for NIC systems management locate your NIC manufacturer in Table 9 1 and the operating system that is installed on your system In Table 9 1 NA indicates that the driver is supplied by the operating system rather than by the manufacturer of the NIC Network Interface Controllers and Supported Operating Systems 17 Table 9 1 NIC Manufacturers and Drivers Required for Supported Operating Systems NIC Product Microsoft Microsoft RedHat RedHat RedHat SUSE Linux Name Windows Windows Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise 2000 2003 Linux 3 Linux 4 Linux Server Server 5 version9 and 10 3COM NA NA NA NA NA NA 3C98x Family of Adapters NOTE Dell no longer supports this NIC Alteon N
70. dard Enterprise DataCenter and Core Edition x64 NOTE Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is scheduled to be available in the first half of 2008 For the latest information see http www microsoft com windowsserver2008 default mspx Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 31 Table 4 2 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Dell Systems Console and Agent CD Version 5 3 and 5 3 0 1 continued Dell Systems Console and 53 5 3 0 1 Agent CD Component Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Server 2003 R2 Standard Standard Enterprise Enterprise and and Datacenter x64 Datacenter x64 Editions Editions with SP2 with SP2 Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Server 2003 R2 Standard and Enterprise Editions and Enterprise Editions with SP2 32 bit x86 with SP2 32 bit x86 Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web and Server 2003 Web and Enterprise Editions with Enterprise Editions with SP2 32 bit x86 SP2 32 bit x86 Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Small Business Server Small Business Server 2003 R2 Standard and 2003 R2 Standard and Premium Editions Premium Editions Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Storage Server 2003 R2 Express Workgroup Express Workgroup Standard and Standard and Enterprise Enterprise x64 Editions x64 Editions Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Unified Data Storage Unified
71. de to PowerEdge 840 2950 and 2900 also apply to PowerVault 100 PowerVault 500 and PowerVault 600 respectively The Server Administrator GUI does not display any services on your system that are not available for that system or for that system configuration NOTE See Table 1 1 for information on where you can find the systems management software RAC Types The remote access controller RAC cards that are available for specific Dell systems are DRAC DRAC ERA ERA O ERA MC for Dell PowerEdge 1655MC DRAC 4 I for PowerEdge 1850 2800 and 2850 DRAC 4 P for PowerEdge 800 830 840 850 860 1800 6800 6850 R200 PowerVault 100 DRAC MC for PowerEdge 1855 and 1955 DRAC 5 for PowerEdge 1900 1950 2900 2950 2970 6950 1200 T300 R300 1605 R805 R900 R905 PowerVault 500 and PowerVault 600 and iDRAC iDRAC supports the PowerEdge M600 and M605 systems in the Dell PowerEdge M1000e system enclosure NOTE The DRAC III occupies a PCI slot and has a modem a battery and external AC power connection unlike the other RACs Remote Access Service Availability 119 Availability of RACs on Specific Dell Systems Table 10 1 shows the RACs that are available on specific Dell systems NOTE The ERA MC is supported only on PowerEdge 1655MC systems Table 10 1 Availability of RACs on Specific Dell Systems Dell DRAC III ERA ERA O DRACIII DRAC4 DRAC MC DRAC 5 iDRAC System XT 700 X
72. deo drivers Any additional video drivers may need to match the video adapter installed in the system video memory Most VGA and SVGA video adapters include memory chips in addition to your system s RAM The amount of video memory installed primarily influences the number of colors that a program can display with the appropriate video drivers and monitor capabilities 170 Glossary video mode Video adapters normally support multiple text and graphics display modes Character based software displays in text modes that can be defined as x columns by y rows of characters Graphics based software displays in graphics modes that can be defined as x horizontal by y vertical pixels by z colors video resolution Video resolution 800 x 600 for example is expressed as the number of pixels across by the number of pixels up and down To display a program at a specific graphics resolution you must install the appropriate video drivers and your monitor must support the resolution virtual memory A method for increasing addressable RAM by using the hard drive For example in a system with 16 MB of RAM and 16 MB of virtual memory set up on the hard drive the operating system would manage the system as though it had 32 MB of physical RAM virus self starting program designed to inconvenience you Virus programs have been known to corrupt the files stored on a hard drive or to replicate themselves until a computer system or network runs ou
73. device driver A program that allows the operating system or some other program to interface correctly with a peripheral device such as a printer Some device drivers such as network drivers must be loaded from the config sys file with a device statement or as memory resident programs usually from the autoexec bat file Others such as video drivers must load when you start the program for which they were designed DHCP Abbreviation for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol a protocol that provides a means to dynamically allocate IP addresses to computers on a LAN DIMM Acronym for dual in line memory module A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the system board DIN Acronym for Deutsche Industrie Norm which is the standards setting organization for Germany A DIN connector is a connector that conforms to one of the many standards defined by DIN DIN connectors are used widely in personal computers For example the keyboard connector for personal computers is a DIN connector DIP Acronym for dual in line package A circuit board such as a system board or expansion card may contain DIP switches for configuring the circuit board DIP switches are always toggle switches with an on position and an off position directory Directories help keep related files organized on a disk in a hierarchical inverted tree structure Each disk has a root directory for example a C gt prompt normally indicate
74. ditional format deletes all data stored on the disk FPBGA Abbreviation for field programmable gate array a programmable logic chip PLD with a high density of gates FRU Abbreviation for field replaceable unit ft Abbreviation for feet Glossary 145 FTP Abbreviation for file transfer protocol 9 Abbreviation for gram s G Abbreviation for gravities GB Abbreviation for gigabyte s A gigabyte equals 1024 megabytes or 1 073 741 824 bytes gcc Abbreviation for gnu C compiler graphics coprocessor See coprocessor graphics mode A video mode that can be defined as x horizontal by y vertical pixels by z colors GUI Acronym for graphical user interface h Abbreviation for hexadecimal A base 16 numbering system often used in programming to identify addresses in the system s RAM and I O memory addresses for devices The sequence of decimal numbers from 0 through 16 for example is expressed hexadecimal notation as 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A C D E F 10 In text hexadecimal numbers are often followed by h HBA Abbreviation for host bus adapter A PCI adapter card that resides in the system whose only function is to convert data commands from PCI bus format to storage interconnect format examples SCSI Fibre Channel and communicate directly with hard drives tape drives CD drives or other storage devices heat sink A metal plate with metal pegs or ribs that help dissipate heat
75. e Glosary 137 The device names for the first through fourth serial ports on your system COMI 2 and The default interrupt for COMI and COM3 is IRO4 and the default interrupt for and COM4 is IRQ3 Therefore you must be careful when configuring software that runs a serial device so that you don t create an interrupt conflict config sys file The config sys file is executed when you boot your system before running any commands in the autoexec bat file This start up file contains commands that specify which devices to install and which drivers to use This file also contains commands that determine how the operating system uses memory and controls files ConsoleOne Novell ConsoleOne is a Java based foundation for graphical utilities that manage and administer network resources from different locations and platforms ConsoleOne provides a single point of control for all Novell and external products controller Achip that controls the transfer of data between the microprocessor and memory or between the microprocessor and a peripheral device such as a disk drive or the keyboard control panel The part of the system that contains indicators and controls such as the power switch hard drive access indicator and power indicator conventional memory The first 640 KB of RAM Conventional memory is found in all systems Unless they are specially designed MS DOS programs are l
76. e NetWare NetWare NetWare NetWare 6 0 SP1 6 0 SP1 6 0 SP1 6 0 SP1 6 0 SPI or or later orlater orlater orlater later Linux Linux 7 1 Linux 7 1 Linux 7 l Linux Linux Advanced with with with Advanced Advanced Server 2 1 latest latest latest Server 2 1 Server 2 1 ucd snmp ucd snmp ucd snmp package package package Linux Linux7 3 Linux 7 3 Advance withthe with the d Server 2 4 18 2 4 18 2 1 4smp 4smp kernel kernel Server 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 11 1 2 1 2 2 Administrator 66 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 10 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 3 0 Through 3 2 2 continued Systems 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 31 3 2 3 2 2 Management CD Version Managed Node NA NA NA 1 2 1 2 2 Framework Instrumentation 4 5 1 451 45 1 4 6 NA 1 2 1 Service Server 4 5 2 452 Agent Remote Access NA NA NA NA 4 7 4 7 1 Service RAS RAC firmware 2 4 1 2 4 1 2 5 2 5 NA 1 3 DRAC II RAC firmware NA 141 11 1 2 2 5 2 5 DRAC RAC firmware NA NA NA NA 1 3 1 3 DRAC RAC firmware NA NA 1 05 1 05 NA 1 0 ERA RAC firmware NA NA NA 11 1 07 1 2 ERA O Diagnostic 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 Service Update Service 1 1 14 11 1 2 12 1 2 1 Server NA NA NA 1 10 1 3 13 Administrator Core IT Assistant 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 3 1 2 See in this table Storage 3 1 1 3 12 3 1 2 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 Management Service Array Manag
77. e access option ESD Abbreviation for electrostatic discharge ESM Abbreviation for embedded systems management Glossary 143 expanded memory A technique for accessing RAM above MB To enable expanded memory on your system you must use an EMM You should configure your system to support expanded memory only if you run application programs that can use or require expanded memory expansion bus Your system contains an expansion bus that allows the microprocessor to communicate with controllers for peripheral devices such as a network card or an internal modem expansion card connector A connector on the system s system board or riser board for plugging in an expansion card extended memory RAM above 1 MB Most software that can use it such as the Windows operating system requires that extended memory be under the control of an XMM external cache memory A RAM cache using SRAM chips Because SRAM chips operate at several times the speed of DRAM chips the microprocessor can retrieve data and instructions faster from external cache memory than from RAM F Abbreviation for Fahrenheit FAT Acronym for file allocation table FAT and FAT32 are file systems that are defined as follows e FAT A file system used by MS DOS Windows 3 x Windows 95 and Windows 98 Windows NT and Windows 2000 also can use the FAT file system The operating system maintains a table to keep track of the status of various segments of d
78. e and 53 5 3 0 1 Agent CD Component Dell systems 600SC 600SC Indicates new systems for 650 650 the given version of the CD 700 700 750 750 750N 750N 755N 755N 770N 770N 775N 775 800 800 830 830 840 840 850 850 860 860 1600SC 1600SC 1650 1650 1655MC 1655MC 1750 1750 1800 1800 1850 1850 1855 1855 1900 1900 1950 1950 1955 1955 2600 2600 2650 2650 30 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 2 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Dell Systems Console and Agent CD Version 5 3 and 5 3 0 1 continued Dell Systems Console and 53 5 3 0 1 Agent CD Component 2800 2800 2850 2850 2900 2900 2950 2950 2970 2970 4600 4600 6600 6600 6650 6650 6800 6800 6850 6850 6950 6950 R200 R200 600 M600 605 M605 R900 R900 Supported operating systems PowerVault 100 PowerVault 500 PowerVault 600 PowerVault NX1950 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Web Standard Enterprise and Core Edition x86 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Enterprise DataCenter and Core Edition x64 NOTE Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is scheduled to be available in the first half of 2008 For the latest information see http www microsoft com windowsserver2008 default mspx PowerVault 100 PowerVault 500 PowerVault 600 PowerVault NX1950 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Web Standard Enterprise and Core Edition x86 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Stan
79. e hung server action for a Dell PowerEdge 8450 system the system either performs a system reset or a recycle system power action PowerEdge 350 issues This release addressed the following Dell PowerEdge 350 issues that were originally addressed by Dell OpenManage Server Agent 4 2 0 Update 1 Changes thresholds for the 12 volt V voltage probe the system board These new thresholds prevent erroneous probe failures and warnings Corrects erroneous fan failure reports in the event log Corrects system crashes at start up caused by incorrect event log record length Disables the chassis identification feature Dell PowerVault 2xxS SCSI disk systems and SNMP This release addresses the following PowerVault 2xxS SCSI disk system issue that was originally addressed by Server Agent 4 2 0 Update 1 Allows Dell PowerEdge systems attached to the PowerVault 2xxS SCSI disk system to respond to SNMP requests for information Under certain rare circumstances some Dell systems with PowerVault 2xxS attached were not responding to SNMP requests Historical Release Information for Legacy Systems Server Agent 4 2 2 The following subsections contain requirements features and open issues for Server Agent version 4 2 2 Release date February 2001 Requirements Supported systems Dell PowerEdge 300 350 1300 1400 1550 2300 2400 2450 4300 4350 4400 6300 6350 6400 6450 and 8450 Operating Systems e Microsoft W
80. e less video flicker can be seen by the human eye The higher refresh rates are also noninterlaced remote management system remote management system is any system that accesses the Server Administrator home page on a managed system from a remote location using a supported Web browser See managed system RFI Abbreviation for radio frequency interference RGB Abbreviation for red green blue RIMM Acronym for Rambus In line Memory Module which is the Rambus equivalent of a DIMM module RMI Acronym for Remote Method Invocation RMI is a part of the Java programming language library that enables a Java program running on one system to access the objects and methods of another Java program running on a different system 160 Glossary ROM Acronym for read only memory Your system contains some programs essential toits operation in ROM code Unlike RAM a ROM chip retains its contents even after you turn off your system Examples of code in ROM include the program that initiates your system s boot routine and the POST rpm Abbreviation for revolutions per minute RPM Abbreviation for Red Hat Package Manager RTC Abbreviation for real time clock Battery powered clock circuitry inside the system that keeps the date and time after you turn off the system SAN Acronym for storage area network SAS Acronym for Secure Authentication Services or Serial attached SCSI When referring to security protocols or authentica
81. ebsite at support dell com 2 Click Drivers and Downloads under the Option 1 Most Popular Selections section 3 Specify your system either by entering your Service Tag or by selecting the product model Click Confirm 4 Expand Bios and click Download Now The File Download window appears 5 Specify where you want to save your FlashBIOS file and click OK A download complete pop up window appears 6 Follow the installation instructions appropriate for your file format that appear on the Download and Install page Minimum Required and Latest Available BIOS for Update by System Table 7 1 lists the minimum version of the BIOS that must be installed on each system for the latest FlashBIOS package to be applied by remote update For the latest available BIOS version for each system that Server Administrator supports see the Dell PowerEdge Server Update Utility CD or the Dell Server Updates DVD Table 7 1 PowerEdge Systems and Minimum BIOS Versions Required for Remote Flash Update PowerEdge System Minimum BIOS Required for Remote Flash Update 300 A00 350 BIOS update is not supported for PowerEdge 350 systems 500SC 05 600SC 00 650 01 700 00 750 00 76 BIOS Update Requirements Table 7 1 PowerEdge Systems and Minimum BIOS Versions Required for Remote Flash Update continued PowerEdge System Minimum BIOS Required for Remote Flash Update 800 00 1300 04 1400 14005 00 15005 04 1550
82. ed on the ordering and calculation of these numbers BIOS Acronym for basic input output system Your system s BIOS contains programs stored on a flash memory chip The BIOS controls the following Communications between the microprocessor and peripheral devices such as the keyboard and the video adapter Miscellaneous functions such as system messages bit The smallest unit of information interpreted by your system BMC Abbreviation for baseboard management controller which is a controller that provides the intelligence in the IPMI structure boot routine When you start your system it clears all memory initializes devices and loads the operating system Unless the operating system fails to respond you can reboot also called warm boot your system by pressing lt Ctrl gt Alt Del otherwise you must perform a cold boot by pressing the reset button or by turning the system off and then back on bootable diskette You can start your system from a diskette make a bootable diskette insert diskette in the diskette drive type sys at the command line prompt and press lt Enter gt Use this bootable diskette if your system will not boot from the hard drive bpi Abbreviation for bits per inch bps Abbreviation for bits per second Glossary 135 BTU Abbreviation for British thermal unit bus An information pathway between the components of a system Your system contains an expansion bus tha
83. ed supports the following Dell systems 1950 2900 2950 2970 R900 PowerVault 500 and PowerVault 600 The PERC Adapter supports the following Dell systems 1300 and T605 NOTE PowerEdge 300 and 605 are scheduled to be available in the first half of 2008 Table 8 31 and Table 8 32 show the other elements supported by the PERC 6 i Integrated and Adapter Table 8 31 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 6 i Integrated and Adapter Storage Dell PERC Windows Server Windows Server Management Service OpenManage Version Firmware 2003 Driver 2008 2 3 53 6 0 1 0080 2 14 0 32 NA 32 bi 2 14 0 64 64 bi 2 4 54 6 0 2 0001 214032 Native 32 bi 2 14 0 64 64 bi Table 8 32 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 6 i Integrated and Adapter Storage Dell PERC Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Linux Management OpenManage Firmware Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Server Service Version Linux 4 5 Linux 5 server version 10 Driver Driver 2 3 5 3 6 0 1 0080 00 00 03 13 00 00 03 13 00 00 03 13 24 5 4 6 0 2 0001 00 00 03 16 00 00 03 16 00 00 03 16 Dell OpenManage version 5 3 supports only Update 5 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 and only SP3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 Dell OpenManage version 5 4 supports only Gold for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server SP4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 and Gold for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 110
84. edHat RedHat RedHat SUSE Management OpenManage Firmware 2000 Server Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Linux Service Version Version Driver 2003 Linux3 Linux4 Linux5 X Enterprise Driver Driver Driver server Server Driver versions 9 and 10 lona 43 4130 5 46 6 41 2 32 2107 NA PowerEdge 75 lona 43 2 500 5 46 6 41 2 32 2 10 7 NA PowerEdge 260 2 44 410 54 6 46 2 32 2107 22044 PowerEdge 32 bit 75 6 41 2 32 64 bit 2ona 44 210 548 6 46 2 32 2107 22044 PowerEdge 32 bit 2600 6 41 2 32 64 bit 200na 5 0 421W 548 6462 32 210101 22044 NA NA PowerEdge 32 bit 1750 6 46 3 64 64 bit 200na 5 0 251X 5 48 646232 210101 22044 PowerEdge 32 bit 2600 6 46 3 64 64 bit 21 51 421W 548 6 46 2 32 210101 22044 PowerEdge 32 bit 1750 6 46 3 64 64 bit 86 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions Table 8 6 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 4 Di continued Storage Dell PERC Windows Windows RedHat RedHat RedHat SUSE Management OpenManage Firmware 2000 Server Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Linux Service Version Version Driver 2003 Linux3 Linux4 Linux5 Enterprise Driver Driver Driver server Server Driver versions 9 and 10 2lona 54 251X 5 48 646232 210101 22044 NA PowerEdge 32 bit 2600 6 46 3 64 64 bit 2 2 5 2 252A NA 6 46 2 32 NA 22044 NA NA PowerEdge 32 bit 2600 6 46 3 64 64 bit 22
85. entire physical memory of a system Variables for physical memory array include maximum size total number of memory slots on the motherboard and total number of slots in use physical memory array mapped The physical memory array mapped refers to the way physical memory is divided For example one mapped area may have 640 KB and the other mapped area may have between MB and 127 MB PIC Acronym for programmable interrupt controller PIP Acronym for peripheral interchange program pixel Asingle point on a video display Pixels are arranged in rows and columns to create an image A video resolution such as 640 x 480 is expressed as the number of pixels across by the number of pixels up and down 156 Glossary PKCS 7 Abbreviation for Public Key Cryptography Standard 7 PKCS 7 is an RSA Data Security Inc standard for encapsulating signed data such as a certificate chain PKIS Abbreviation for Novell Public Key Infrastructure Services PLCC Abbreviation for plastic leaded chip carrier Plug and Play An industry standard specification that makes it easier to add hardware devices to personal computers Plug and Play provides automatic installation and configuration compatibility with existing hardware and dynamic support of mobile computing environments PME Abbreviation for Power Management Event A PME is a pin on a peripheral component interconnect that allows a PCI device to assert a wake event POST Acron
86. er NOTE The Systems Management CD versions 3 0 and later do not fully support the following Dell systems 1300 2100 2200 2300 4100 4200 4300 4350 6100 6300 and 6350 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 67 Device Drivers and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Support NOTE The Supported Operating Systems section of Table 4 9 and Table 4 10 includes Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel versions Updated or later versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux may require the use of dynamic kernel support see Installing Server Administrator in the Server Administrator User s Guide for an explanation of this feature The Instrumentation Service provides device drivers for the precompiled kernels listed in Table 4 9 and Table 4 10 When the Instrumentation Service detects that none of its prebuilt device drivers supports the running kernel it attempts to build a device driver for that kernel This feature of Server Administrator is called dynamic kernel support Server Administrator s dynamic kernel support builds a device driver when needed during the Instrumentation Service installation or start up 68 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Server Agent Supported Applications and Systems This section provides information on instrumentation applications and systems that are supported by Dell OpenManage Applications CD versions 2 0 through 2 2 The Dell OpenManage Server Agent was sup
87. er Driver Driver server versions 9 Driver and 10 11 43 1970 5 46 6412 52 2107 12 44 1980 548 6 46 2 32 2107 22044 32 bit 6 41 2 64 64 bit RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions 83 Table 8 4 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 3 DC continued Storage Dell PERC Management OpenManage Firmware Service Version Version Windows Windows 2000 Driver Server 2003 Driver Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Enterprise Linux3 Linux4 Driver Driver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server Driver SUSELinux Enterprise Server versions 9 and 10 2 0 24 22 23 2 4 5 0 198 51 198X 52 199A 5 3 199D 54 199D 5 48 5 48 5 48 6 46 32 6 46 64 6 46 32 6 46 64 6 46 32 6 46 64 6 46 32 6 46 64 6 46 32 6 46 64 2 52 bit 3 64 bit 2 32 bit 3 64 bit 2 32 bit 3 64 bit 2 52 bit 3 64 bit 2 52 bit 3 64 bit 210101 220 44 2104101 220 44 220 44 210101 220 44 210101 220 44 Dell OpenManage version 5 3 supports only Update 5 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 and only SP3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 Dell OpenManage version 5 4 supports only Gold for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server SP4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 and Gold for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version
88. ersion BMC Firmware Version On Dell Systems 800 1 30 or later 1 30 or later 1 30 or later NA 830 NA NA 1 41 or later NA 850 NA NA 1 41 or later NA 1425SC 1 30 or later 1 30 or later 1 30 or later NA 1800 1 23 or later 1 23 or later 1 23 or later NA 1850 1 23 or later 1 23 or later 1 23 or later 1 23 or later 1855 1 0 or later 1 0 or later 1 0 or later NA 2800 1 23 or later 1 23 or later 1 23 or later NA 2850 1 23 or later 1 23 or later 1 23 or later 1 23 or later 6800 1 33 or later 1 33 or later 1 33 or later 1 40 or later 6850 1 33 or later 1 33 or later 1 33 or later 1 40 or later a Introduced SAS support for these Dell systems 6800 and 6850 Table 4 6 shows compatible applications and Dell systems for Systems Management CD version 4 1 3 to 4 2 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 49 Table 4 6 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 4 1 3 to 4 2 Systems 4 1 3 4 1 4 4 2 Management CD Version Dell 1855 1855 350 PowerEdge 500SC systems 600SC Indicates 650 new systems 700 for the given 750 version of the 800 CD 1400 1500SC 1550 1600SC 1650 1655MC 1750 1800 1850 1855 2400 2450 2500 2550 2600 2650 2800 2850 4400 4600 6400 6450 6600 6650 8450 750N 755N 770N 775N 50 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 6 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 4 1
89. erver version 9 Driver and 10 11 43 1 01 61 00 1 08 19 10818 PowerEdge Native 1750 Llon 43 1 01 61 00 1 08 19 1 08 18 PowerEdge Native 2600 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions 115 Table 8 41 Storage Management Service Supported Elements LSI 1030 continued Storage Dell PERC Window Windows RedHat RedHat RedHat SUSE Linux Management OpenManage Firmware s2000 Server Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Service Version Version Driver 2003 Linux 3 Linux4 Linux5 Server Driver Driver Driver server version 9 Driver and 10 1 2 44 03 23 0911 1 09 2 05 11 03 Native PowerEdge Native 175 1 2 44 03 23 09 11 1 09 2 05 11 03 Native PowerEdge Native 26 2 0 5 0 03 23 0911 1 09 2 05 11 03 Native PowerEdge Native 175 2 0 5 0 03 23 0911 1 09 2 05 11 03 Native PowerEdge Native 26 21 51 03 23 09 11 1 09 2 05 11 03 Native PowerEdge Native 175 21 51 03 23 09 11 1 09 2 05 11 03 Native PowerEdge Native 260 22 5 2 01 61 00 NA ative PowerEdge 175 22 5 2 01 61 00 NA ative PowerEdge 260 23 53 01 61 00 ative PowerEdge 175 23 53 01 61 00 ative PowerEdge 260 116 RAID Supporte
90. evice that controls the movement of the cursor on a screen Mouse aware software allows you to activate commands by clicking a mouse button while pointing at objects displayed on the screen MPEG Acronym for Motion Picture Experts Group MPEC is a digital video file format ms Abbreviation for millisecond s MS DOS Acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System MTBF Abbreviation for mean time between failures multifrequency monitor A monitor that supports several video standards A multifrequency monitor can adjust to the frequency range of the signal from a variety of video adapters mV Abbreviation for millivolt s Glossary 153 name The name of an object or variable is the exact string that identifies it in an SNMP Management Information Base MIB file or in CIM Management Object File MOF NDIS Abbreviation for Network Driver Interface Specification NIC Acronym for network interface controller NIF Acronym for network interface function This term is equivalent to NIC Abbreviation for nonmaskable interrupt A device sends an NMI to signal the microprocessor about hardware errors such as a parity error noninterlaced A technique for decreasing screen flicker by sequentially refreshing each horizontal line on the screen ns Abbreviation for nanosecond s one billionth of a second NTFS Abbreviation for the Windows NT File System option in the Windows NT operating system NTFS is an advanced f
91. heir systems storage devices need a clear matrix that shows the elements that are compatible with a particular storage controller Each storage controller version in turn supports a specific array of elements including e Version of the Storage Management Service Dell system e Firmware version number required for a particular controller e Supported operating systems where each operating system requires a specific driver RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions 79 For more information on Storage Management Services see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User s Guide and the Dell OpenManage Storage Management User s Guide either on the Dell Support website at support dell com or on the Dell Systems Management Tools Documentation DVD Five types of controllers are included in this section The RAID controller card group contains the following controllers PERC 3 DC PERC 3 SC PERC 3 PERC 4 SC PERC 4 DC PERC 4e DC 5 E PERC 5 i Adapter PERC 5 1 Integrated SAS 5 iR Adapter SAS 6 R Integrated PERC 6 E PERC 6 1 Adapter PERC Integrated SAS 6 iR Adapter ATA 100 4 Channel and CERC SATA 1 5 6 Channel The RAID on motherboard ROMB group includes the following controllers PERC 3 Di PERC 4 Di PERC 4e Di PERC 4e Si SATA 1 5 2S and SAS 5 iR Integrated e The internal mirroring group provided through the system BIOS includes the
92. ilable independent of the main processors BIOS and operating system IPX Abbreviation for internetwork packet exchange 148 Glossary IRQ Abbreviation for interrupt request A signal that data is about to be sent to or received by a peripheral device travels by an IRQ line to the microprocessor Each peripheral connection must be assigned an IRQ number For example the first serial port in your system COM is assigned to IRO4 by default Two devices can share the same IRQ assignment but you cannot operate both devices simultaneously ISA Acronym for Industry Standard Architecture A 16 bit expansion bus design The expansion card connectors in an ISA system are also compatible with 8 bit ISA expansion cards ISV Abbreviation for independent software vendor ITE Abbreviation for information technology equipment Java A cross platform programming language developed by Sun Microsystems JSSE Abbreviation for Java Secure Socket Extension jumper Jumpers are small blocks on a circuit board with two or more pins emerging from them Plastic plugs containing a wire fit down over the pins The wire connects the pins and creates a circuit Jumpers provide a simple and reversible method of changing the circuitry in a printed circuit board K Abbreviation for kilo indicating 1000 KB Abbreviation for kilobyte s 1024 bytes KB sec Abbreviation for kilobyte s per second Glossary 149 Kbit s Abbreviation for
93. ile system designed for use specifically within the Windows NT operating system It supports file system recovery extremely large storage media and long file names It also supports object oriented applications by treating all files as objects with user defined and system defined attributes See also FAT and FAT32 NTLM Abbreviation for Windows NT LAN Manager NTLM is the security protocol for the Windows NT operating system NuBus Proprietary expansion bus used on Apple Macintosh personal computers 154 Glossary NVRAM Acronym for nonvolatile random access memory Memory that does not lose its contents when you turn off your system NVRAM is used for maintaining the date time and system configuration information OID Abbreviation for object identifier An implementation specific integer or pointer that uniquely identifies an object online access service A service that typically provides access to the Internet e mail bulletin boards chat rooms and file libraries OTP Abbreviation for one time programmable PAM Acronym for Pluggable Authentication Modules PAM allows system administrators to set an authentication policy without having to recompile authentication programs parallel port An I O port used most often to connect a parallel printer to your system You can usually identify a parallel port on your system by its 25 hole connector parameter A value or option that you specify to a program A parameter is
94. imited to running in conventional memory coo Abbreviation for cost of ownership cooling unit Sets of fans or other cooling devices in a system chassis 138 Glossary coprocessor A chip that relieves the system s microprocessor of specific processing tasks A math coprocessor for example handles numeric processing A graphics coprocessor handles video rendering cpi Abbreviation for characters per inch CPU Abbreviation for central processing unit See also microprocessor CRC Abbreviation for cyclic redundancy code which is a number derived from and stored or transmitted with a block of data in order to detect corruption By recalculating the CRC and comparing it to the value originally transmitted the receiver can detect some types of transmission errors CSR Abbreviation for certificate signing request cursor A marker such as a block underscore or pointer that represents the position at which the next keyboard or mouse action will occur DAT Acronym for digital audio tape dB Abbreviation for decibel s dBA Abbreviation for adjusted decibel s DBS Abbreviation for Demand Based Switching DBS is power management performed by switching to a low power state frequency and voltage when the processor utilization is low It maintains application performance while lowering the average system power Glossary 139 DC Abbreviation for direct current Also abbreviation for Dual Channel
95. includes Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server Novell NetWare 4 x or 5 x Red Hat Linux 7 0 Kernel version 2 2 16 Red Hat Linux SNMP agent ucd snmp version 4 1 2 8smux New in Server Agent Version 4 4 0 This release adds support for the following Dell systems and features e PowerEdge 500SC e PowerEdge 1550 with the Intel Pentium III microprocessor e PowerEdge 350 watchdog support Server Agent 4 3 0 Version 4 3 0 is the first release of Server Agent that combines supported operating systems for Microsoft Windows Novell NetWare and Red Hat Linux All of these supported operating systems are documented in this readme txt file Release date March 2001 Requirements Supported systems Dell PowerEdge 300 350 1300 1400 1550 2300 2400 2450 2500 2550 4300 4350 4400 6300 6350 6400 6450 and 8450 Historical Release Information for Legacy Systems 127 Operating Systems Microsoft Windows NT Server 4 x with SP 4 or later Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family includes Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server Novell NetWare 4 x or 5 x Red Hat Linux 7 0 Kernel version 2 2 16 Red Hat Linux SNMP agent ucd snmp version 4 1 2 8smux New in Server Agent Version 4 3 0 This release adds support for the following Dell systems PowerEdge 2500 PowerEdge 2550 Server Agent 4 3 0 Resolved Issues 128 Hung server alerts for PowerEdge 8450 systems When you configure th
96. indows NT Server 4 x with SP 4 or later e Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family includes Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server Novell NetWare 4 x or 5 x New and Resolved Issues in Server Agent Version 4 2 2 Dell OpenManage Server Agent 4 2 2 now supports the Dell PowerEdge 350 system In addition Dell OpenManage Server Agent 4 2 2 resolves the following issues e Incorrect current sensor data circumstances Dell OpenManage Server Agent incorrectly reported data for current amperage sensors Incorrect amperage readings may have been reported for the following PowerEdge systems 4300 4350 4400 6300 6350 6400 and 6450 e SNMP time outs with PowerVault 2xxS SCSI disk systems circumstances the Dell OpenManage Server Agent SNMP interface stops responding when a Dell PowerVault 2xxS storage system is attached to a system The DMI and CIM interfaces may also stop responding Server Agent 4 2 1 The following subsections contain requirements features and open issues for Server Agent version 4 2 1 Release date December 2000 Historical Release Information for Legacy Systems 129 Requirements Supported systems Dell PowerEdge 1300 1400 1550 2300 2400 2450 4300 4350 4400 6300 6350 6400 6450 and 8450 Operating Systems e Microsoft Windows NT Server 4 x with SP 4 or later e Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family includes Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advan
97. ing Dell systems 1650 2650 and 4600 Table 8 8 and Table 8 9 show the other elements supported by the PERC 3 Di Table 8 8 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 3 Di Storage Dell OpenManage PERC Windows 2000 Windows Windows Server Management Version Firmware Driver Server 2003 2008 Service Version Driver l lona 43 2 8 0 6092 28 0 6085 2 8 0 6085 PowerEdge 1650 l lona 43 2 8 0 6092 2 8 0 6085 2 8 0 6085 NA PowerEdge 2650 l lona 43 2 8 0 6092 2 8 0 6085 2 8 0 6085 NA PowerEdge 4600 88 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions Table 8 8 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 3 Di continued Storage Dell OpenManage PERC Windows 2000 Windows Windows Server Management Version Firmware Driver Server 2003 2008 Service Version Driver 120na 44 2 8 0 6092 2 8 0 6085 2 8 0 6085 A PowerEdge 165 120na 44 2 8 0 6092 2 8 0 6085 2 8 0 6085 A PowerEdge 265 120na 44 2 8 0 6092 2 8 0 6085 2 8 0 6085 A PowerEdge 460 2 0 ona 5 0 2 8 0 6098 2 8 0 6085 2 8 0 6085 A PowerEdge 165 2 0 ona 5 0 2 8 0 6098 2 8 0 6085 2 8 0 6085 A PowerEdge 265 2 0 ona 5 0 2 8 0 6098 2 8 0 6085 2 8 0 6085 PowerEdge 460 21 51 2 8 0 6098 2 8 0 6085 2 8 0 6085 A PowerEdge 165 2 lona 51 2 8 0 6098 2 8 0 6085 2 8 0 6085 PowerEdge 265 2 1 51 2 8 0 6098 2 8 0 6085 2 8 0 6085 PowerEdge 460 2 2
98. ings on and off of the switches are changed syntax The rules that dictate how you must type a command or instruction so that the system understands it A variable s syntax indicates its data type system board As the main circuit board the system board usually contains most of your system s integral components such as the following Microprocessor RAM e Controllers for standard peripheral devices such as the keyboard Various ROM chips Frequently used synonyms for system board are motherboard and logic board system configuration information Data stored in memory that tells a system what hardware is installed and how the system should be configured for operation system diskette System diskette is a synonym for bootable diskette system memory System memory is a synonym for RAM Glossary 165 System Setup program A BIOS based program that allows you to configure your system s hardware and customize the system s operation by setting such features as password protection and energy management Some options inthe System Setup program require that you reboot the system or the system may reboot automatically in order to make a hardware configuration change Because the System Setup program is stored in NVRAM any settings remain in effect until you change them again system ini file A start up file for the Windows operating system When you start Windows it consults the system ini file to determine a variety of op
99. ins protrude from one side A SIP is also called a Single In line Pin Package SIPP SKU Acronym for stock keeping unit SMART Acronym for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology A technology that allows hard drives to report errors and failures to the system BIOS which then displays an error message on the screen To take advantage of this technology you must have a SMART compliant hard drive and the proper support in the system BIOS SMBIOS Acronym for system management BIOS SMD Abbreviation for surface mount device SMTP Abbreviation for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Glossary 163 SNMP Abbreviation for Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP a popular network control and monitoring protocol is part of the original TCP IP protocol suite SNMP provides the format in which vital information about different network devices such as network servers or routers can be sent to a management application SODIMM Acronym for small outline DIMM A DIMM module with a thinner profile due to the use of TSOP chip packages SODIMMs are commonly used in portable computers SOIC Abbreviation for Small Outline IC a small dimension plastic rectangular surface mount chip package that uses gull wing pins extending outward 50 Abbreviation for small outline package J lead small dimension plastic rectangular surface mount chip package with j shaped pins on its two long sides SRAM Abbreviation for static
100. ion Similarly the number of colors that a program can display depends on the capabilities of the monitor the video driver and the amount of video memory installed for the video adapter VGA feature connector On some systems with a built in VGA video adapter a VGA feature connector allows you to add an enhancement adapter such as a video accelerator to your system A VGA feature connector can also be called a VGA pass through connector video adapter The logical circuitry that provides in combination with the monitor your system s video capabilities A video adapter may support more or fewer features than a specific monitor offers Typically a video adapter comes with video drivers for displaying popular application programs and operating systems in a variety of video modes On some systems a video adapter is integrated into the system board Also available are many video adapter cards that plug into an expansion card connector Video adapters often include memory separate from RAM on the system board The amount of video memory along with the adapter s video drivers may affect the number of colors that can be simultaneously displayed Video adapters can also include their own coprocessor for faster graphics rendering video driver A program that allows graphics mode application programs and operating systems to display at a chosen resolution with the desired number of colors A software package may include some generic vi
101. ions 3 2 3 Through 3 4 continued Systems 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 Management CD Version Instrumentation 4 7 2 4 8 4 8 1 4 9 Service Server Agent Remote Access 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 2 Service RAS RAC firmware 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 DRAC II RAC firmware 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 DRAC III RAC firmware NA 2 0 2 0 22 DRAC RAC firmware 1 2 2 0 2 1 2 2 ERA RAC firmware 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 ERA O Diagnostic 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 2 4 Service Update Service 1 3 1 4 1 4 3 1 5 See MNF See MNF in See MNF in MNF in Administrator this table this table this table this table Core IT Assistant 6 4 2 6 4 3 6 4 3 6 4 4 Storage 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 Management Service Array Manager Table 4 10 shows supported elements for Systems Management CD versions 3 0 through 3 2 2 64 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 10 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 3 0 Through 3 2 2 Systems 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 Management CD Version Dell PowerEdge 300 300 300 300 300 300 systems 350 350 350 350 350 350 Indicates new 500SC 50050 5008C 500SC 500SC 5005 systems forthe 1300 1300 1300 1300 6008C 6008C given version of 1400 1400 1400 1400 1300 1300 the CD 15008C 1500SC 1500SC 15005 1400 1400 1550 1550 1550 1550 1500SC 15005 2300 1650 1650 1650 1550 1550 2400 2300 2300 2300 1650 1600SC 2450 2400 2400 2400 2300 1650 2500 2450
102. isk space used for file storage e FAT32 A derivative of the FAT file system FAT32 supports smaller cluster sizes than FAT thus providing more efficient space allocation on FAT32 drives FCC Abbreviation for Federal Communications Commission 144 Glossary FEPROM Acronym for flash erasable programmable read only memory Flash memory is a kind of nonvolatile storage device similar to EEPROM but the erasing is done only in blocks or the entire chip Fibre Channel A data transfer interface technology that allows for high speed I O and networking functionality in a single connectivity technology The Fibre Channel Standard supports several topologies including Fibre Channel Point to Point Fibre Channel Fabric generic switching topology and Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FC_AL firmware Software programs or data that has been written onto read only memory ROM Firmware can boot and operate a device Each controller contains firmware which helps provide the controller s functionality flash bios A BIOS that is stored in flash memory rather than in ROM A flash BIOS chip can be updated in place whereas a ROM BIOS must be replaced with a newer chip flash memory A type of EEPROM chip that can be reprogrammed from a utility on diskette while still installed in a system most EEPROM chips can only be rewritten with special programming equipment format To prepare a hard drive or diskette for storing files An uncon
103. it to remotely access an inoperable system The Chassis Management Controller User s Guide provides complete information about installing and configuring the CMC and using it to remotely access an inoperable system The Dell Chassis Management Controller CMC is a hot pluggable systems management hardware and software solution designed to provide remote management capabilities and power control functions for the Dell M1000e chassis systems The Dell OpenManage Remote Install User s Guide provides information about unattended simultaneous provisioning and configuration solutions of PowerEdge 1655MC only over the network by leveraging image based technology The Dell Update Packages User s Guide provides information about obtaining and using Dell Update Packages as part of your system update strategy The Server Update Utility User s Guide provides information about obtaining and using the Server Update Utility SUU to update your Dell system or to view the updates available for any system listed in the Repository See Table 1 1 for information on which media you can find a readme file for Server Administrator and additional readme files for most applications on the systems management media 16 Introduction Server Administrator Services Overview Dell OpenManage Server Administrator has a modular architecture that allows you to select and install the functions most needed in your particular IT environment The avai
104. l Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 3 5 Through 3 8 continued Systems 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 Management CD Version RAC Firmware Remote 2 5 3 0 3 10 3 20 Access Service RAS RAC 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 firmware DRAC II RAC 2 5 3 0 3 10 3 10 firmware DRAC III RAC 25 3 0 3 10 3 10 firmware DRAC RAC 2 5 3 0 3 10 3 10 firmware ERA RAC 2 5 3 0 3 10 3 10 firmware ERA O Table 4 9 shows compatible applications and Dell systems for Systems Management CD versions 3 2 3 through 3 4 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 61 Table 4 9 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 3 2 3 Through 3 4 Systems 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 Management CD Version Dell PowerEdge 300 300 300 300 systems 350 350 350 350 Indicates new 500SC 500SC 500SC 500SC systems for the 6005 600SC 600SC 600SC given version of 1300 1300 650 650 the CD 1400 1400 1300 1300 1500SC 1500SC 1400 1400 1550 1550 1500SC 1500SC 1600SC 1600SC 1550 1550 1650 1650 1600SC 1600SC 1655MC 2300 1650 1650 2300 2400 1655MC 1655MC 2400 2450 1750 1750 2450 2500 2300 2300 2500 2550 2400 2400 2550 2600 2450 2450 2600 2650 2500 2500 2650 4300 2550 2550 4300 4350 2600 2600 4350 4400 2650 2650 4400 4600 4300 4300 4600 6300 4350 4350 6300 6350 4400 4400 6350 6400 4600 4600 6400 6450 6300 6300 6450 6600 6350 6350 6600 6650 6400 6400 6650 8450 6450
105. lable services vary from one operating system to another The following sections describe the contribution of each service to your systems management capabilities NOTE See Table 1 1 for information on where you can find the systems management software Descriptions of Server Administrator Services Each service provides a functionally related set of systems management tasks that you can use to manage your system Instrumentation Service The Instrumentation Service provides rapid access to detailed fault and performance information gathered by industry standard systems management agents The instrumentation service allows remote administration of monitored systems including shutdown start up and security Remote Access Service The Remote Access Service provides a complete remote systems management solution for systems equipped with a remote access controller RAC solution The Remote Access Service provides remote access to an inoperable system allowing the system administrator to get the system up and running as quickly as possible The Remote Access Service also provides alert notification when a system is down and allows the system administrator to restart a system remotely Additionally the Remote Access Service logs the probable cause of system crashes and saves the most recent crash screen Server Administrator Services 17 Storage Management Service Express Setup installs the Storage Management Service earlier kn
106. ms NT 40 with SP3 with SP4or with SP4 with SPA withSP4 with SP4 with SP3 later later or later or later or later or later later Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows 2000 Server 2000 2000 2000 2000 family Server Server Server Server family family family family Novell Novell NetWare NetWare 41 4 11 with SP5 or later SP5 or later NetWare NetWare NetWare NetWare NetWare NetWare NetWare 5 0 5 0 4xor5x 4 4 5 Instrumentation 3 5 2 3 5 2 3 5 2 3 52 3 52 3 52 3 52 Service HIP Instrumentation NA NA 4 0 4 0 4 0 424 422 Service Server Agent Remote Access 2 2 1 2 2 1 23 23 23 231 2 3 1 Service DRAC II Online NA NA NA NA NA NA 1 0 Diagnostics IT Assistant 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 2 6 0 6 0 6 0 Storage 15 15 2 0 2 0 2 5 2 5 2 7 Management Service Array Manager 74 Hardware Instrumentation Package Supported Applications and Systems BIOS Update Requirements Overview NOTE Starting with Dell OpenManage version 4 3 the Systems Management CD has been replaced by the De PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD References in this guide to the Systems Management CD are for Dell OpenManage versions 3 0 through 4 2 Prior to Dell OpenManage 4 3 Server Administrator Update Service provided the ability to update system BIOS remotely from within the Server Administrator CUI The Update Service also provided interfaces for updating many firmware and driver packages The remote BI
107. n 5 3 and 5 3 0 1 continued Dell Systems Console and 53 5 3 0 1 Agent CD Component Server Administrator 5 3 5 3 0 1 Server Administrator 3 3 3 3 Framework Instrumentation Service 5 8 5 8 Server Agent Diagnostic Service NA NA IT Assistant 8 1 8 1 Storage Management 2 3 23 Service RAC Firmware CMC 1 0 1 0 iDRAC 1 0 1 0 DRAC 5 1 30 1 30 DRAC 4 1 60 1 60 DRAC MC 1 4 1 4 DRAC III ERA ERA O 3 35 3 35 ERA XT ERA MC 1 44 1 44 BMC Firmware Version On Dell Systems R900 3 0 or later 3 0 or later PowerVault 100 3 0 or later 3 0 or later PowerVault 500 3 0 or later 3 0 or later PowerVault 600 3 0 or later 3 0 or later PowerVault NX1950 3 0 or later 3 0 or later 800 1 30 or later 1 30 or later 830 1 41 or later 1 41 or later 840 1 67 or later 1 67 or later 34 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 2 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Dell Systems Console and Agent CD Version 5 3 and 5 3 0 1 continued Dell Systems Console and 53 5 3 0 1 See the appropriate readme file for the latest Agent CD Component 850 1 41 or later 860 1 67 or later 1425SC 1 30 or later 1800 1 23 or later 1850 1 23 or later 1855 1 11 or later 1900 1 27 or later 1950 1 27 or later 1955 1 23 or later 2800 1 23 or later 2850 1 23 or later 2900 1 27 or later 2950 1 27 or later 2970 information 6800 1 64 or later 6850 1 64 or later 6950 1 26 or later 1 41 or later 1 67 or late
108. nManage is localized into French German Spanish Japanese and Simplified Chinese Dell OpenManage software is localized according to the matrix in the following table Dell OpenManage does not support languages outside of this table Table 1 3 plots the language of the Dell OpenManage GUI against the operating system languages Table 1 3 Supported Dell OpenManage GUI Languages Dell OpenManage English French German Spanish Simplified Japanese Korean Traditional GUI 05 05 05 05 Chinese OS OS Chinese Language English X X X X X X X X French X German X Spanish X Simplified X Chinese Japanese X Korean Traditional Chinese Other Documents You Might Need In addition to this Compatibility Guide you can find the following guides either on the Dell Support website at support dell com or on the Dell Systems Tools and Documentation DVD The Dell OpenManage Installation and Security User s Guide provides complete information on installation procedures and step by step instructions for installing upgrading and uninstalling Server Administrator for each supported operating system 14 Introduction The Dell OpenManage Software Quick Installation Guide provides an overview of applications that you can install on your management station console and on your managed systems and procedures for installing your console and managed system applications on systems running supported operating systems The Dell Systems
109. ndows 2000 Server family Server family Server family Server family includes includes includes includes Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Server Server Server Server Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Server Server and Server and Server and Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 SBS SBS SBS Novell Novell Novell Novell NetWare 5 1 NetWare 5 1 NetWare 5 1 NetWare 5 1 Support Pack7 Support Pack7 Support Pack7 Support Pack 7 or later plus hot fixes Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems or later plus hot fixes NOTE Novell NetWare is not supported on the PowerEdge 650 system or later plus hot fixes or later plus hot fixes 55 Table 4 7 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 4 0 1 to 4 1 2 continued Systems 4 0 1 41 411 4 1 2 Management CD Version Novell Novell NetWare Novell Novell NetWare 6 5 6 5 Support NetWare 6 5 NetWare 6 5 Support Pack 1 Pack 1 or later Support Support Pack 1 or later plus hot plus hot fixes or later plus hot or later plus hot fixes NOTE Novell fixes fixes NetWare is not supported onthe PowerEdge 650 system Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Linux Linux Linux AS and Linux AS and ES version 2 1 ES version 2 1 ES version 2 1 ES version 2 1
110. nters for example utility partition A bootable partition on the hard drive that provides utilities and diagnostics for your hardware and software When activated the partition boots and provides an executable environment for the partition s utilities UTP Abbreviation for unshielded twisted pair UUID Abbreviation for Universal Unique Identification Abbreviation for volt s VAC Abbreviation for volt s alternating current varbind An algorithm used to assign an object identifier OID The varbind gives rules for arriving at the decimal prefix that uniquely identifies an enterprise as well as the formula for specifying a unique identifier for the objects defined in that enterprise s MIB variable component of a managed object A temperature probe for example has a variable to describe its capabilities its health or status and certain indexes that you can use to help you in locating the right temperature probe Abbreviation for Voluntary Control Council for Interference VDC Abbreviation for volt s direct current VESA Acronym for Video Electronics Standards Association Glossary 169 VGA Abbreviation for video graphics array VGA and SVGA are video standards for video adapters with greater resolution and color display capabilities than previous standards To display a program at a specific resolution you must install the appropriate video drivers and your monitor must support the resolut
111. ompatible applications and Dell systems for Systems Management CD version 3 5 to 3 8 Table 4 8 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 3 5 Through 3 8 Systems 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 Management CD Version Dell 350 350 350 350 PowerEdge 500SC 500SC 500SC 500SC systems 600SC 600SC 600SC 600SC Indicates 650 650 650 650 new systems 1400 1400 1400 700 for the given 15005 1500SC 1500SC 750 version of the 1550 1550 1550 1400 CD 1600SC 1600SC 1600SC 1500SC 1650 1650 1650 1550 1655MC 1655MC 1655MC 1600SC 1750 1750 1750 1650 2400 2400 2400 1655MC 2450 2450 2450 1750 2500 2500 2500 2400 2550 2550 2550 2450 2600 2600 2600 2500 2650 2650 2650 2550 4400 4400 4400 2600 4600 4600 4600 2650 6400 6400 6400 4400 6450 6450 6450 4600 6600 6600 6600 6400 6650 6650 6650 6450 8450 8450 8450 6600 6650 8450 58 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 8 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Systems Management CD Versions 3 5 Through 3 8 continued Systems 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 Management CD Version Supported Microsoft Windows Server Windows Server Windows Server operating Windows Server 2003 family 2003 family 2003 family systems 2003 includes Web Standard and Enterprise editions and Microsoft Windows Small Business Server SBS 2003 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Server family Server family Server family Server family SP3
112. orted by the PERC 5 1 Integrated Table 8 21 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 5 i Integrated Storage Dell OpenManage PERC Firmware Windows 2000 Windows Windows Serer Management Service Version Version Driver Server 2003 2008 Driver 2 0 5 0 5 0 1 1 18 00 32 1 18 0 32 NA 32 bit 1 18 0 64 64 bit 21 51 5 0 1 1 18 00 32 1 18 0 32 NA 32 bit 1 18 0 64 64 bit 22 52 544 2 8 0 32 2 8 0 32 NA 32 bit 2 8 0 64 64 bit 23 53 5 2 1 0067 2 14 0 32 2 14 0 32 NA 32 bit 2 14 0 64 64 bit 24 54 521 0067 2 140332 214032 Native 32 bit 2 14 0 64 64 bit RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions 103 Table 8 22 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 5 i Integrated Storage Dell PERC Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Management OpenManage Firmware Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Linux Service Version Version Linux 3 Driver Linux 4 Driver Linux 5server Enterprise Server Driver versions 9 and 10 2 0 5 0 5 0 1 00 00 02 03 00 00 0203 00 00 02 05 2 1 54 5 01 00 00 02 03 00 00 0203 00 00 02 05 24 5 2 5 11 NA 00 00 03 06 00 00 0306 00 00 03 06 23 53 5 2 1 0067 NA 00 00 03 16 00 00 03 16 00 00 03 16 24 5 4 5 2 1 0067 00 00 03 16 00 00 03 16 00 00 03 16 Dell OpenManage version 5 3 supports only Update 5 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 and only SP3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 Dell OpenManage version 5 4 s
113. our specific system Server Administrator can also configure BIOS and system settings Server Administrator s integrated security draws on the system s operating system security Server Administrator uses the secure socket layer SSL encryption protocol NOTE For more information on SSL see the Dell Support website at support dell com Where Can Find The Server Administrator Application Depending on the version of Dell OpenManage you are using the Server Administrator is available on different CDs and DVDs See Table 1 1 for more information Introduction 9 Table 1 1 Server Administrator and Corresponding Media Dell OpenManage Version Available on Media 2 2 and earlier Applications CD 3 04 2 Systems Management CD 4 3 5 2 3 Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD 5 3 5 3 2 Dell Systems Console and Agent CD or the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD NOTE The Ze Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD is available only with the Dell Subscription Kit For details see www dell com openmanagesubscription 5 4 and later Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD What s New in Dell OpenManage Version 5 4 The following changes in Dell OpenManage version 5 4 Dell OpenManage Server Administrator version 5 4 affect this Compatibility Guide 10 Added support for the following Dell PowerEdge systems 1200 1300 R300 R905 and Dell PowerVault
114. own as the enhanced Storage Management Service by default on Microsoft Windows On Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server systems you can either install the Storage Management Service through the Red Hat Package Manager RPM or use the srvadmin install sh script a menu driven script that installs the appropriate RPMs based on the options you choose NOTE The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system provides drivers for some of the RAID controllers listed in the RAID Controller Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions section See the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User s Guide for more information on Storage Management Service Logs Server Administrator displays logs of commands issued to or by the system monitored hardware events POST events and system alerts You can view logs on the home page print or save them as reports and send them by e mail to a designated service contact Available Services on Supported Operating Systems Table 2 1 summarizes the services that are available for each supported operating system NOTE See the Ze Systems Software Support Matrix on the Dell Support website at support dell com the Ze Systems Documentation CD or the De Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD to identify the operating systems that your Dell PowerEdge system supports 18 Server Administrator Services Table 2 1 Server Administra
115. p It supports the following systems 1600SC 1750 1800 1850 2600 2650 2800 2850 6800 6850 and 7250 Table 8 40 and Table 8 41 show the other elements supported by the LSI 1020 1030 114 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions Table 8 40 Storage Management Service Supported Elements 151 1020 Storage Dell PERC Windows Windows RedHat RedHat RedHat SUSE Management OpenManage Firmware 2000 Server Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Linux Service Version Version Driver 2003 Linux 3 Linux 4 Linux 5 Enterprise Driver Driver Driver Server Server Driver version 9 and 10 lona 43 1 03 04 00 1 08 19 1 08 18 NA PowerEdge ative 600SC 2ona 44 1 03 23 09 1 09 11 2 05 11 03 Native PowerEdge ative 600SC 2 0 ona 5 0 1 03 23 09 1 09 11 2 05 11 03 Native PowerEdge ative 600SC 21 51 1 03 23 09 1 09 11 2 05 11 03 Native PowerEdge ative 600SC 22 5 2 1 03 23 NA ative NA Native PowerEdge 600SC 23 53 1 03 23 ative Native PowerEdge 600SC Table 8 41 Storage Management Service Supported Elements LSI 1030 Storage Dell PERC Window Windows RedHat RedHat RedHat SUSE Linux Management OpenManage Firmware 52000 Server Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Service Version Version Driver 2003 Linux 3 Linux4 Linux5 Server Driver Driver Driver s
116. pacities greater than 528 MB e Support for up to two controllers each with up to two devices attached EISA Acronym for Extended Industry Standard Architecture a 32 bit expansion bus design The expansion card connectors in an EISA system are also compatible with 8 or 16 bit ISA expansion cards To avoid a configuration conflict when installing an EISA expansion card you must use the EISA Configuration Utility T his utility allows you to specify which expansion slot contains the card and obtains information about the card s required system resources from a corresponding EISA configuration file 142 Glossary EMC Abbreviation for electromagnetic compatibility EMI Abbreviation for electromagnetic interference EMM Abbreviation for expanded memory manager A utility that uses extended memory to emulate expanded memory on systems with an x86 or higher microprocessor EMS Abbreviation for Expanded Memory Specification EPP Abbreviation for Enhanced Parallel Port which provides improved bidirectional data transmission Many devices are designed to take advantage of the EPP standard especially devices such as network or SCSI adapters that connect to the parallel port of a portable computer EPROM Acronym for erasable programmable read only memory ERA Abbreviation for embedded remote access ERA MC Abbreviation for embedded remote access modular computer See modular system ERA O Abbreviation for embedded remot
117. ported concurrently with the Dell OpenManage Hardware Instrumentation Package HIP by the Applications CD versions 1 3 through 1 7 For more information about applications and systems supported by HIP see Hardware Instrumentation Package Supported Applications and Systems For more information about Server Administrator supported applications and systems see Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems NOTE The Applications CD version 2 0 1 and later does not fully support the following Dell PowerEdge systems 1300 2100 2200 2300 4100 4200 4300 4350 6100 6300 and 6350 Table 5 1 shows compatible applications and Dell PowerEdge systems for each Applications CD versions 2 0 through 2 2 Server Agent Supported Applications and Systems 69 Table 5 1 Server Agent Versions Applications and Dell Systems Applications 2 0 2 0 1 2 02 2 1 2 2 CD Version Dell 300 300SC 350 300 300 PowerEdge 350 350 500SC 350 350 systems 1300 1400SC 1550 500SC 500SC Indicates 1400 1550 1300 1300 new systems 1550 2400 1400 1400 for the given 2300 2450 1550 1500SC version of 2400 2500 2300 1550 the CD 2450 2500SC 2400 2300 2500 2550 2450 2400 2550 4400 2500 2450 4300 6400 2550 2500 4350 6450 4300 2550 4400 8450 4350 4300 6300 4400 4350 6350 6300 4400 6400 6350 6300 6450 6400 6350 8450 6450 6400 8450 6450 8450 Supported Microsoft Windows Windows Windows Windows NT operating Windows NT
118. r Driver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Driver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Driver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server Driver SUSE Linux Enterprise Server versions 9 and 10 12 2 0 24 22 2 3 24 43 44 5 0 51 52 5 3 5 4 5130 5210 521X 521X 522A 5A2D 5A2D 5 46 5 48 5 48 5 48 NA 5 48 5 48 641 6 46 32 6 46 64 6 46 32 6 46 64 6 46 32 6 46 64 6 46 32 6 46 64 6 46 32 6 46 64 6 46 32 6 46 64 2 32 2 32 bit 3 64 bit 2 32 bit 3 64 bit 2 32 bit 3 64 bit 2 32 bit 3 64 bit 22 32 bit 3 64 bit 2 32 bit 3 64 bit 2 10 7 2 10 7 2 10 10 1 2 10 10 1 NA 2 10 10 1 2 10 10 1 NA 2 20 44 2 20 44 2 20 44 2 20 44 20 44 220 444 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Native Native Dell OpenManage version 5 3 supports only SP3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions PERC 5 E Adapter The PERC 5 E Adapter supports the following Dell systems 840 860 1850 1900 1950 2900 2950 2970 6800 6850 6950 and PowerVault 100 NOTE references made to PowerEdge 840 2950 and 2900 also apply to Dell PowerVault 100 PowerVault 500 and PowerVault 600 respectively Table 8 17 and Table 8 18 show the other elements supported by the
119. r 1 30 or later 1 23 or later 1 23 or later 1 11 or later 1 27 or later 1 27 or later 1 23 or later 1 23 or later 1 23 or later 1 27 or later 1 27 or later 1 64 or later 1 64 or later 1 26 or later NOTE All references in this document to systems also apply to the PowerVault NX1950 PowerVault 500 and PowerVault 600 systems All references to the Dell PowerEdge 840 system also apply to the PowerVault 100 system Table 4 3 shows compatible applications and Dell systems for the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD versions 5 2 and 5 2 1 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 35 Table 4 3 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Installation and Server Management CD Version 5 2 and 5 2 1 Installation and Server 5 2 5 2 1 Management CD Version Dell PowerEdge systems 600SC R200 Indicates new systems 650 for the given version of 700 the CD 750 750N 755N 770N 775 800 830 840 850 860 1600SC 1650 1655MC 1750 1800 1850 1855 1900 1950 1955 2600 2650 2800 2850 2900 2950 2970 4600 6600 6650 6800 6850 6950 36 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 3 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Installation and Server Management CD Version 5 2 and 5 2 1 continued Installation and Server 52 5 2 1 Management CD Version Supported operating Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Server
120. rator Managed Node 2 0 Framework MNF Instrumentatio 5 3 n Service Server Agent Diagnostic 3 2 Service Server 2 0 Administrator Core IT Assistant 7 0 Storage 3 7 Management Service Array Manager enhanced 11 Storage Management Service 2 1 2 1 5 3 3 3 2 1 7 0 3 7 12 Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 x86 and x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 x86 and x86_64 2 2 2 2 5 3 3 4 2 2 7 1 3 7 1 2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 x86 and x86_64 23 2 3 3 41 22 7 1 3 7 14 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 47 Table 4 5 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Installation and Server Management CD Version 4 3 to 4 5 1 continued Installationand 4 3 44 45 4 5 1 Server Management CD Version RAC Firmware DRAC 4 1 20 1 30 1 30 1 30 DRAC MC 14 12 12 DRACIII 3 21 33 33 ERA ERA O and ERA XT RAC firmware NA NA NA NA DRAC NOTE The DRAC software is no longer included on the Ze Systems Management Consoles CD but can be obtained from earlier releases or support dell com ERA MC 1 44 NA NA NA 48 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 5 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Installation and Server Management CD Version 4 3 to 4 5 1 continued Installationand 4 3 4 4 45 4 5 1 Server Management CD V
121. rature probe to 75 degrees Celsius If the probe reaches that temperature the setting results in an alert being sent to the management system so that user intervention can be taken Some settings when reached can trigger a system shutdown or other response that can prevent damage to the system server module Amodular system component that functions as an individual system To function as a system a server module is inserted into a chassis which includes power supplies fans a system management module and at least one network switch module The power supplies fans system management module and network switch module are shared resources of the server modules in the chassis See modular system service tag number A bar code label that identifies each system in the event that you need to call for customer or technical support 162 Glossary SGRAM Acronym for synchronous graphics RAM shadowing A computer s system and video BIOS code is usually stored on ROM chips Shadowing refers to the performance enhancement technique that copies BIOS code to faster RAM chips in the upper memory area above 640 KB during the boot routine SIMD Abbreviation for Single Instruction Multiple Data SIMM Acronym for single in line memory module A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the system board SIP Acronym for single in line package which is a type of housing for electronic components in which the connecting p
122. rd and Enterprise x64 Editions Microsoft Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 Gold Standard and Enterprise x64 Editions Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server with SP4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS ES and AS Version 4 5 x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS ES and AS Version 4 5 x86 64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server x86 64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP4 x86 64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86 64 NOTE See the Ze Systems Software Support Matrix on the Dell Support website at support dell com for the latest information on supported operating systems Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 27 Table 4 1 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD for Dell OpenManage 5 4 continued Dell Systems Management Tools Supported System Version Number and Documentation DVD Server Administrator 5 4 Server Administrator Framework 3 4 Instrumentation Service Server 5 8 Agent Diagnostic Service NA IT Assistant 8 2 Storage Management Service 2 4 RAC Firmware CMC 1 0 iDRAC 1 0 DRAC 5 1 3 3 DRAC 4 1 6 1 DRAC MC 1 4 DRAC IIT ERA ERA O ERA XT 3 3 8 ERA MC 1 44 BMC Firmware Version On Dell Systems 800 1 30 or later 830 1 41 or later 840 1 67 or later 850 1 41 or later 860 1 67 or later 1425SC 1 30
123. rements see the table that lists the systems management software CD version for the system that you are configuring The tables in the following sections of this guide are a good place to begin Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems e Server Agent Supported Applications and Systems Hardware Instrumentation Package Supported Applications and Systems Operating system version numbers support packs service packs and kernel versions can vary with each systems management software version and cannot be accurately generalized For example a particular systems management software version may support only a version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system with a specific kernel Some systems management applications are available only on specific operating systems NOTE address any Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP security vulnerabilities associated with an operating system see the appropriate website for your system s operating system for example www microsoft com www redhat com or www novell com Supported Browsers Server Administrator supports Microsoft Internet Explorer IE versions 6 0 SP2 and 7 0 and Mozilla Firefox version 1 5 and 2 0 open source Web browsers NOTE Windows 2000 supports only Internet Explorer version 6 0 5 1 NOTE Server Administrator versions 4 3 and later do not support Netscape Navigator Introduction 13 Supported GUI Languages Dell Ope
124. roperty contains a specific piece of information about a manageable component Attributes can be combined to form groups If an attribute is defined as read write it may be defined by a management application autoexec bat file The autoexec bat file is executed when you boot your system after executing any commands in the config sys file This start up file contains commands that define the characteristics of each device connected to your system and it finds and executes programs stored in locations other than the active directory backup A copy of a program or data file As a precaution you should back up your system s hard drive on a regular basis Before making a change to the configuration of your system you should back up important start up files from your operating system baud rate A measurement of data transmission speed For example modems are designed to transmit data at one or more specified baud rate s through the COM serial port of a system beep code A diagnostic message in the form of a pattern of beeps from your system s speaker For example one beep followed by a second beep and then a burst of three beeps is beep code 1 1 3 134 Glossary BGA Abbreviation for ball grid array an integrated circuit IC package that uses an array of solder balls instead of pins to connect to a system board binary Abase 2 numbering system that uses 0 and 1 to represent information The system performs operations bas
125. rough 5 3 2 Server Administrator Dell Systems Console Supported Applications and and Agent CD or Dell Systems Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD 4 3 through 5 2 Installation and Server Server Administrator Management CD Supported Applications and 3 0 through 42 Systems Systems Management Server Administrator CD Supported Applications and Systems Dell OpenManage 2 0 through 2 2 Server Agent Supported Server Agent Applications CD Applications and Systems Dell OpenManage 1 2 through 1 7 Hardware Instrumentation Hardware Applications CD Package Supported Applications Instrumentation Package and Systems HIP Supported Operating Systems Server Administrator supports major operating systems offered by Microsoft Novell and Red Hat See the tables in Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems to find the operating system that matches the configuration of your Dell system and applications that you are installing or upgrading 12 Introduction NOTE Each systems management software CD supports specific operating system versions service packs support packs and kernels NOTE For Dell OpenManage information specific to VMware see the latest Installation Guide Release Notes and the VMware Software Compatibility Matrix for Dell systems at www dell com vmware under the Resource Archive section For precise operating system application firmware and other requi
126. rver Management CD Version Windows Windows Windows Windows 2000 Server 2000 Server 2000 Server 2000 Server family family family family includes includes includes includes Windows Windows Windows Windows 2000 Server 2000 Server 2000 Server 2000 Server Windows Windows Windows Windows 2000 2000 2000 2000 Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Server and Server and Server and Server and Windows Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Small Windows Windows Windows Business Small Small Small Server 2000 Business Business Business Server 2000 Server 2000 Server 2000 Novell Novell Novell NA NetWare NetWare 6 5 NetWare 6 5 5 1 Support Support Pack Support Pack Pack 7 or later 1 or later plus 1 or later plus plus hot fixes hot fixes hot fixes Novell NetWare 6 5 Support Pack 1 or later plus hot fixes Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Linux AS and Linux AS ES Linux AS ES Linux AS ES and WS and WS ES and WS version 2 1 version 3 version 3 version 3 x86 and x86 and x86 and x86 64 x86 64 x86 64 46 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 5 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for Installation and Server Management CD Version 4 3 to 4 5 1 continued Installationand 4 3 Server Management CD Version 4 4 4 5 4 5 14 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS ES and WS version 3 Server 2 0 Administ
127. rvers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions Table 8 3 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 4 e DC Storage Dell OpenManage PERC Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Linux Management Firmware Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Service Version Linux 3 Linux 4 Linux 5 server Server Driver Driver Driver versions 9 and 10 11 43 513 2 10 7 NA NA NA 12 44 5210 2 10 7 2 20 4 4 NA NA 2 0 5 0 521 210101 2 20 4 4 2 20 4 7 2 1 54 521 210101 2 20 4 4 2 20 4 7 2 2 5 2 522A 2 10 10 1 2 20 4 4 2 20 4 7 23 53 5420 2 10 10 1 2 20 4 4 NA 2 20 4 7 24 5 4 5A2D 2 10 10 1 2 20 4 4 NA 2 20 4 7 Dell OpenManage version 5 3 supports only Update 5 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 and only SP3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 Dell OpenManage version 5 4 supports only Gold for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server SP4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 and Gold for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 PERC 3 DC The PERC 3 DC supports the following Dell systems 1650 2600 2650 4600 6600 and 6650 Table 8 4 shows the other elements supported by the PERC 3 DC Table 8 4 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 3 DC Storage Dell PERC Windows Windows RedHat Red Hat RedHat SUSELinux Management OpenManage Firmware 2000 Server2003 Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Service Version Version Driver Driver Linux3 Linux4 Linux 5 Serv
128. s Each is assigned a drive type number that is stored in NVRAM The hard drive s specified in your system s System Setup program must match the actual drive s installed in the system The System Setup program also allows you to specify physical parameters logical cylinders logical heads cylinder number and logical sectors per pack for drives not included in the table of drive types stored in NVRAM Glossary 141 DTE Abbreviation for data terminal equipment Any device such as a computer system that can send data in digital form by means of a cable or communications line The DTE is connected to the cable or communications line through a data communications equipment DCE device such as a modem ECC Abbreviation for error checking and correction ECP Abbreviation for Extended Capabilities Port EDO Acronym for extended data output dynamic random access memory which is a type of DRAM that is faster than conventional DRAM EDO RAM can start fetching the next block of memory at the same time that it sends the previous block to the microprocessor EEPROM Acronym for electrically erasable programmable read only memory EIDE Abbreviation for enhanced integrated drive electronics EIDE devices add one or more of the following enhancements to the traditional IDE standard e Data transfer rates of up to 16 MB sec Support for drives other than just hard drives such as CD and tape drives Support for hard drives with ca
129. s that you are at the root directory of hard drive C Additional directories that branch off of the root directory are called subdirectories Subdirectories may contain additional directories branching off of them display adapter See video adapter 140 Glossary DKS Abbreviation for dynamic kernel support DMA Abbreviation for direct memory access A DMA channel allows certain types of data transfer between RAM and a device to bypass the microprocessor DMTF Abbreviation for Distributed Management Task Force a consortium of companies representing hardware and software providers dpi Abbreviation for dots per inch DPMS Abbreviation for Display Power Management Signaling A standard developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA that defines the hardware signals sent by a video controller to activate power management states in a monitor A monitor is said to be DPMS compliant when it is designed to enter a power management state after receiving the appropriate signal from a system s video controller DRAC Acronym for Dell Remote Access Controller DRAM Acronym for dynamic random access memory A system s RAM is usually made up entirely of DRAM chips Because DRAM chips cannot store an electrical charge indefinitely your system continually refreshes each DRAM chip in the system DRMK Acronym for Dell Real Mode Kernel drive type number Your system can recognize a number of specific hard drive
130. sed in systems Direct RDRAM chips are housed in RIMM modules which are similar to DIMMs but have different pin settings The chips can be built with dual channels doubling the transfer rate to 3 2 GB sec read only file A read only file is one that you are prohibited from editing or deleting A file can have read only status if e ts read only attribute is enabled e It resides on a physically write protected diskette or on a diskette in a write protected drive e Itis located on a network in a directory to which the system administrator has assigned read only rights to you Glossary 159 readme file A text file included with a software package or hardware product that contains information supplementing or updating the documentation for the software or hardware Typically readme files provide installation information describe new product enhancements or corrections that have not yet been documented and list known problems or other things you need to be aware of as you use the software or hardware real mode An operating mode supported by 80286 or higher microprocessors real mode imitates the architecture of an 8086 microprocessor refresh rate The rate at which the monitor redraws the video image on the monitor screen More precisely the refresh rate is the frequency measured in Hz at which the screen s horizontal lines are recharged sometimes also referred to as its vertical frequency The higher the refresh rate th
131. ser s Guide documents the complete command line interface CLI for Server Administrator including an explanation of CLI commands to view system status access logs create reports configure various component parameters and set critical thresholds The Dell Remote Access Controller Installation and Setup Guide provides complete information about installing and configuring a DRAC DRAC and an ERA O controller configuring an ERA controller and using a RAC to remotely access an inoperable system Introduction 15 The Dell OpenManage Baseboard Management Controller Utilities User s Guide provides information about installing and using the baseboard management controller The Dell Remote Access Controller 4 User s Guide provides complete information about installing and configuring a DRAC 4 controller and using DRAC 4 to remotely access an inoperable system The Dell Remote Access Controller Modular Chassis User s Guide provides complete information about configuring and using the DRAC MC to remotely manage and monitor your modular system and its shared resources through a network The Dell Remote Access Controller 5 User s Guide provides complete information about installing and configuring a DRAC 5 controller and using DRAC 5 to remotely access an inoperable system The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User s Guide provides complete information about installing and configuring an iDRAC and using
132. sion 9 5 4 and version 10 package from the operating system installation media 22 Systems Management Standards Availability Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems This section provides information on instrumentation applications and systems that are supported by the systems management software NOTE See Table 1 1 information on where you can find the Server Administrator application Version Number Information All software supporting the Dell systems and Dell PowerVault NAS systems are delivered in Dell OpenManage stack releases that include the complete group of programs and that are fully tested for the supported platforms An example is the Dell OpenManage 5 3 2 release of the Dell OpenManage software that supports most Dell systems from February 2002 through March 2008 The version of the software is significant In this example the first number 5 represents the major version number You should upgrade your software any time Dell delivers a new major version The second number 3 is the release number A new release may have some minor features and fixes associated with it You do not need to upgrade to the latest release unless that release is enabling y your specific hardware or solving an issue you may be experiencing You may skip releases as needed The last number 2 is the hardware platform refresh number This indicates that the software has been updated to support a ne
133. sometimes called switch or an argument partition You can divide a hard drive into multiple physical sections called partitions with the fdisk command Each partition can contain multiple logical drives After partitioning the hard drive you must format each logical drive with the format command PC card A credit card sized removable module for portable computers standardized by PCMCIA PC cards are also known as PCMCIA cards PC Cards are 16 bit devices that are used to attach modems network adapters sound cards radio transceivers solid state disks and hard disks to a portable computer The PC Card is a plug and play device which is configured automatically by the Card Services software Glossary 155 PCI Abbreviation for Peripheral Component Interconnect The predominant 32 bit or 64 bit local bus standard developed by Intel Corporation PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association An international trade association that has developed standards for devices such as modems and external hard drives that can be plugged into portable computers PERC Acronym for PowerEdge Expandable RAID controller peripheral device An internal or external device such as a printer a disk drive or a keyboard connected to a system PGA Abbreviation for pin grid array a type of microprocessor socket that allows you to remove the microprocessor chip physical memory array The physical memory array is the
134. t Transfer Protocol Secure HTTPS Common Information Model e Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP NOTE See Table 1 1 information on where you can find the Server Administrator application NOTE See the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator readme file packaged with the Server Administrator application as well as the Dell Support website at support dell com for information on SNMP security concerns You must apply updates from your operating system s master SNMP agents to ensure that Dell s SNMP subagents are secure If your system supports SNMP you must install and enable the service your operating system If SNMP services are available on your operating system the Server Administrator installation program installs the supporting agents for SNMP NOTE After you install SNMP it must be enabled For more information on enabling SNMP supported agents see the Server Administrator User s Guide HTTPS is supported on all operating systems Support for CIM and SNMP is operating system dependent and in some cases operating system version dependent Availability on Supported Systems On supported Microsoft Windows operating systems Server Administrator supports two systems management standards CIM WMI and SNMP Systems Management Standards Availability 21 On supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems Server Administrator supports
135. t allows the microprocessor to communicate with controllers for all the various peripheral devices connected to the system Your system also contains an address bus and a data bus for communications between the microprocessor and RAM byte Eight contiguous bits of information the basic data unit used by your system Abbreviation for Celsius CA Abbreviation for certification authority cache A fast storage area that keeps a copy of data or instructions for quicker data retrieval For example your system s BIOS may cache ROM code in faster RAM Or a disk cache utility may reserve RAM in which to store frequently accessed information from your system s disk drives when a program makes a request toa disk drive for data that is in the cache the disk cache utility can retrieve the data from RAM faster than from the disk drive capability Refers to the actions that an object can perform or actions that can be taken on a managed object For example if a card is hot pluggable it is capable of being replaced while the system power is on CDRAM Abbreviation for cached DRAM which is a high speed DRAM memory chip developed by Mitsubishi that includes a small SRAM cache CD ROM Abbreviation for compact disc read only memory CD drives use optical technology to read data from CDs CDs are read only storage devices you cannot write new data to a CD with standard CD drives 136 Glossary CHAP Acronym for Challenge Handshake
136. t of memory The most common way that virus programs move from one system to another is through infected diskettes from which they copy themselves to the hard drive To guard against virus programs you should do the following e Periodically run a virus checking utility on your system s hard drive e Always run a virus checking utility on any diskettes including commercially sold software before using them VLSI Abbreviation for very large scale integration VLVESA Acronym for very low voltage enterprise system architecture Abbreviation for peak point voltage Glossary 171 VRAM Acronym for video random access memory Some video adapters use VRAM chips or a combination of VRAM and DRAM to improve video performance VRAM is dual ported allowing the video adapter to update the screen and receive new image data at the same time VRM Abbreviation fro voltage regulator module Abbreviation for watt s Wakeup on LAN The ability for the power ina client station to be turned on by the network Remote wake up enables software upgrading and othermanagement taskstobe performed on users systems after the work day is over It also enables remote users to gain access to machines that have been turned off Web server Anapplication that makes Web pages available for viewing by Web browsers using the HTTP protocol WH Abbreviation for watt hour s win ini file A start up file for the Windows operating s
137. t starting any TSR programs Glossary 167 TSOP Abbreviation for thin small outline package A very thin plastic rectangular surface mount chip package with gull wing pins on its two short sides UART Acronym for universal asynchronous receiver transmitter the electronic circuit that makes up the serial port UDP Abbreviation for user datagram protocol UL Abbreviation for Underwriters Laboratories UMB Abbreviation for upper memory blocks unicode A fixed width 16 bit world wide character encoding developed and maintained by the Unicode Consortium upper memory area The 384 KB of RAM located between 640 KB and MB If the system has an x86 or higher microprocessor a utility called a memory manager can create UMBs in the upper memory area in which you can load device drivers and memory resident programs UPS Abbreviation for uninterruptible power supply A battery powered unit that automatically supplies power to your system in the event of an electrical failure URL Abbreviation for Uniform Resource Locator formerly Universal Resource Locator USB Abbreviation for Universal Serial Bus A USB connector provides a single connection point for multiple USB compliant devices such as mice keyboards printers and computer speakers USB devices can also be connected and disconnected while the system is running 168 Glossary utility A program used to manage system resources memory disk drives or pri
138. the SNMP systems management standard Server Administrator adds considerable security to these systems management standards All set operations for attributes for example changing the value of an asset tag must be performed with Dell OpenManage IT Assistant while logged in with the required authority As a result of the added security that IT Assistant offers for systems management IT Assistant is the only management console that you can use to change attributes Availability on Supported Operating Systems Table 3 1 shows the availability of the systems management standards for each supported operating system Table 3 1 Availability of Systems Management Standard by Operating System Operating System SNMP Windows Server 2008 Windows Available from the operating Always installed Server 2003 family and Windows system installation media 2000 Server family Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS ES Available in the net snmp Unavailable and WS version 4 x86 and package from the operating x86_64 system installation media Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS ES Available in the net snmp Unavailable and WS version 4 5 x86 and package from the operating x86_64 system installation media Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Available in the net snmp Unavailable version 5 x86 and x86_64 package from the operating system installation media SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Available in the net snmp Unavailable ver
139. tion SAS is Secure Authentication Services When referring to computer peripheral devices that employ a serial one bit at atime means of digital data transfer over thin cables SAS is Serial attached SCSI SCA Abbreviation for single connector attachment schema A collection of class definitions that describes managed objects in a particular environment A schema is a collection of class definitions used to represent managed objects that are common to every management environment which is why CIM is called the Common Information Model SCSI Acronym for small computer system interface An I O bus interface with faster data transmission rates than standard ports You can connect up to seven devices 15 for some newer SCSI types to one SCSI interface Glossary 161 SEL Acronym for system event log SDMS Abbreviation for SCSI device management system sec Abbreviation for second s SEC Abbreviation for single edge contact secure port server An application that makes Web pages available for viewing by Web browsers using the HTTPS protocol See Web server serial port An I O port used most often to connect a modem to your system You can usually identify a serial port on your system by its 9 pin connector settings Settings are conditions of a manageable object help to determine what happens when a certain value is detected in a component For example a user can set the upper critical threshold of a tempe
140. tions for the Windows operating environment Among other things the system ini file records which video mouse and keyboard drivers are installed for Windows Running the Control Panel or Windows Setup program may change options in the system ini file On other occasions you may need to change or add options to the system ini file manually with a text editor such as Notepad table In SNMP MIBs a table is a two dimensional array that describes the variables that make up a managed object TCP IP Abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol A system for transferring information over a computer network containing dissimilar systems such as systems running Windows and UNIX termination Some devices such as the last device at each end of a SCSI cable must be terminated to prevent reflections and spurious signals in the cable When such devices are connected in a series you may need to enable or disable the termination on these devices by changing jumper or switch settings on the devices or by changing settings in the configuration software for the devices text editor An application program for editing text files consisting exclusively of ASCII characters Windows Notepad is a text editor for example Most word processors use proprietary file formats containing binary characters although some can read and write text files 166 Glossary Abbreviation for Trivial File Transfer Protocol is a
141. tor Services Available With Supported Operating Systems Operating System Services Available Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Instrumentation NOTE Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is Storage Management scheduled to be available in the first half of 2008 For latest information see http www microsoft com windowsserver2008 default mspx Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Enterprise and Datacenter x64 Editions with SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard and Enterprise Editions with SP2 32 bit x86 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web and Enterprise Editions with SP2 32 bit x86 Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Standard and Premium Editions Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Express Workgroup Standard and Enterprise x64 Editions Remote Access Microsoft Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 Cold Standard and Enterprise x64 Editions Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and nstrumentation Advanced Server with SP4 Storage Management Remote Access Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS ES and AS nstrumentation version 4 x86 and x86 64 Remote Access Storage Management Service This service is part of the Server Administrator See Table 1 1 for information on where you can find Server Administrator Server Administrator Services 19 Table 2 1 Server Administrator Services Available With Supported Operating Systems continued
142. ty that controls the implementation of memory in addition to conventional memory such as extended or expanded memory memory module small circuit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the system board MHz Abbreviation for megahertz MIB Acronym for management information base The MIB is used to send detailed status commands from or to an SNMP managed device microprocessor The primary computational chip inside the system that controls the interpretation and execution of arithmetic and logic functions Software written for one microprocessor must usually be revised to run on another microprocessor CPU is a synonym for microprocessor MIDI Acronym for musical instrument digital interface mm Abbreviation for millimeter s 152 Glossary modem A device that allows your system to communicate with other systems over telephone lines modular system A system that can include multiple server modules Each server module functions as an individual system function as a system a server module is inserted into a chassis which includes power supplies fans a system management module and at least one network switch module The power supplies fans system management module and network switch module are shared resources of the server modules in the chassis See server module MOF Acronym for managed object format which is an ASCII file that contains the formal definition of a CIM schema mouse pointing d
143. upports only Gold for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server SP4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 and Gold for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 SAS 5 iR Adapter The SAS 5 iR Adapter supports the following Dell systems 4405 1435SC 1430SC 840 860 1900 6950 and PowerVault 100 NOTE references made to PowerEdge 840 also apply to PowerVault 100 Table 8 23 and Table 8 24 show the other elements supported by the SAS 5 iR Adapter Table 8 23 Storage Management Service Supported Elements SAS 5 iR Adapter Storage Dell SAS Windows 2000 Windows Windows Management OpenManage Firmware Driver Server 2003 Server 2008 Service Version BIOS Version Driver 2 0 5 0 06 50 00 21 08 00 1 21 08 00 A 6 06 00 02 2 1 5 1 06 50 00 21 08 00 1 21 08 00 A 6 06 00 02 22 52 10 47 00 24 0 2 1 24 0 2 6 12 02 00 23 5 3 10 51 00 06 12 05 00 244 0 1 24 04 00 2 4 5 4 10 51 00 06 12 05 00 24 04 40 1 24 04 40 26 05 00 104 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions Table 8 24 Storage Management Service Supported Elements SAS 5 iR Adapter Storage Dell SAS Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Management OpenManage Firmware Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Linux Service Version BIOS Version Linux 3 Linux 4 Driver Linuxbserver Enterprise Driver Driver Server versions 9 and 10 2 0 5 0 00 06 50 00 02 06 32 03 02 63 NA 3 02 63
144. ver Driver Driver 10 2 2 5 2 NOTE NA 3 02 8301 NA 3 02 83 01 See the version 9 appropriate 3 03 15 readme file for version 10 the latest information 23 53 1 03 27 00 5 3 02 83 12 5 3 02 83 12 5 10 08 00 12 version 9 only Dell OpenManage version 5 3 supports only SP3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions 113 CERC SATA 1 5 2S The CERC SATA 1 5 2s supports the following Dell systems 800 and 1800 Table 8 39 show the other elements supported by the CERC SATA 1 5 2S Table 8 39 Storage Management Service Supported Elements CERC SATA 1 5 2S Storage Dell PERC Windows Windows RedHat RedHat RedHat SUSE Management OpenManage Firmware 2000 Server Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Linux Service Version Version Driver 2003 Linux3 Linux4 Linux5 Enterprise Driver Driver Driver server Server Driver versions 9 and 10 Ll 43 6 00 048 6 00 048 NA NA NA 12 44 6 00 050 6 00 050 2 0 5 0 6 00 050 6 00 050 21 5 1 6 00 050 6 00 050 22 5 2 6 0 50 5 NA NA 32 bit 6 0 3643 4 64 bit 23 53 6 0 50 5 NA NA NA 32 bit 6 0 3643 4 64 bit The 1 1 4 Linux driver is included in the Red Hat Package Manager RPM 2302 LSI 1020 1030 Embedded SCSI Controller This embedded SCSI controller is an onboard chi
145. version 10 Dell OpenManage version 5 3 supports only Update 5 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 and only SP3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 Dell OpenManage version 5 4 supports only Gold for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server SP4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 and Gold for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 112 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions LSI Logic 1020 1030 Ultra320 SCSI Adapter LSI Logic 1020 1030 Ultra320 SCSI adapter supports the following Dell PowerEdge system 2970 Table 8 37 and Table 8 38 show the other elements supported by LSI Logic 1020 1030 Ultra320 SCSI adapter Table 8 37 Storage Management Service Supported Elements LSI Logic 1020 1030 Ultra320 SCSI Adapter Storage Dell OpenManage PERC Firmware Windows 2000 Windows Server 2003 Management Service Version BIOS Version Driver Driver 2 2 5 2 NOTE Seethe 1 21 25 00 1 21 25 00 appropriate readme file for the latest information 23 53 1 03 27 00 5 10 0 1 21 25 00 1 21 25 00 8 00 12 24 5 4 1 03 27 00 5 10 0 1 21 25 00 1 21 25 00 8 00 12 Table 8 38 Storage Management Service Supported Elements LSI Logic 1020 1030 Ultra320 SCSI Adapter Storage Dell OpenManage PERC Red Hat Red Hat Red Hat SUSE Linux Management Version Firmware Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Server Service BIOS Version Linux 3 Linux 4 Linux 5 server versions 9 and Dri
146. vice Version Linux 3 Linux 4 Linux 5 server Server Driver Driver Driver versions 9 and 10 2 3 on 53 1 03 23 90 2 05 16 ative PowerEdge 855 2 4 5 4 1 00 12 00 PowerEdge 655MC 2 4 5 4 1 03 23 90 2 05 16 ative PowerEdge 855 PERC 4 SC The PERC 4 SC supports the following Dell systems 600SC 650 700 750 800 830 850 1600SC 1800 and 1850 Table 8 12 shows the other elements supported by the PERC 4 SC Table 8 12 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 4 SC Storage Dell PERC Windows Windows RedHat RedHat RedHat SUSE Linux Management OpenManage Firmware 2000 Server Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Service Version Version Driver 2003 Linux3 Linux4 Linux5 Server Driver Driver Driver server versions 9 Driver and 10 11 43 3500 5 46 641 232 2 107 12 44 3510 5 48 6 46 2 32 2107 22044 NA NA 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit 2 0 5 0 351X 5 48 646232 210101 2 2044 NA NA 32 bit 6 46 3 64 64 bit 94 RAID Supported Servers Operating Systems Firmware and Driver Versions Table 8 12 Storage Management Service Supported Elements PERC 4 SC continued Storage Dell PERC Windows Windows RedHat RedHat RedHat SUSE Linux Management OpenManage Firmware 2000 Server Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Service Version Version Driver 2003 linux3 Linux4 Linux5 Server Driver Driver Driver server versions 9 Driver
147. w system For example if you have older systems running version 5 2 1 there is no need to upgrade to version 5 2 2 for a platform refresh Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems 23 Compatible Systems and Applications by Installation and Server Management CD DVD Version Table 4 1 shows compatible applications and Dell systems for the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD Table 4 1 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD for Dell OpenManage 5 4 Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD Supported System Version Number Dell systems Indicates new systems for the given version of the DVD 24 600SC 650 700 750 750N 755N 770N 775 800 830 840 850 860 1600SC 1650 1655MC 1750 1800 1850 1855 1900 1950 1955 2600 2650 Server Administrator Supported Applications and Systems Table 4 1 Compatible Dell Systems and Applications for the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD for Dell OpenManage 5 4 continued Dell Systems Management Tools Supported System Version Number and Documentation DVD 2800 2850 2900 2950 2970 4600 6600 6650 6800 6850 6950 T200 T300 R200 R300 M600 M605 T605 R900 MD1120 PowerVault 100 PowerVault 500 PowerVault 600 PowerVault NX1950 NOTE PowerEdge 7200 T300 R300 and T605 are scheduled to be
148. ym for power on self test Before the operating system loads when you turn on your system the POST tests various system components such as RAM the disk drives and the keyboard power supply An electrical system that converts AC current from the wall outlet into the DC currents required by the system circuitry The power supply in a personal computer typically generates multiple voltages power unit A set of power supplies in a system chassis ppm Abbreviation for pages per minute PPP Abbreviation for Point to Point Protocol Glossary 157 POFP Abbreviation for plastic quad flat pack a type of microprocessor socket in which the microprocessor chip is permanently mounted program diskette set The set of diskettes from which you can perform a complete installation of an operating system or application program When you reconfigure a program you often need its program diskette set protected mode An operating mode supported by 80286 or higher microprocessors protected mode allows operating systems to implement Amemory address space of 16 MB 80286 microprocessor to 4 GB x86 or higher microprocessor e Multitasking Virtual memory a method for increasing addressable memory by using the hard drive The Windows NT OS 28 and UNIX 32 bit operating systems run in protected mode MS DOS cannot run in protected mode however some programs that you can start from MS DOS such as the Windows operating system are able
149. ystem When you start Windows it consults the win ini file to determine a variety of options for the Windows operating environment Among other things the win ini file records what printer s and fonts are installed for Windows The win ini file also usually includes sections that contain optional settings for Windows application programs that are installed on the hard drive Running the Control Panel or Windows Setup program may change options in the win ini file On other occasions you may need to change or add options to the win ini file manually with a text editor such as Notepad Windows 95 An integrated and complete Microsoft Windows operating system that does not require MS DOS and that provides advanced operating system performance improved ease of use enhanced workgroup functionality and simplified file management and browsing 172 Glossary Windows NT High performance server and workstation operating system software developed by Microsoft that is intended for technical engineering and financial applications write protected Read only files are said to be write protected You can write protect a 3 5 inch diskette by sliding its write protect tab to the open position or by setting the write protect feature in the System Setup program WMI Acronym for Windows Management Instrumentation WMI provides CIM Object Manager services X 509 Certificate An X 509 certificate binds a public encryption key to the identity or other

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