Dell 7.4 manual What Is New In This Release, New operating systems, Deprecated operating systems

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Introduction

The Dell Systems Management Software Support Matrix helps identify Dell OpenManage software and other Dell components supported on Dell PowerEdge/PowerVault systems, browsers, and operating systems.

This guide is intended for system administrators and technicians. The guide provides information about the available Dell systems, the operating systems supported by these systems, and the Dell OpenManage components that can be installed on these systems.

What Is New In This Release

This release adds support for the following:

•New operating systems:

–Windows Server 2012 R2

–Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5

–SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 64–bit

–VMware ESXi 5.0 U3

–VMware ESXi 5.5 U2

–VMware ESXi 5.5

–Hyper-V for Windows 2012 R2

•Deprecated operating systems:

–SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (64–bit)

–SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (64–bit)

–Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 (64–bit)

–VMware ESXi 5.1 U1 Flash

•CMC 4.5.

•iDRAC7 1.51.51.

•OpenManage Essentials v1.3.

•OpenManage PowerCenter v2.0.

•Support for FX2 CMC.

•The Systems Management Tools and Documentation (SMTD) Media would provide guidance on the OpenManage Products/tools.

•We recommend to use Dell OpenManage Essentials as a replacement for ITA. Dell OpenManage Essentials provides improved capabilities such as:

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