OverviewDell OpenManage™ Server Administrator Compatibility Guide Version 1.4
The following sections contain historical information about releases of the Dell OpenManage Server Agent running on supported Microsoft® Windows®, Red Hat Linux, 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 higher.
The following subsections contain requirements, features, and open issues for Server Agent version 4.5.
Release date: October 2001
Supported systems: Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1500SC
 |
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. |
Support was added for the PowerEdge 1500SC system.
The following subsections contain requirements, features, and open issues for Server Agent version 4.4.1.
Release date: September 2001
Supported systems: Dell PowerEdge 300, 350, 500SC, 1300, 1400, 1550, 2300, 2400, 2450, 2500, 2550, 4300, 4350, 4400, 6300, 6350, 6400, 6450, 8450
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
|
NOTE: Server Agent is not supported on a PowerEdge 500SC system running the Red Hat Linux 7.0 operating system. |
This release contains the following new features and changes:
The following subsections contain requirements, features, and open issues for Server Agent version 4.4.0.
Release date: July 2001
Supported systems: Dell PowerEdge 350, 500SC, 1550
This release adds support for the following Dell systems and features:
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
Supported systems: Dell PowerEdge 300, 350, 1300, 1400, 1550, 2300, 2400, 2450, 2500, 2550, 4300, 4350, 4400, 6300, 6350, 6400, 6450, 8450
This release adds support for the following Dell systems:
When you configure the hung server action for a Dell PowerEdge 8450 system, the system either performs a system reset or a recycle system power action.
This release addressed the following Dell PowerEdge 350 issues that were originally addressed by Dell OpenManage Server Agent 4.2.0 Update 1:
This release addresses the following Dell PowerVault 2xxS SCSI disk system issue that was originally addressed by Server Agent 4.2.0 Update 1:
The following subsections contain requirements, features, and open issues for Server Agent version 4.2.2.
Release date: February 2001
Supported systems: Dell PowerEdge 300, 350, 1300, 1400, 1550, 2300, 2400, 2450, 4300, 4350, 4400, 6300, 6350, 6400, 6450, 8450
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:
The following subsections contain requirements, features, and open issues for Server Agent version 4.2.1.
Release date: December 2000
Supported systems: Dell PowerEdge 1300, 1400, 1550, 2300, 2400, 2450, 4300, 4350, 4400, 6300, 6350, 6400, 6450, 8450
Added support for PowerEdge 1550 system
Problem: IT Assistant is unable to perform a remote flash BIOS update for the PowerEdge 300 system.
Solution: Server Agent 4.2.1 enables IT Assistant to perform a remote flash BIOS update for the PowerEdge 300 system.
Problem: Server Agent reports an error message that values are incorrect for CPU voltage threshold values for the PowerEdge 8450 system on systems with a CPU speed of 700 MHz and higher.
Solution: Server Agent 4.2.1 reports correct CPU voltage threshold values.
Problem: Server Agent 4.0 did not implement the 96 alert parameter correctly in the local response agent.
Solution: Server Agent 4.2.1 correctly parses the %ALERT parameter. The %ALERT parameter 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.
Problem: Intermittent incorrect fan probe readings of zero RPMs cause faulty alerts to be generated. Invalid fan probe readings also compromise the usability of Server Agent.
Solution: Server Agent 4.2.1 prevents false alerts for fan probes based on incorrect readings of fan RPM values. This update also addresses usability issues caused by these incorrect fan RPM values. The incorrect fan RPM readings originate on PowerEdge systems that report systems management information to the management console using Server Agent version 4.0.
Problem: Seven-character service tags display incorrectly.
Solution: Formerly, certain combinations of characters 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.
Problem: False power supply fan readings. Server Agent reports high power supply fan RPM readings. The readings exceed the upper failure threshold and are reported as failures.
Solution: Server Agent 4.2.1 corrects the problem of false fan probe alerts.
The following subsections contain requirements, features, and open issues for Server Agent version 4.2.1.
Release Date: December 2000
Supported systems: Dell PowerEdge 300, 1300, 1400, 1550, 2300, 2400, 2450, 4300, 4350, 4400, 6300, 6350, 6400, 6450, 8450