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INTEGRATED DELL(TM) REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER 6 (iDRAC6) Version 2.20

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This document contains updated information about the Integrated Dell

Remote Access Controller 6.

For more information about iDRAC6, including installation and

configuration information, see the "Integrated Dell Remote Access

Controller 6 (iDRAC6) Enterprise for Blade Servers Version 2.2

User Guide" and the "Dell OpenManage(TM) Server Administrator

User's Guide." These documents are located on the Dell Support

website at "support.dell.com/manuals".

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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This file contains the following sections:

* Criticality

* Minimum Requirements

* Release Highlights

* Known Issues

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CRITICALITY

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2 - Recommended

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

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SUPPORTED SYSTEMS

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iDRAC6 is supported on the following Dell PowerEdge(TM) systems

in the Dell PowerEdge M1000e system enclosure:

* Dell PowerEdge M610

* Dell PowerEdge M710

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SUPPORTED MANAGED SERVER OPERATING SYSTEMS

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Summary of content (7 pages)

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###################################################################### INTEGRATED DELL(TM) REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER 6 (iDRAC6) Version 2.20 ###################################################################### This document contains updated information about the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6. For more information about iDRAC6, including installation and configuration information, see the "Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) Enterprise for Blade Servers Version 2.
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The iDRAC6 is supported by the following operating systems: * Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003 family The Windows Server 2003 family includes - Windows Server 2003 R2 (Web, Standard and Enterprise Editions) with SP2 (x86) - Windows Server 2003 R2 (Standard, Enterprise and DataCenter Editions) with SP2 (x64) - Windows Server 2003 R2 SBS (Standard and Premium Editions) with SP2 * Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 with core (Web, Standard, Enterprise and DataCenter Editions) (x86) * Microsoft Windows Server
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* Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 for Windows 2003 Server Gold, Windows 2003 Server SP1, Windows 2003 Server SP2, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP and Windows Vista(R) * Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 for Windows 2003 Server Gold, Windows 2003 Server SP1, Windows 2003 Server SP2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows XP and Windows Vista(R). IE8 requires JRE version 1.6.14 or later * Mozilla Firefox 3.
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* Remote Services: Installing SLES 11 remotely is not functional at this point. * If you reconfigure your client system’s display language, ensure that the “Language for non-Unicode programs” setting matches the selected “Display language”. If these settings do not match, some or all of the ActiveX vKVM display elements (menu items, dialogs, and so on) may not display properly. For more information about setting the display language and system locale, see the Windows Help and Support center on your system.
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Explorer window(s) for any media will not close by themselves if you remove the media. You must close the window(s) after you remove the media. On systems running Linux operating systems, the Internet Explorer window(s) for any media will close by themselves if you remove the media. * iDRAC6 Linux DUPs do not support VMware ESX 4.0 operating systems. If the Linux DUP for iDRAC6 is run on VMware ESX 4.0, the DUP will fail.
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can be reattached by doing the following: Go to "System" > "Console/media" >"Configuration", select "Set Attach Virtual Media to Detach" and click "Apply". Next, "Set Attach Virtual Media to Attach" and click "Apply". * The "racresetcfg" command in RACADM restores all properties to their default values except "cfgDNSRacName" in the "cfgLanNetworking" group. * The actual time for the "racresetcfg" command within racadm to execute may vary depending on the network speed.
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