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INTEGRATED DELL(TM) REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER 6 (iDRAC6) VERSION 3.20

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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 3.20

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." On the "Manuals" page, click

"Software" > "Systems Management". Click on the appropriate product

link on the right-side to access the documents.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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This file contains the following sections:

* Criticality

* Minimum Requirements

* Release Highlights

* Important Notes and 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

* Dell PowerEdge M910

* Dell PowerEdge M610x

Summary of content (8 pages)

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###################################################################### INTEGRATED DELL(TM) REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER 6 (iDRAC6) VERSION 3.20 ###################################################################### 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 3.
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* Dell PowerEdge M710HD ====================================================================== SUPPORTED MANAGED SERVER OPERATING SYSTEMS ====================================================================== 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 (Standard, Enterprise, and DataCenter Editions) with SP2 (x86, x86_64) - Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition * Microsoft Win
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failed as more than one USB device found." ====================================================================== SUPPORTED WEB BROWSERS ====================================================================== * Microsoft Internet Explorer(R) 7.0 for Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows XP 32-bit SP3, and Windows Vista(R) SP2 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.
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###################################################################### IMPORTANT NOTES AND KNOWN ISSUES FOR iDRAC6 3.20 ###################################################################### This section provides important notes and additional information about known issues for the iDRAC6 Firmware version 3.20: * If you are upgrading from iDRAC versions 2.1 or 2.2, you must first install iDRAC version 2.30 or 2.31 before installing the 3.20 version.
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the media. On systems running Linux operating systems, the file browser window(s) for any media closes automatically 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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* To execute iDRAC DUPs in XenServer(TM) 5.6, you must install the procmail package. You can install the procmail RPM in CentOS 5.4 i386, which can be downloaded from any public site that hosts CentOS packages. However, it is recommend not to install *any* RPMs manually on XenServer, instead it is recommended that you download and install the OpenManage Supplemental Pack from support.dell.com.
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specific RAID devices, the XML file passed to the command will contain a “RaidLevel” value for selection. No error checking is done on the RaidLevel Value. Therefore, if an incorrect or invalid value is specified, incorrect results may be returned (for example, “abcd” becomes “0”; “64.999” becomes “64”). The RaidLevel specified must be an appropriate integer RAID level value (“1”, “2”, “4”, “64”, “128”, “2048”, “8192”, “16384”, per DCIM_VirtualDiskView.mof).
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* Remotely managed MAC addresses requires appropriate hardware and firmware. To fully enable remote management of MAC addresses, CMC 3.20 (or later) must be installed. ###################################################################### Information in this document is subject to change without notice. (C) 2011 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.