Dell iDRAC6 for Blade Servers Version 3.3 Manual
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What’s New
Regular Maintenance
Enabled iDRAC support for:
o 32GB DIMM for M910
o AMD CPU (Interlagos) for M915 platform
o M2090 GPU for M610X
Hardware and Software Requirements
This section provides the list of supported systems, supported managed server operating systems, supported Web browsers,
and supported BIOS firmware versio ns.
Supported Systems
iDRAC6 is supp orte d on th e f ollo wing Del l Powe rEdg e sy stem s:
Dell PowerEdge M610
Dell PowerEdge M710
Dell PowerEdge M910
Dell PowerEdge M610x
Dell PowerEdge 710HD
Dell PowerEdge M915
Supported Managed Server Operating Systems
The iDRAC6 is s uppor ted o n th e foll owing ope rat ing sy ste ms:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family - The Windows Server 2003 family includes: Windows Server 2003 R2
(Standard, Enterprise, and DataCenter Editions) with S P2 (x86, x86_64) - Win dows Server 2003 Compu te Cluster
Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (Standard, Enterpris e, and Da taCenter Editions) (x 86, x86_64)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 EBS x64 SP1 (Standard and Premium Editions)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (Stan dard, Enterprise, and DataCenter Editions) (x86_64)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition Server R1/R2 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP3 (x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP1 (x86_64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.0 (x86_64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.5 (x86, x86_64)
Hyper-V a n d Hy pe r -V R 2
VMware ESX 4.0 Update 3
VMware ESX 4.1 Update 1
VMware ESX 5.0
ESXi 4.0 Upda te3 F lash and HD D
ESXi 4.1 Update 1 Flash and HDD
XenServer 5.6 HDD
XenServer 5.6 FP1 HDD
Note:
Use the Dell-customized ESXi 4.0 Update 1 Embedded edition. This image is available at support.dell.com and
www.vmware.com. The remote deployment and local installation of ESXi through Virtual Media is not supported for
standard ESXi Embedded version 4.0, as the installa tion may fail with the error message, "Installation failed a s more than
one USB device found."
Supported Web Browsers
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 for Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows XP 32-bit SP3,
and Windows Vista SP2.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 for Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2
x64, Windows XP 32-bit SP3, Windows 7,and Windows Vista SP2.
Internet Explorer 8 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.6.14 or later.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 (64-bit) for Windows 7 (x86_64), Windows Vista (x86_64) and Windows Server 2008
R2 (x86_64),Windows Server 2008 SP2 (x86_64), Windows S erver 2003 S P2 (x8 6_64).
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 for Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, Windows XP 32-bit SP3,
Windows 7,and Windows Vista SP2.
Internet Explorer 9 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.6.14 or later.
Mozilla Firefox 3.05 on Windows XP 32-bit SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows
Server 2008 x64 R2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 x64.
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 on Windows XP 32-bit SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server
2008 x64 R2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 x64.
Mozilla Firefox on SLES 10 x64 SP3, SLES 11 x64 SP1, RHEL 5.5 and RHEL 6.0 x64 Native version.
Installation
Prerequisites
Recommended firmware versions for CMC an d BIOS:
CMC Firmware: 3.20
Dell PowerEdge M610 BIOS: 3.0.0 or later
Dell PowerEdge M710 BIOS: 3.0.0 or later
Dell PowerEdge M910 BIOS: 2.1.0 or later
Dell PowerEdge M610x BIOS: 3.0.0 or later
Dell PowerEdge M710HD BIOS: 2.0.0 or later
Dell PowerEdge M915 BIOS: 1.0.0 or later
Installation and Configuration Notes
For information about iDRAC6, including installation and configuration information, see the "Integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller 6 (iDRAC6) Enterprise for Blade Servers Version 3.3 User Guide" and the "Dell OpenManage Server Admini strator
User's Guide." These documents are located on the D ell 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.
Upgrade
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
3.30 version.
Uninstallation
Use the rollback feature to uninstall version 3.30.
System purchased with new eMMC cards and 3.30 iDRAC6 firmware version, firmware downgrades are not allowed
to lower version.
On certain hardware configurations, based on the firmware release, firmware downgrades are not allowed.
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