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This document lists the agents, devices, operating systems, and databases
supported by Dell OpenManage Essentials.
Supported Agents
NOTE: For more information on the devices listed in this document, see the
documentation for that device.
Table 1. Agents Supported by Dell OpenManage Essentials
Dell Systems Agents Supported Version
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 5.5 and later
Dell LifeCycle Controller 1.3 and later
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) 1.0 and later
Chassis Management Controller (CMC) 1.0 and later
iDRAC7 1.0
iDRAC6 1.0 and later
DRAC 5 1.0 and later
IPMI 2.0
Supported Devices
Table 2. Devices Supported by Dell OpenManage Essentials
Dell PowerEdge
NOTE: In the PowerEdge server name format yxxx; y denotes alphabets, for example
M,R, or T and x denotes numbers.
x8xx Systems
PowerEdge 0800
PowerEdge 0830
PowerEdge 0840
PowerEdge 1800
PowerEdge 1850
PowerEdge 1855
PowerEdge 2800
PowerEdge 2850
Support Matrix 1
Table 2. Devices Supported by Dell OpenManage Essentials
PowerEdge 6800
PowerEdge 6850
x9xx Systems
PowerEdge 1900
PowerEdge 1950
PowerEdge 1955
PowerEdge 2950
PowerEdge 2970
PowerEdge 6950
yx0x Systems
PowerEdge M600
PowerEdge M605
PowerEdge M805
PowerEdge M905
PowerEdge R200
PowerEdge R300
PowerEdge R805
PowerEdge R900
PowerEdge R905
PowerEdge T100
PowerEdge T105
PowerEdge T300
PowerEdge T605
yx1x Systems
PowerEdge R210
PowerEdge R310
PowerEdge R510
PowerEdge R610
(continued)
2 Support Matrix