Active System Manager Version 8.
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Contents 1 Overview.................................................................................................................4 2 Other Documents You May Need...................................................................... 5 3 Active System Manager Appliance Requirements.......................................... 6 Hypervisor and Management Requirements........................................................................................6 Browser Requirements....................................
Overview 1 Active System Manager (ASM) is Dell’s unified management product that provides a comprehensive infrastructure and workload automation solution for IT administrators and teams. ASM simplifies and automates the management of heterogeneous environments, enabling IT to respond more rapidly to dynamic business needs.
Other Documents You May Need 2 Go to http://www.dell.com/asmdocs for additional supporting documents such as: • Dell Active System Manager version 8.1 User’s Guide • Dell Active System Manager version 8.1 Release Notes • Dell Active System Manager version 8.1 Installation Guide • Dell Active System Manager REST API Version 1.
Active System Manager Appliance Requirements 3 Active System Manager runs as a virtual appliance on a Dell server configured with the following hardware and software: Resources Minimum Requirement vCPUs 4 vCPUs Memory 16 GB Disk Space 80 GB Hypervisor and Management Requirements Software Component Supported Version VMware vSphere • 5.5 • 5.
Operating System Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Version 9 or Later Version 26 or Later Version 32 or Later Microsoft Windows 7 Version 9 or Later Version 26 or Later Version 32 or Later Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 and 7.0 Not Supported Version 26 or Later Version 32 or Later Cent OS 6.5 and 7.
4 Supported Resources This section provides information about the resources supported by Active System Manager (ASM). The information has been segmented based on the resource types. Supported Physical Server Operating System Software Component Supported Version Microsoft Windows • 2012 R2 • 2012 • 2008 R2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux • 6.5-7.0 CentOS • 6.5-7.0 Supported Hypervisor Software Component Supported Version Microsoft Windows • 2012 • 2012 R2 • 5.5 • 5.
Microsoft Windows 2008 is supported only as a virtual machine and it must be created through cloning. Supported OS Installation and Boot Locations Boot Location Microsoft Windows Red Hat Enterprise Linux ESXi Hyper-V HDD X X X X SD SAN X X X Supported Dell PowerEdge Chassis Chassis Supported Version PowerEdge M1000e • CMC 4.5-5.0 PowerEdge FX2 • CMC 1.10-1.
Resource Dell PowerEdge C6220 II* BIOS Version iDRAC Version LC Version From To From To From To 2.5.3 2.5.3 NA NA NA NA * Server configuration is not supported.
Resource Firmware Supported From To Cisco UCS B420 M3 2.1(3b) 2.2(1d) Cisco UCS B22 M3 2.1(3b) 2.2(1d) NOTE: ASM supports deployment of the operating system on the supported Cisco UCS servers. If you want to deploy operating system on CIsco UCS servers, you must apply required hardware configuration by using a service profile in UCS Manager. Supported Dell Storage and Firmware Matrix The following table provides information about the supported storage resources.
Resources Firmware Supported From NetApp FAS 62xx (NFS Only) To ONTAP 8.0.4 (7 mode only) ONTAP 8.0.
Supported Adapters and Firmware Matrix The following table provides information about the supported adapters. Resource Broadcom 57810 -k Dual-Port 10Gb Mezzanine Broadcom 57840-k Quad-Port 10GbE Mezzanine Broadcom 57810 Dual-Port Gigabit NIC PCIe Intel X520 Dual-Port 10GbE Adapter * QLogic QLE 2562 8Gb FC HBA QLogic QME 2572 8Gb FC HBA Qlogic QLE 2662 16Gb FC HBA Qlogic QME 2662 16 Gb FC HBA Firmware Supported From To 7.8 7.10.18 7.8 7.8.53 7.8 7.10.18 15.5.0, A00 16.0.24, A00 03.20.06 03.21.
