What Is Supported; License Requirements; Supported Managed Server Operating Systems For Idrac7 And Idrac8 - Dell iDRAC Release Notes

What is Supported?

License requirements

Software licensing has replaced hardware licensing. For more information, see the iDRAC 8/7 v2.40.40.40 User's Guide available at
dell.com/idracmanuals.
Many features in Lifecycle Controller are licensed. You must install the appropriate license to use these features.
For more information, see the Introduction section in the Dell Lifecycle Controller GUI v2.40.40.40 User's Guide available at
dell.com/idracmanuals.

Supported managed server operating systems for iDRAC7 and iDRAC8

The following operating systems are supported:
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Foundation Edition
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Enterprise Edition
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Standard Edition
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Datacenter Edition
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Embedded Systems
• Windows Server 2008 SP2 x32 - (Dell 11
• Windows Server 2008 SP2 x64 - (Dell 11
• Windows Server 2012 Foundation Edition
• Windows Server 2012 Essentials Edition
• Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition
• Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation Edition
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Edition
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition
• Windows Server 2012 for Embedded Systems (Base and R2 with SP1)
• Windows Server 2016
– WinPE 4.0 32bit
– WinPE 4.1 64bit
– WinPE 5.1 64bit
– WinPE 10.0
• Nano
• RedHat
– RHEL 7.2
– RHEL 6.8
• SLES
– SLES 12 SP1
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