1. Create a Timeline containing 6 x mono tracks
2. Go to the Fairlight page
3. Fairlight menu -> Link Group
4. Select the six tracks, then Link as: 5.1 (or 5.1 Film)
5. Deliver page, Single clip mode, Audio, Output Track 1: Timeline Track, choose Track 1, and see it shows "5.1" next to it:
Render that and drag the resulting file back into Resolve. It has 6 channels and is recognised as 5.1:
And in MediaInfo:
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$ mediainfo TestSurround.wav
General
Complete name : TestSurround.wav
Format : Wave
File size : 329 MiB
Duration : 9 min 58 s
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 4 608 kb/s
Audio
Format : PCM
Format settings : Little / Signed
Codec ID : 00000001-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71
Duration : 9 min 58 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 4 608 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel layout : L R C LFE Lb Rb
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 329 MiB (100%)