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DELL(TM) REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER (DRAC) 4

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This document contains updated information about the Dell Remote

Access Controller 4 (DRAC 4/I and DRAC 4/P).

For more information about DRAC 4, including installation and

configuration information, see the "Dell Remote Access Controller 4

User's Guide" and the "Dell OpenManage(TM) Server Administrator

User's Guide." These documents are located on the Dell Support

website at "www.support.dell.com" or on the "Dell Systems

Documentation CD" and the "Dell Systems Management Tools

and Documentation DVD."

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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This file contains the following sections:

* Criticality

* Minimum Requirements

* Release Highlights

* Known Issues for DRAC 4

* Known Issues for Managed Server Operating Systems

* Known Issues for Documentation

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CRITICALITY

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3 - Optional

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

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The following subsections list operating systems that are compatible

with the Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) 4.

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SUPPORTED SYSTEMS

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Summary of content (17 pages)

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#################################################################### DELL(TM) REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER (DRAC) 4 #################################################################### This document contains updated information about the Dell Remote Access Controller 4 (DRAC 4/I and DRAC 4/P). For more information about DRAC 4, including installation and configuration information, see the "Dell Remote Access Controller 4 User's Guide" and the "Dell OpenManage(TM) Server Administrator User's Guide.
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DRAC 4/I is supported on the following Dell systems: PowerEdge(TM) 1850, PowerEdge 2800, and PowerEdge 2850 DRAC 4/P is supported on the following Dell PowerEdge systems: PowerVault(TM) 100, 800, 830, 840, 850, 860, 1800, 6800, 6850, and R200 ==================================================================== SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS ==================================================================== The DRAC 4 is supported on the following operating systems: * Microsoft Windows Server(R) 2008 Web, Sta
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(ia32 and x86_64) * Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, ES, and AS (version 4) (x86 and x86_64) * Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, ES, and AS (Version 4.5) (x86) * Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, ES, and AS (Version 4.5) (x86_64) * Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS and AS (Version 4.5) (ia64) * Red Hat Enterprise Linux (version 5) (x86 and x86_64) NOTE: DRAC 4 does not support the XEN kernel option of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (version 5).
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NOTE: Localized Keyboard support requires JVM 1.4.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux configurations. DRAC 4 does not support JVM 1.5 (141766) Virtual Media requires Internet Explorer on a Windows-based management workstation, or Mozilla Firefox on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux-based management workstation. NOTE: All browsers must have Sun(TM) Java VM Plug-in 1.4.2 or later installed to use the DRAC 4 Console Redirection feature. The Java cache must be cleared and disabled from Java plug-in control panel.
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* Added Global Catalog Server and Domain Controller objects in Active Directory(R) configuration group (CLI support only) * Support for a new macro — + key code sequence to initiate a crash dump of the Microsoft Windows operating system. For more information, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/ NOTE: You must keep the key pressed during the additional keystrokes. * DRAC 4/P support on the Dell PowerVault 100.
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* When adding Active Directory Universal Groups from separate domains, you must create an Association Object with Universal Scope. The Default Association objects created by the Dell Schema Extender Utility are Domain Local Groups only and will not work with Universal Groups from other domains. (33658) * The Virtual Floppy is not available during an Operating System installation that uses either the virtual CDROM or the local CDROM.
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(150493) * When connecting to a remote DRAC 4 using a Firefox Web browser on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86_64) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 with Update 3 (x86_64) or 10 (x86_64) Gold, the Virtual Media feature may not be available. The browser displays the error: "Virtual Media Plug-in is not installed or running." This is because the browser is detecting the 64bit OS rather than the Firefox bit-ness.
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* The "Boot Once" feature allows DRAC 4 to boot from a remote floppy or a CDROM only once. When this feature is used, the DRAC 4 will drop the client connection to the Virtual Media plug-ins on the second system boot. This feature is useful for operating system installation, where "bootstrap" media is typically used to copy the new operating system to the target system. A new object named "cfgVirtualBootOnce" has been added to the Virtual Media configuration group "cfgRacVirtual.
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* The last user in the "cfgUserAdmin" group cannot be deleted. * Virtual Media supports single session/single track, CD/DVD/image data. (140403) * The DRAC 4 will accept a Virtual Media connection to a disabled virtual drive. This allows you to connect to the system and enable the virtual drive for the next boot (the enable/disable feature for Virtual Media does not take effect until the next boot).
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- Nessus reports HTTP (80/tcp) vulnerability as: "It may be possible to make a web server execute arbitrary code by sending it a too long URL after/jsp. Ie: GET /jsp/AAAA.....AAAAA." This report is displayed due to all HTTP requests (legal or not) being forwarded by the DRAC 4 to HTTPS. It is not a security issue on the DRAC 4. - Nessus reports HTTP (80/tcp) vulnerability as: "It was possible to disable the remote IIS server by making a specially formed PROPFIND request.
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* Server Administrator registers DRAC 4 on DNS if you click the "Register DRAC 4 on DNS" check box in the Configuration Tab Network page. This action deactivates the following controls: "DNS DRAC 4 Name," "Use DHCP DNS Domain Name," and "DNS Domain Name." If the "Use DHCP DNS Domain Name" control is activated, the DHCP DNS Domain Name is used to register the DRAC 4 on DNS. Else, the DNS entered in the "DNS Domain Name" is used.
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2. From the "Control Center" menu, select "Peripherals." 3. From the "Peripherals" menu select "Keyboard." 4. The keyboard control menu permits changing keyboard repeat delay (660 msec default) and Rate (25/s default). (75032) * After installing Dell Remote Access Controller 4 software on Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions, the device manager may show a warning state (yellow bangs) for two devices. To change the state of these devices to Normal, perform the following steps: 1.
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available on the Virtual Media page in the GUI to establish a Virtual Media session. This is due to additional security by the browser to prevent unwanted execution of code via the browser using elevated privileges. For more information, refer to the document from Microsoft at the following web site: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx? FamilyID=6fb28358-68d9-43e9-b574-6a0d377bba34&DisplayLang=en (109414) * Media cannot be changed when booting from Virtual Media.
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WARNING: 200 spurious (unclaimed) interrupt(s) detected on interrupt 24. Spurious interrupt alerts occur when an interrupt is not claimed by any of the registered handlers for that interrupt. (130450) * When a remote "Reset," "Power Off," or "Power Cycle" is issued through the DRAC 4 on NetWare, some NetWare applications may require user interaction to close application windows.
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Dec 1 10:16:28 r2p2 kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive * In modular Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernels, USB flash drives require the sd_mod (scsi disk module) to be loaded. If a Red Hat Enterprise Linux-based Virtual Media client system has no SCSI disks, the sd_mod may not load during startup and will require manual loading. To load sd_mod manually, type this command as the root user: modprobe sd_mod (140798) * When the DRAC 4 resets, the virtual drives disappear.
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-PowerEdge 6850 (PCI slot 6 or 7; Dell recommends using PCI slot 7) * On page 218, the second setrac example which states "The UTC time and managed system name are..." should read "The managed system name is..." * In Chapter 5 section "Using Active Directory to Log In to the DRAC 4", the parenthetical fragment "where username is an ASCII string of 1-256 bytes" should read "where "/" is an ASCII string of 1-254 bytes.
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updates" IS selected, the DHCP database will properly show the host name of the DRAC and the DDNS functionality will work. ##################################################################### Information in this document is subject to change without notice. (C) 2007 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.