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DELL(TM) REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER (DRAC) 5

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This document contains updated information about the Dell Remote

Access Controller (DRAC) 5.

For more information about DRAC 5, including installation and

configuration information, see the "Dell Remote Access Controller 5

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

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

* Configuring the RAC card for Flash Recover Mode

* Known Issues for DRAC 5

* Known Issues for DRAC 5 with Firmware Update

* Known Issues for DRAC 5 with Disabling Local Video

* Known Issues for DRAC 5 with Virtual Media

* Frequently Asked Questions on Virtual Media

* 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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Summary of content (17 pages)

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###################################################################### DELL(TM) REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER (DRAC) 5 ###################################################################### This document contains updated information about the Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) 5. For more information about DRAC 5, including installation and configuration information, see the "Dell Remote Access Controller 5 User's Guide" and the "Dell OpenManage(TM) Server Administrator User's Guide.
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The following subsections list minimum requirements for the efficient working of the DRAC 5. ====================================================================== SUPPORTED SYSTEMS ====================================================================== DRAC 5 is supported on the following Dell PowerEdge(TM) systems: * Dell PowerEdge 1900, 1950, 2900, 2950, 2970, 6950, R300, R900, T300, T605, R805 and R905.
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Station software (remote racadm CLI). * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 WS, ES, and AS (x86_32 and x86_64). * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 2 (X86_32 and X86_64). * SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 with SP4 (x86_64). * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with SP2 (x86_64) Gold. ====================================================================== SUPPORTED WEB BROWSERS ====================================================================== * Microsoft Internet Explorer(R) 6.
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* PowerEdge T300 - v2.34 * PowerEdge T605 - v2.30 * PowerEdge R805 - v2.33 * PowerEdge R905 - v2.31 ====================================================================== CONSOLE REDIRECTION USING JAVA VIEWER ====================================================================== * JRE version 1.6.0 or later needs to be installed on the management station. ###################################################################### RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS (FIRMWARE VERSION 1.
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a valid .d5 image file and path are provided in the text box on the firmware update page. * The Kerberos based Single Sign On and Smart Card TFA feature does not work with Windows server 2008 64 bit domain controllers unless the following steps are performed on the domain controller: 1. While generating the keytab using "ktpass", the +setPass option needs to be supplied as an additional argument. 2. There is also another known issue which hampers Kerberos authentication.
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(If ping does not work you may need to enter recover racreset first). 10. Download and update flash part. RAC Recover> recover fwupdate -g -a 11. RAC card will now update and reboot on completion. ##################################################################### CHANGE IN DEFAULT CONFIGURATION SETTINGS ##################################################################### For Firmware Version 1.
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login to DRAC 5 at the same time using either single sign on or smart card Authentication, only one user will be authenticated. In this situation, try the login again to authenticate and login into DRAC 5. * User Configured Serial Console Redirection Key will only work with telnet/ssh. It will not work with any serial connection based terminal emulators like Hyperterminal, Putty or Minicom.
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(b) ^ followed by the listed special characters: [ ] \ ^ _ * The supported Console Redirection video refresh rates are: - 720x400 [70 Hz] - 640X480 [60, 72, 75, 85 Hz] - 800X600 [60, 70, 72, 75, 85 Hz] - 1024X768 [60, 70, 72, 75, 85 Hz] - 1280X1024 [60 Hz] Certain configurations of refresh rates may not work for Linux operating systems on the managed system. This may happen because the Linux operating systems allow a range of refresh rates instead of a fixed refresh rate.
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LC_CTYPE="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_TIME="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_NAME="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_ALL= 3. If the values include "zh_CN.UTF-8", no changes are required. If the values do not include "zh_CN.UTF-8", go to step 4. 4. Navigate to the “/etc/sysconfig/i18n” file. 5.
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Directory password policies, see the Microsoft Technet website at "technet.microsoft.com". * If you access DRAC 5 GUI using Internet Explorer and click "Save As" in one of the GUI pages, the browser may open the file within the Web browser and avoid prompting you to save the file to your system's hard drive. To resolve this issue, download the Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer located on the Microsoft Support website at “support.microsoft.com.
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* When running the racadm command "racadm getconfig -f " locally or remotely, the file will not get the values for the groups cfgIpmiPef. * If there is a delay in loading or installing plug-ins on the DRAC 5 GUI using any browser, install the following Certificate Revocation List within the browser: "http://csc3-2004-crl.verisign.com/CSC3-2004.
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display the host name of the DRAC correctly but the DDNS functionality will NOT work. -- If the DRAC is set up with "cfgDNSRegisterRac=0" and "cfgNicUseDhcp=1" with NO scope options added and "Dynamically update DNS A and PTR records for DHCP clients that do not request updates" enabled, the DHCP database will display the host name of the DRAC correctly but the DDNS functionality will NOT work.
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following command to create an exception: chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/root/firefox/plugins/librac5vkvm.so' The user can also use the Java based console redirection plug-in. This can be selected by the user by navigating to the System>Console> Configuration page of DRAC 5 GUI and selecting plug-in type as Java.
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* If Virtual Flash is enabled and does not contain a valid image (for example the virtual flash contains a corrupted or random image), you may not be able to install Windows 2000/2003 locally or remotely. To fix this issue, install a valid image on Virtual Flash or disable Virtual Flash if it will not be used during the installation procedure. * Installing network and chipset drivers on the server causes the Virtual Media connection to drop when configured in the Shared-NIC mode.
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###################################################################### Q: I am viewing the contents of a floppy drive or USB memory key. If I try to establish a Virtual Media connection using the same drive, I receive a connection failure message and am asked to retry. Why? A: Simultaneous access to Virtual Floppy drives is not allowed. Close the application used to view the drive contents before you attempt to virtualize the drive.
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Floppy, locate the device node that Linux assigns to the Virtual Floppy. Perform the following steps to correctly find and mount the Virtual Floppy: 1) Open a Linux command prompt and run the following command: grep "Virtual Floppy" /var/log/messages 2) Locate the last entry to that message and note the time. 3) At the Linux prompt, run the following command: grep "hh:mm:ss" /var/log/messages where hh:mm:ss is the time stamp of the message found in step 1.
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Where "username" is the user account on the Domain to which the SPN "HOST/dracname.domainname.com@DOMAIN.COM" is mapped. ###################################################################### Information in this document is subject to change without notice. (C) 2009 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.