Release Notes

Description: Intel PCI-E driver package information for a server seen in OpenManage Essentials might be dierent than the driver
package information seen in SUU. Package name, Component name, Current Version, and Repository Version might be dierent.
[473495]
Issue 5:
Description: Broadcom NetXtreme driver package information for a server seen in OpenManage Essentials might be dierent than
the driver package information seen in SUU. Package name, Component name, Current Version, and Repository Version might be
dierent. [473493]
Issue 6:
Description: For systems with a Trusted Computing Group (TCG) 1.2-compliant Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip, software
updates for the BIOS fail if all of the following are true:
The Microsoft Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption feature is enabled.
The TPM feature is set (using BIOS) to ON with Preboot Measurement.
For information about TPM security settings, see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Online Help or the Dell OpenManage
Server Administrator User's Guide available at dell.com/OpenManageManuals and on the appropriate media supplied by Dell. For
software updates for BIOS to function, perform the following steps:
1. Disable the Microsoft Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption feature. For information on disabling this feature. See the
Microsoft documentation at microsoft.com.
2. Update the BIOS.
3. Restart the system.
4. Re-enable the Microsoft Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption feature.
You can use OpenManage Essentials to view the TPM information in the Device Details page.
Issue 7:
Description: After creating a system update task to run immediately, it may take several minutes or more to see the task created,
because the update packages are downloaded in the background before the task is registered.
Issue 8:
Description: When quota management is enabled on the management station and a user approaches the quota limit, system update
tasks created by the user are not initiated. The Task Execution History Status displays the pause icon. [29773]
Resolution: Increase the quota assigned to the user and then rerun or recreate the system update task.
Issue 9:
Description: System Update task does not work if the security group policy called Admin Approval Mode for the built-in
Administrator account is enabled on the system running OpenManage Essentials. [30884]
Resolution: OpenManage Essentials cannot elevate permissions to copy and execute updates when Admin Approval Mode is
enabled on the OpenManage Essentials system. Use the default settings to execute the System Update task.
Issue 10:
Description: OpenManage Essentials only supports system updates on PowerEdge systems. Sometimes PowerVault NX devices
may display in the compliance report even though system updates on PowerVault NX devices are not supported by OpenManage
Essentials.
Issue 11:
Description: System update task to upgrade Emulex LightPuse HBA — Storport Miniport driver (10 GbE Network Adapter) on
Windows Server 2008 R2 or 2012 results in a time-out error. [61903]
Resolution: Installation of the Emulex NIC driver on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 results in an error message
that states that a KB article from Microsoft needs to be installed, even if the indicated KB article (hot x) is already installed.
Therefore, ensure that the hot x specied in Microsoft KB article 2846340 is applied on the server, and then run the system update
task.
Issue 12:
Description: After updating the PSU rmware through OpenManage Essentials, the Device Inventory page continues to display the
earlier PSU rmware version.
Issue 13:
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