Release Notes

Description: When the name resolution on an IP address to a host name fails using DNS, OpenManage Essentials attempts to
resolve the name using the NetBIOS name query. This action may cause the device to appear in Essentials with the NetBIOS name
even if it does not have a DNS entry. [138013]
Issue 17:
Description: In case of SNMP discovery, when the name resolution on an IP address to a host name fails using DNS, Essentials
attempts to resolve the name using the MIB2 name query. If the MIB2 name query also fails, then Essentials displays the IP address
of the device as the device name.
Issue 18:
Description: For Remote Access Controllers (RACs) that have instrumentation installed and that are running on the host operating
system, the RAC IP addresses are shown in the RAC Device table. [134365]
Issue 19:
Description: For NIC information on systems, Essentials uses the operating system's provider(s) to retrieve data rather than Server
Administrator. This behavior can result in discrepancies in reporting NIC information between Essentials and Server Administrator. For
example:
• On Linux systems, adapters may be named dierently between OpenManage Essentials and Server Administrator. For example,
OpenManage Essentials may report a NIC adapter as eth0, while Server Administrator shows the actual manufacturer name of
the NIC.
• If more than one NIC card is not congured with an IP address, OpenManage Essentials may show only one of the cards with an
IP address of 0.0.0.0.
• OpenManage Essentials may not report disabled NIC adapters.
Issue 20:
Description: While performing discovery, if a device is discovered using host name, and if its IP address changes at a later time,
OpenManage Essentials displays two devices after the next discovery cycle. One device displays the old IP address and status as
Power Down, while the other displays the new IP address. This problem is likely to aect systems that have DNS-DHCP IP
addressing and for which the IP addresses frequently change. [148069]
Resolution: A workaround to eliminate duplicate device is to delete the device with the old IP address.
Issue 21:
Description: NIC information is not displayed in the device details screen for Dell EMC arrays. Use Navisphere Manager to view
these details.
Issue 22:
Description: If you are managing a Dell EMC storage array, enter the IP address for only one of the storage processors (that is,
either SPA or SPB, and not both) in the discovery range. The storage processors are redundant and return the same inventory data
to OpenManage Essentials. If you enter both SPs in the discovery range, only one SP will be displayed in the device tree.
Issue 23:
Description: It is not recommended to provide an IP address in multiple ranges, especially when you are using the IPMI protocol. This
could result in duplicate devices being displayed in the device tree. [78710]
Issue 24:
Description: For IPMI-based discovery or inventory, the maximum length for the host operating system name is 62 characters. Any
character beyond that limit will be truncated. [91210]
Issue 25:
Description: SNMP connectivity from Essentials may fail if the SNMP ports on the management station and managed system are
dierent. If some management applications change the default SNMP port, it could lead to SNMP connectivity failure from
Essentials. [175442]
Issue 26:
Description: If you manually change the host name of the server which has already been discovered in OpenManage Essentials,
then duplicate entries appear in the device list corresponding to the IP address of the device whose host name has been changed.
The new host name also corresponds to same IP address and the duplicate entry of the earlier host name is not automatically
deleted. OpenManage Essentials displays both the new and the old host names. [247879]
Issue 27:
Description: If a server is discovered using both SNMP and IPMI (in-band and out-of-band IP addresses respectively), Essentials will
correlate the two and display a single device under the Servers group in the devices view. If IPMI is then disabled, a new device
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