Release Notes

Description: When you create a custom group, you have the ability to select a pre-defined device search query or the ability to
select individual devices and groups to form your newly created custom group.
If you select a device search query as your basis for your custom group content and you subsequently decide to modify the
device search query, the results of the modified device search query is not reflected in the custom group. You will have to
delete the custom group and recreate it using the newly modified device search query group.
If you create a custom group using a device search query, you subsequently modify the device search query and then attempt to
edit the custom group that used the device search query in question, the original device search query group gets deleted. So,
once you create a custom group based on a device search query, do not edit it. If you need to modify it, delete it first and then
re-create it.
Issue 34:
Description: When a PowerConnect 8100 series switch is discovered, the MAC address associated with the management IP in
the NIC Information table will be displayed as N/A in OpenManage Essentials.
Issue 35:
Description: Discovery and Inventory of servers that have virtual network adapters are not displayed in the NIC Information
table of the server. This occurs when discovering and inventorying Microsoft Windows servers with SNMP, WMI, or both along
with Hyper-V role configured with virtual networks adapters.
Resolution: OpenManage Essentials displays only the IP of the network adapter it was discovered on. If it is a virtual network
adapter, it displays Host NIC Adapter. OpenManage Essentials displays only the physical network adapters in the NIC
Information table of the server.
Issue 36:
Description: When discovering and inventorying 12G servers using SNMP, there may be some instances where the device is
removed from the device tree and replaced with another 12G server. This issue is known to occur with the initial release of the
iDRAC7 firmware 1.06.06.
Resolution: It is recommended that the iDRAC7 firmware is updated to version 1.20.20 or later.
Issue 37:
Description: If you import more than 1,500 discovery ranges (each range can have one or more IP addresses) using the
Discovery import CSV feature, the first time you navigate to the Manage | Discovery and Inventory page, you may see a
delay of 10-15 seconds until the page loads. After that, subsequent visits to that page will load normally.
Resolution: Do one of the following:
1. Allow the console to complete loading for up to 15 seconds.
2. Do not import individual IP addresses, instead import the IP ranges.
Issue 38:
Description: While discovering ESXi 5.0 and ESXi 5.0 U1 using WS-Man you may observe that the discovery task may take
about 6 minutes. This issue is due to the enhanced information OpenManage Essentials is gathering from the ESXi 5 host and
the increased storage and software calls being sent to the OMSA ESXi 5 VIB.
Resolution: Do one of the following:
1. Perform discovery and inventory of ESXi 5 when the servers are not busy.
2. Review the Performance and Scalability white paper at delltechcenter.com/ome for other recommendations.
Issue 39:
Description: When OpenManage Essentials is used to discover and inventory devices of the same category having same name
(for example, servers) in different subnets (for example, my_server), then
● The device tree displays the information of the device that was discovered last.
● The device information portal (Details tab) displays the merged data from all devices.
Resolution:
1. Ensure that the correct FQDN is defined for each target device.
2. Set the UI discovery to use the DNS for name resolution.
3. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\SysMgt\Essentials\configuration or the path where OpenManage
Essentials is installed.
4. Open the dconfig.ini file, and add the following under [DISCOVERY_PARAM]: NAME_CORRELATION_MODE=value
The possible values are:
● 0 = Default (OpenManage Essentials works as described in this issue).
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