Release Notes

Description: OpenManage Essentials Command Line Interface (CLI) functionality will not work when a non-default Console
Launch port is used for installing OpenManage Essentials. If you want to use the CLI functionality, make sure that the default
Console Launch port 2607 is used during installation.
Issue 2:
Description: OpenManage Essentials CLI does not support deleting nested custom groups. While deleting a child custom group
using CLI, OpenManage Essentials deletes the parent custom group as well. You can delete the child custom group using the
right-click option in the GUI.
Issue 3:
Description: On management systems with TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 enabled, OpenManage Essentials CLI-based commands fail with
an exception error: "An error occured while receiving the HTTP response". [84922]
Resolution: Set registry settings to allow .Net framework to use highest security protocol for communication. See
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/network-programming/tls.
Miscellaneous
Issue 1:
Description: SupportAssist version 1.3 is not compliant with the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS). [40254]
Issue 2:
Description: If the system locale is set to English (India), clicking the Help icon in OpenManage Essentials displays an error.
Resolution: Copy the help file folder and rename it. For example, copy the EN-US help file folder and rename it as EN-IN.
Issue 3:
Description: If the system locale setting does not match with any of the following, clicking the Help icon in the
Troubleshooting Tool displays an error:
● English (United States)
● German (Germany)
● Spanish (Spain)
● French (France)
● Japanese (Japan)
● Chinese (Simplified, PRC)
Issue 4:
Description: OpenManage Essentials does not display the Controller Information, Enclosure Information, and Physical Disk
Information for Dell Compellent devices with firmware version 6.4.1. However, this issue is not observed for Compellent devices
with firmware version 6.3.
Issue 5:
Description: You may not get appropriate privileges in the OpenManage Essentials GUI if:
● You are part of an Active Directory group, which is in turn part of another group.
● You launch Server Administrator using the desktop icon and Single Sign-on is enabled. [167801]
Issue 6:
Description: If the CPU throttles, the following message is displayed in the Hardware System Event Log (SEL) with an
unknown severity:
● System Board Power Optimized: Performance status sensor for System Board, unknown event. This would be displayed in
the Hardware Logs tab when you select the system in the Devices view. [175331]
Issue 7:
Description: If after reboot, DSM Essentials Network Monitor or DSM Essentials Task Manager services do not start
automatically, you have to manually start those.
Issue 8:
Description: The Contact Information for a device may display the firmware version instead of the technical support contact
information.
Issue 9:
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