Release Notes

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Table Of Contents

Rev. A02

October 2018

Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 3.4 Release

Notes

Topics:

• Importance

• What’s New

• iDRAC Service Module Feature Enhancements

• User notes for supported Microsoft Windows operating systems

• User Notes for Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Ubuntu

• Limitations

• Known issues

Release Type and Definition

The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) Service Module is a lightweight optional software application that can be

installed on Dell 12G servers or later. The iDRAC Service Module complements iDRAC interfaces — Graphical User Interface

(GUI), RACADM CLI and Web Service Management (WSMAN) with additional monitoring data. You can configure the features

on the supported operating system depending on the features to be installed and the unique integration needs in your

environment.

Version

3.3

Release Date

October 2018

Previous Version

3.2

Importance

RECOMMENDED: Dell recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. This version contains some

new features, feature enhancements and bug fix.

What’s New

● Support for Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.10 operating system (64-bit)

● Support for Ubuntu Server 18.04.1 LTS

● Support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

Summary of content (7 pages)

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Rev. A02 October 2018 Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 3.
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● Support for VMware ESXi 6.5U2 NOTE: For a complete list of supported platforms and supported operating systems, see the iDRAC Service Module User's Guide version 3.3 at dell.com/openmanagemanuals. iDRAC Service Module Feature Enhancements ● iDRAC Service Module ESXi Live VIB name changed from iSM to dcism. ● On 13G servers, Anonymous Support Assist Collection upload can be performed using the blank username or password in proxy environment.
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Limitations on Microsoft Windows Operating Systems ● Do not specify user profile folders like a desktop folder (C:\Users\administrator\Desktop) as custom installation paths for installing iDRAC Service Module. This is because services running on the system account cannot access such folders. ● You cannot view Lifecycle Controller logs in the new folder in the Event Viewer (169898) if you have recently changed the folder name of the Lifecycle Controller logs in the Event Viewer.
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JIT-87572 Description: When iDRAC hard reset is disabled in iDRAC and you perform iDRACHardReset from hypervisor operating systems such as VMware ESXi, the result indicates success although iDRAC is not reset.
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Issue 2: BITS088419 Description: Feature Lifecycle Log Replication on OS Log shows one-hour difference in the EventTimeStamp displayed in the OS log, when daylight saving is applied. Issue 3: JIT-102480 Description: When iDRAC Service Module 3.3.0 is installed on RHEL 6.10 operating system with SELinux enabled in either of Permissive or Enforcing modes, AVC denial logs (AVC denial is noticed with iptables) are observed in /var/log/audit/ audit.log while the following features are enabled or disabled: 1.
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iDRAC Service Module functionality is restored when Local Racadm set is enabled. Issue 4 Description: EventID for Lifecycle Controller Logs replicated to OS log will be 0 for some of the past events. Issue 5 Description: TrapID for In-band SNMP Traps will be 0 for some of the past traps. Issue 6 (JIT-91716, JIT-90475) Description: WSMan commands for remote iDRAC Hard Reset and remote Enabling or Disabling of InBandSNMPTraps features are not functional on VMware ESXi 6.7.
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