Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 3.3.1 Release Notes
- Importance
- What’s New
- iDRAC Service Module Feature Enhancements
- User Notes, Known Issues & Limitations
- Known Issues on Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
- Limitations on Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
- User Notes for Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Ubuntu
- Known Issues and Limitations on Linux Operating Systems
- Known Issues, Limitations, and Workaround on VMware ESXi Operating Systems
User Notes for Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server and Ubuntu
● To perform an Express Install on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Ubuntu operating
systems:
○ Execute dcism-setup.sh -x from the SYSMGMT/iSM/linux directory.
For more information on the installation instructions, including silent installation, see the iDRAC Service Module User's
Guide.
● You do not have the permission to run the ISM_Lx.sh script directly on the SMINST disk partition. Please use the format
sh ISM_Lx.sh to run the script and initiate iDRAC Service Module installation.
● Starting iSM version 3.3, iSM confi‚gures the Host OS USBNIC interface only once. Subsequently, if you bring down the
USBNIC interface on the Host OS by deleting the IP address, making the interface link down or disabling the IPV4 or IPV6
address on this interface, then iSM will retain the user con‚guration and does not override the interface settings. To restore
the communication between iSM and iDRAC, please restart the iSM service on the Host OS.
Known Issues and Limitations on Linux Operating Systems
Issue 1
Description: After performing an iDRAC Hard Reset operation on certain Linux operating systems, the IPMI driver (ipmi_si) may
become unresponsive because of an existing issue in the IPMI driver. If the IPMI driver becomes unresponsive, reload the IPMI
driver (ipmi_si).
The issue is seen on Linux kernel version prior to 3.15. An update is available in the following operating systems with Linux kernal
version 3.15 or later.
To reload the IPMI driver:
● modprobe -r ipmi_si — If the removal fails, then all applications (such as iDRAC Service Module and OpenManage
Server Administrator) using the ipmi_si need to be stopped and retry the operation.
● modprobe ipmi_si — Alternatively, the administrator can also restart the Host OS to resolve the issue.
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. iDRAC Access via Host OS.
2. Host SNMP Alerts.
Workaround: iDRAC Service Module 3.3.0 does not support explicit SELinux policies. No action is expected from the user. There
is no functionality impact to iSM features due to this. Future releases of iSM shall address the AVC denials.
Issue 4: JIT-106937
Description:If dependent packages for iSM are not present on Ubuntu OS, then installation through OS DUP installs iSM in
install+unpacked state. You can verify this using the below command:
#dpkg -s dcism
Package: dcism
Status: install ok unpacked
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