Release Notes

Known issues on Microsoft Windows operating system
Table 4. Known issues on Microsoft Windows operating system
Issue ID Functional area Description Workaround
186472 Invoke-
iDRACHardReset and
Invoke-FullPowerCycle
are not functional
The Invoke-iDRACHardReset and Invoke-
FullPowerCycle features are not functional
and a console message is displayed:
This feature is not supported
on this platform. The message is
displayed in the following scenarios:
● When iDRAC Service Module (iSM)
and Open Manage Server Administrator
(OMSA) both are installed and running
on the host operating system, and
OMSA is uninstalled from the operating
system .
● When iSM is installed and Dell
Update Package (DUP) such as iDRAC
firmware update package is invoked
from the host operating system.
Reinstalling iSM enables the
Invoke-iDRACHardReset and Invoke-
FullPowerCycle features.
157981 An internal error
occurred when running
the DCIM_View class
When DCIM_View class is enumerated
with any WSMAN client through the iSM's
WMI Info feature on PowerEdge yx5x
servers and iDRAC firmware 4.00.00.00
or later, the response is partial and fails
with the following error code 5: The
specified class does not exist
in the given namespace
The failure is because the
DCIM_VFlashView class is deprecated
starting with the iDRAC firmware version
4.00.00.00.
Enumerate the explicit classes
such as DCIM_CPUView,
DCIM_FANView, and so on.
87075 A popup is displayed
when uninstalling iSM
If the Firefox browser is opened when
uninstalling the iSM, a popup is displayed.
The popup notifies you that the Firefox
browser must be closed before continuing
the uninstallation procedure.
Close the Firefox browser, and click
the Retry option to continue the
uninstallation procedure.
157981 Running WMI MOF
query on DCIM results
with no data
When a Windows management
instrumentation (WMI) MOF query is run
on DCIM_View classes using iSM, no data
is populated.
No action is required.
138538
146421
iSM communication
with iDRAC switches
from IPv6 to IPv4
When iDRAC Service Module (iSM)
is communicating with iDRAC over
IPv6 protocol on a Microsoft Windows
operating system, and if you perform an
iDRAC Hard Reset operation or iDRAC
firmware upgrade or downgrade, then the
communication switches back to IPv4.
No action is required
161320 Communication
between the iSM
and iDRAC is not
established
While performing a repair or modify
operation during Microsoft Windows
2016 operating system installation,
communication between the iSM and
iDRAC might not established. Retry the
operation.
Not available.
193621 Warning message in
the Application Logs
section
When iDRAC Service Module is installed on
Microsoft Windows operating system, the
following warning message is observed in
No action is required.
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