Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 3.6 Release Notes
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New in this release
- Known issues
- Common issues
- A warning message indicating the iSM communication restart is observed in both iDRAC Lifecycle log files and operating system log files
- Job Queue page displays the job as Firmware Update instead of OSCollector
- Increased workload on the host interrupts the communication between iSM and iDRAC
- ISM0003 event message after replacing the system board
- Registering SupportAssist Enterprise
- Enabling operating system information
- Known issues on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Invoke-iDRACHardReset and Invoke-FullPowerCycle are not functional
- Alert message is displayed when OMSA is installed and TSR is requested
- An internal error occurred when running the DCIM_View class
- A popup is displayed when uninstalling iSM
- Running WMI MOF query on DCIM results with no data
- iSM communication with iDRAC switches from IPv6 to IPv4
- During the repair or modify operation on Microsoft Windows 2016 operating system installation, communication between the iSM and iDRAC is not established
- Known issues on Linux operating systems
- iSM communication with iDRAC is dropped, when Enable-iDRACAccessHostRoute feature is enabled and firewall service is disabled
- ipmi_si IPMI_driver does not respond after iDRAC hard reset
- InBand iDRAC Access feature is unavailable in IPv6 protocol
- AVC denial with iptables
- A message is displayed when invoking iDRAC GUI Launcher for the first time
- Known issues on VMware ESXi operating systems
- Common issues
- Limitations
- User notes
- Resources and support
- Contacting Dell EMC
Limitations
Common limitations
The following limitations are applicable to all the operating systems.
● When Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode is enabled either on the host operating system or iDRAC,
communication between iSM and iDRAC is not established.
● When there is an increased workload on the host due to intensive task request by the processor, the communication
between iDRAC Service Module and iDRAC is interrupted for a moment and restored automatically.
Tracking number: 158514, 158740, 158667, 159019
Topics:
• Limitations on Linux operating system
• Limitations on Microsoft Windows operating systems
• Limitations on VMware ESXi operating systems
Limitations on Linux operating system
● Feature Lifecycle Log Replication on operating system log file shows a one-hour difference in the EventTimeStamp
displayed in the operating system log when daylight saving is applied.
Tracking number: 088419
● IPv6 support on Linux operating systems are not available for the following features:
○ iSM Auto Update
○ ismtech
○ Inband iDRAC Access
○ SNMP Get via Host operating system
● When iSM is communicating with iDRAC using IPv6 protocol, enabling the InBand iDRAC Access feature indicates a
successful message, but this feature is unavailable over IPv6 protocol. No action is required.
Tracking number: 132983
● Communication between iSM and iDRAC over IPv6 will work only on iDRAC firmware 2.70.70.70 or later.
Limitations on Microsoft Windows operating systems
● Do not specify user profile folders such as C:\Users\administrator\Desktop as custom installation paths for installing iSM.
This is because services running on the system account cannot access such folders.
● You cannot view Lifecycle Controller log files in the new folder in the Event Viewer, 169898, if you have recently changed
the folder name of the Lifecycle Controller log files in the Event Viewer. Microsoft recommends that you reboot the
operating system to view the Lifecycle Controller log files under the new view name.
● When iSM is installed on Microsoft Windows operating systems using an operating system DUP, then the iSM Modify and
Repair operation from the Add/Remove option displays the following error message:
Original source path of the file is now found.
You can extract the iSM DUP, double-click the MSI, and run repair.
Tracking number : 115250
● Communication between iSM and iDRAC over IPv6 will work only on iDRAC firmware 2.70.70.70 or later.
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