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
Chapter 1: Release summary..........................................................................................................5
Version................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Release date......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Priority and recommendations..........................................................................................................................................5
Chapter 2: Compatibility............................................................................................................... 6
License requirements..........................................................................................................................................................6
Supported platforms...........................................................................................................................................................6
Previous versions................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Supported operating systems and hypervisors............................................................................................................ 7
Chapter 3: New in this release.......................................................................................................8
Chapter 4: Known issues............................................................................................................... 9
Common issues.................................................................................................................................................................... 9
A warning message indicating the iSM communication restart is observed in both iDRAC
Lifecycle log files and operating system log files...............................................................................................9
Job Queue page displays the job as Firmware Update instead of OSCollector............................................. 9
Increased workload on the host interrupts the communication between iSM and iDRAC .........................9
ISM0003 event message after replacing the system board ............................................................................ 10
Registering SupportAssist Enterprise..................................................................................................................... 10
Enabling operating system information...................................................................................................................10
Known issues on Microsoft Windows operating systems........................................................................................ 10
Invoke-iDRACHardReset and Invoke-FullPowerCycle are not functional...................................................... 10
Alert message is displayed when OMSA is installed and TSR is requested.................................................... 11
An internal error occurred when running the DCIM_View class....................................................................... 11
A popup is displayed when uninstalling iSM........................................................................................................... 11
Running WMI MOF query on DCIM results with no data.................................................................................... 11
iSM communication with iDRAC switches from IPv6 to IPv4...........................................................................12
During the repair or modify operation on Microsoft Windows 2016 operating system installation,
communication between the iSM and iDRAC is not established..................................................................12
Known issues on Linux operating systems...................................................................................................................12
iSM communication with iDRAC is dropped, when Enable-iDRACAccessHostRoute feature is
enabled and firewall service is disabled.............................................................................................................. 12
ipmi_si IPMI_driver does not respond after iDRAC hard reset ....................................................................... 12
InBand iDRAC Access feature is unavailable in IPv6 protocol...........................................................................13
AVC denial with iptables............................................................................................................................................. 13
A message is displayed when invoking iDRAC GUI Launcher for the first time............................................13
Known issues on VMware ESXi operating systems...................................................................................................14
iDRAC Service Module communication with iDRAC is interrupted in ESXi 7.0 U1....................................... 14
Communication is not restarting after performing Restart Management Agents....................................... 14
IPMI driver becomes unresponsive on VMware ESXi......................................................................................... 14
Performing iDRAC hard reset operation on VMware ESXi ............................................................................... 14
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