Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 3.5.1 Release Notes October 2020 Rev.
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1 Release summary The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) Service Module (iSM) is a lightweight optional software application that can be installed on the yx2x PowerEdge servers or later. This release of iSM supports new operating systems, and existing feature enhancements. Topics: • • • Version Release date Priority and recommendations Version iDRAC Service Module version 3.5.
2 Compatibility Topics: • • • • License Requirements Supported Platforms Previous versions Supported managed server operating systems and hypervisors License Requirements For information about license agreements, see iDRAC Service Module 3.5.1 User's Guide available at www.dell.com/ ismmanuals.com. Supported Platforms iDRAC Service Module 3.5.1 supports yx2x to yx5x series PowerEdge servers. Supported Systems Table 1. The table lists the platforms that are supported by iDRAC Service Module 3.5.1.
Table 1. The table lists the platforms that are supported by iDRAC Service Module 3.5.1.
* - Only few yx3x PowerEdge servers support VMware ESXi 7.0 and ESXi 7.0 U1. To know the list of supported yx3x PowerEdge servers, see VMware vSphere 7.x on Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers Compatibility Matrix.
3 New and enhanced features ● Supports VMware vSphere (ESXi) 7.0 U1 ● Supports VMware vSphere (ESXi) 7.0 ● Fixes on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and ESXi operating systems: ○ iSM (v3.4.0 or later) communication with iDRAC failure when iDRAC firmware is upgraded to 3.30.30.30 or later ○ iSM (v3.4.0 or later) communication with iDRAC failure when iDRAC firmware is downgraded from any recent version to a version less than 3.30.30.
4 Known issues ● Issue 1: Description: When OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) is installed on the host operating system, the iDRAC Service Module (iSM) communication with iDRAC will end after every 5 hours 30 minutes. No action is required by the user as the iSM communication with iDRAC is automatically restored. Workaround: There is no workaround available.
● Issue 6 Description: When there is increased workload on the host due to intensive task requests by the CPU, communication between iDRAC Service Module and iDRAC is temporarily interrupted with the warning message, The iDRAC Service Module communication with iDRAC has ended in the lifecycle log. The connection automatically resumes and no action is required by the user. Workaround: There is no workaround available.
classes, using an iDRAC Service Module on iDRAC firmware 4.00.00.00 or later, a MOF query will fail with an error message, CLASS_NOT_FOUND. No action is required by the user. Workaround: No workaround available for this issue. Tracking number: 159276 ● Description: While performing a repair or modify operation on a Microsoft Windows 2016 operating system installation, occasionally the communication between the iDRAC Service Module and iDRAC is not established. Retry the operation.
Workaround: There is no workaround available. Tracking number: 118654 ● Description: When invoking "iDRAC GUI Launcher" for the first time either using iDRACLauncher.sh or using the program menu shortcut, the following message will be seen in operating system logs. "localhost dbus-daemon[2369]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='net.reactivated.Fprint'unit='fprintd.service' requested by ':1.
Workaround: Before upgrading an earlier version of ESXi to ESXi 7.0, uninstall the 32-bit iSM VIB corresponding to iSM v3.5.0 or earlier on the hypervisor. Tracking number: 148591 ● Description: After performing an iDRAC Hard Reset operation on certain VMware ESXi operating systems, the IPMI driver (ipmi_si_drv on ESXi 6.5U2 and ipmi on ESXi 6.7 U1 Operating Systems) may become unresponsive because of an existing issue in the IPMI driver.
5 Limitations Topics: • • • Limitations on Microsoft Windows operating systems Limitations on Linux operating system Limitations on VMware ESXi operating systems Limitations on Microsoft Windows operating systems ● Do not specify user profile folders (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.
Limitations on VMware ESXi operating systems ● When the small footprint CIM broker (SFCB) configuration is set to read only mode in VMware ESXi operating system, iSMWindows remote management (WinRM) commands such as iDRACHardreset, and EnableInBandSNMPTraps does not function. Workaround: User can use Invoke-iDRACHardReset utility to perform the iDRAC hard reset operation. ● The iDRAC Access via Host OS feature is not supported on VMware ESXi Operating Systems.
6 User notes for supported Microsoft Windows operating systems To enable WSMan silently, use the following CLI command: Msiexec.exe/i iDRACSvcMod.
7 User notes for supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ● To perform an Express Install on Red Hat Linux Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems, run the following command from the SYSMGMT/iSM/linux directory: dcism-setup.sh -x For more information on the installation instructions, refer to the iDRAC Service Module User's Guide. ● By default, you do not have permission to run the script directly on the disk partition.
8 Resources and support For more information about the features of this release, see the iDRAC Service Module 3.5.1 documentation. Latest Released Documents To access the latest version of iDRAC Service Module documents: ● Go to www.dell.com/ismmanuals.com. ● Click the version of iDRAC Service Module. ● Clicks Manuals & Documents. Accessing documents using direct links Table 2. Direct links for documents URL Product www.dell.com/idracmanuals iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller www.dell.
Identifying the series of your Dell EMC PowerEdge servers The PowerEdge series of servers from Dell EMC are divided into different categories based on their configuration. They are referred as YX2X, YX3X, YX4X, YX4XX, or YX5XX series of servers. The structure of the naming convention is described below: The letter Y denotes the character in the server model number. The character denotes the form factor of the server.
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