Release Notes
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If a Virtual Media drive is disconnected using the "OS eject" option, then the drive may not be available until the
operating system re-enumerates the USB devices. For the operating system to auto-detect the Virtual Media drive,
the iDRAC6 Virtual Media device can be reattached. To do this:
1.
Go to "System" > "Virtual Console/Media" > "Configuration".
2.
Set the "Attach Virtual Media" option to "Detach" and click "Apply".
3.
Set the "Attach Virtual Media" option to "Attach" and click "Apply".
The "racresetcfg" command in RACADM restores all properties to their default values except "cfgDNSRacName" in
the "cfgLanNetworking" group.
When using a configuration file with RACADM to configure iDRAC6, changing objects that affect the network
connection stops the rest of the configuration file from taking effect.
To execute iDRAC DUPs in XenServer 5.6, you must install the procmail package. You can install the procmail RPM
in CentOS 5.4 i386, which can be downloaded from any public site that hosts CentOS packages. However, it is
recommended not to install *any* RPMs manually on XenServer. You must download and install the OpenManage
Supplemental Pack from support.dell.com. It contains the procmail package and is the supported method for
installing third party packages and applications in XenServer.
Using the iDRAC Web interface to shutdown the XenServer operating system by selecting "Graceful Shutdown" does
not shut down the server. It is recommended that you use the shutdown menu option in the XenServer console or
in the XenCenter management GUI.
TFTP firmware update from local RACADM does not work after a racresetcfg command or if IPv6 addresses are
used. Instead use the firmware RACADM for TFTP firmware update.
When using the virtual console on RHEL with Firefox, if the network connection to iDRAC is lost, a blank message
box may pop up. If the network connection is restored the message box may eventually display the “Virtual
Console is restarted” message and closes again. Normally the message immediately displays in the message box
but on rare occasions it may not display. The display of the message is controlled by the JRE and if the blank
message box is seen this is not an iDRAC firmware issue.
When connecting to the iDRAC Web interface using browsers supporting localized languages, some popups may
have generic messages that are not localized in the title such as: "The page at //10.35.155.207 says:". This is a
browser limitation and cannot be changed in iDRAC.
When using the Virtual Console that uses the Java plug-in with attached Virtual Media, occasionally when
disconnecting the Virtual Media the console also closes unexpectedly. When this happens, restart the Virtual
Console to regain access.
During the SLES 11 installation through the "Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation" DVD, if the DVD is
connected through Virtual Media, the image installation may not proceed after the system configuration step. It
shows a warning dialog message similar to the following:
"Empty destination in URL: hd:///install/?device=/dev/sdc1".
To continue the installation, delete the question mark ‘?’, refresh the URL and the installation will proceed. This
issue is not seen when using the managed system's local CD/DVD or using the operating system DVD directly instead
of the "Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation" DVD.
When using the WSMan DCIM_RAIDService GetAvailableDisks method to retrieve specific RAID devices, the XML file
passed to the command will contain a “RaidLevel” value for selection. Error checking is not done on the RaidLevel
Value. Therefore, if an incorrect or invalid value is specified, incorrect results may be returned (for example,
“abcd” becomes “0”; “64.999” becomes “64”). The RaidLevel specified must be an appropriate integer RAID level
value (“1”, “2”, “4”, “64”, “128”, “2048”, “8192”, “16384”, per DCIM_VirtualDiskView.mof).