Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) Version 3.
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller6 (iDRAC6) is a systems management hardware and software solution that provides remote management capabilities, crashed system recovery, and power control functions for the Dell PowerEdge systems.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition Server R1/R2 SP1 SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP3 (x86_64) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP1 (x86_64) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP2 (x86_64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.5 (x86, x86_64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.0 (x86_64) SP1 Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.5 (x86, x86_64) SP7 Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.8 (x86, x86_64) Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.
Prerequisites Recommended firmware versions for CMC and BIOS • • • • • • CMC Firmware: 4.1 Dell PowerEdge M610 BIOS: 3.0.0 or later Dell PowerEdge M710 BIOS: 3.0.0 or later Dell PowerEdge M910 BIOS: 2.1.0 or later Dell PowerEdge M610x BIOS: 3.0.0 or later Dell PowerEdge M710HD BIOS: 2.0.0 or later • Dell PowerEdge M915 BIOS: 1.0.
Open Issues and Resolutions Fixed Issues/def Issue 1 Description To use Virtual Console with Java plug-in, the supported JRE version is 1.6.0_20 or higher. Issue 2 Description When the JRE is configured to verify the certificate against a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) and/or online certificate validation the certificate validation may sometimes fail.
After the second system completes the update, the third system starts the update and so on. Issue 7 Description On systems running Windows operating systems, the Explorer window(s) for any media does not close automatically if you remove the media. You must close the window(s) after you remove the media. On systems running Linux operating systems, the file browser window(s) for any media closes automatically if you remove the media. Issue 8 Description iDRAC6 Linux DUPs do not support VMware ESX 4.
Resolution For the operating system to auto-detect the Virtual Media drive, the iDRAC6 Virtual Media device can be reattached: 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". Issue 12 Description The "racresetcfg" command in RACADM restores all properties to their default values except "cfgDNSRacName" in the "cfgLanNetworking" group.
Issue 17 Description When using the virtual console on RHEL with Firefox, if the network connection to the iDRAC is lost a blank message box may be displayed. If the network connection is shortly restored the message box may eventually display the “Virtual Console is restarted” message and then closes. Normally the message is immediately displayed in the message box, but on occasions this may not happen.
Issue 22 Description When using the WSMan DCIM_RAIDService GetAvailableDisks method to retrieve specific RAID devices, the XML file passed to the command contains a “RaidLevel” value for the selection. No error checking is 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”).
Issue 27 Description The WS-MAN CQL filtering implementation in this release is experimental, and it is recommended not to use this currently. Issue 28 Description The embedded NIC MAC addresses displayed under System > Properties >System Details are the server assigned MAC addresses. If the MAC addresses are remotely managed or chassis assigned, the active MAC addresses can be found under System > Properties > WWN/MAC.
Issue 34 Description When remote management is enabled, the iDRAC WWN/MAC page may not immediately show the remotely enabled MACs and instead may show "N/A" under the remotely assigned column. This may happen the first time the user navigates to the WWN/MAC page. If this happens, navigate to a different page in the GUI and then return to the WWN/MAC page to see the remotely assigned MACs. Ensure the host system has booted before navigating to the WWN/MAC page when remote management is enabled.
These values are respectively named the following in the 3.21 release: • cfgServerPowerLastDayMinPowerTime • cfgServerPowerLastDayMaxPowerTime • cfgServerPowerLastWeekMinPowerTime • cfgServerPowerLastWeekMaxPowerTime Issue 39 Description The RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC6 1.7, iDRAC 3.2, and CMC 3.2 defines that the drive is not available to mount as RFS if a virtual drive is already used by Virtual Media, and vice versa.
Resolution Add the iDRAC certificate. To do so, right click on the right corner of iDRAC Web Interface URL and import the certificate. Issue 44 Description The RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC6 1.7, iDRAC6 3.20, and CMC 3.2 defines the legal values for the cfgLdapRoleGroupPrivilege as 0x00000000 to 0x000001ff.The correct legal values are 2,3,4 and 5, where 2 – user, 3 admin, 4- Operator and 5-None. Issue 45 Description The following commands or command options are not supported for iDRAC6 3.
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