Release Notes

iDRAC6 v3.85.03 4
What’s new
The following are the new features in this release:
• OpenSSL upgraded to v1.0.2h
• Dropbear version upgraded to 2016.74
• Updated the signature on the Console Redirection plug-in to SHA2
• Updated ActiveX scauth plugin to SHA2
• Capability to disable TLS1.0 through CLI:
• Use racadm command
• racadm tlsencryptionstrength get/set.
• For usage of the command ,try racadm help tlsEncryptionStrength
Fixes
• CVE-2014-3566 (POODLE) Disable SSLv3 on port 5900.
• CVE-2015-2808 (Bar Mitzvah) Disable SSL RC4 Cipher.
• Fix for remote racadm to allow '&' as part of iDRAC User Password
• SSL certificate expiry date extended to Mar 18, 2027
Important notes
• To use Virtual Console with Java plug-in, the supported JRE version is 1.6.0_20 or higher.
• For Remote Enablement auto-discovery, make sure that the user ID on the provisioning server does not
contain any spaces, as iDRAC6 user IDs may not contain spaces. If a user ID containing spaces is configured
on the provisioning server, the auto-discovery process may be successful, but the resulting iDRAC6
account is not usable.
• The iDRAC6 can be updated using the DOS utility when DOS is booted using PXE. However, the new
firmware image has to be on a local media on the system for this to work properly. Local media can be a
RAMDISK, HD, or a USB key on the server. When the image is stored on non-local devices like a network
drive, PXE server drive, and so on, the iDRAC6 update on multiple systems must be sequenced that is, it
should be done one system after the other. After the first system completes the update, the second
system starts the update. After the second system completes the update, the third system starts the
update and so on.
• 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.
• iDRAC6 Linux DUPs do not support VMware ESX 4.0 operating systems. If the Linux DUP for iDRAC6 is
run on VMware ESX 4.0, the DUP fails. You can update iDRAC6 using one of the following interfaces:
o Chassis Management Controller Web interface
o iDRAC6 web interface
o Remote RACADM
• If the message "A webpage is not responding on the following website" is displayed in Internet Explorer 8.0,
see:
o //blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/05/04/ie8-in-windows-7-rc-reliabilityand-telemetry.aspx
o //support.microsoft.com/?kbid=970858
• 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, instead 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.
• When using the virtual console on RHEL with Firefox browser, if the network connection to the iDRAC is
lost a blank message box may be displayed. If the network connection is restored the message box may
eventually display the “Virtual Console is restarted” message and then closes. Normally the message is