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INTEGRATED DELL(TM) REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER 6 (iDRAC6) VERSION 1.50

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Version 1.50

Release Date: July 2010

This readme contains updated information about the Integrated Dell

Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6).

For more information about iDRAC6, including installation and

configuration information, see the "Integrated Dell Remote Access

Controller 6 (iDRAC6) Version 1.5 User's Guide" and the "Dell

OpenManage(TM) Server Administrator User's Guide." These documents

are located on the Dell Support site at "support.dell.com/manuals."

On the "Manuals" page, click "Software" > "Systems Management."

Click

on the appropriate product link on the right-side to access

the documents.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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This file contains the following sections:

* Criticality

* Minimum Requirements

* Release Highlights

* Known Issues for iDRAC6 v1.50

* Known Issues for Documentation

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CRITICALITY

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2 - Recommended

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

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The following subsections list the minimum requirements for iDRAC6.

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SUPPORTED SYSTEMS

Summary of content (6 pages)

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###################################################################### INTEGRATED DELL(TM) REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER 6 (iDRAC6) VERSION 1.50 ###################################################################### Version 1.50 Release Date: July 2010 This readme contains updated information about the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6). For more information about iDRAC6, including installation and configuration information, see the "Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) Version 1.
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====================================================================== iDRAC6 is supported on the following Dell PowerEdge(TM) and PowerVault(TM) systems: *PowerEdge R710 *PowerEdge T610 *PowerEdge R610 *PowerEdge T710 *PowerEdge T410 *PowerEdge R410 *PowerEdge R210 *PowerEdge R510 *PowerEdge T310 *PowerEdge R810 *PowerEdge PER910 *PowerEdge R815 *PowerEdge R310 *PowerEdge R715 *PowerVault DL2100 *PowerVault NX3000 *PowerVault NX300 *PowerVault DX6000 *PowerVault DX6012S *PowerVault NX3100 *PowerVault DL220
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* ESX(TM) 4.0 U1 * ESX 4.1 U1 * ESXi(TM) 4.0 U1 HDD * ESXi 4.1 U1 HDD * ESXi 4.0 U1 Flash * ESXi 4.1 U1 Flash * XenServer(TM) 6.
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============================================= * iDRAC6 Firmware Version: 1.50 ###################################################################### RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS (FIRMWARE VERSION 1.
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The following message is displayed in both these cases: “The upload operation has been started. Completion time may vary based on network performance and image size. (For example, a 1GB image may take over 1 hour.) To avoid data corruption do not reset the DRAC while the operation is progressing.” This error will be fixed in the next iDRAC firmware release using the following messages: 1. For scenario #1 above, the message "Partition is busy" or "SD card is busy" will be displayed 2.
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initialize a 8GB vFlash SD card, immediately issuing the "racadm vflashsd status" command to get the last process status will return "ERROR: Media not ready". Running the same command again will return "ERROR: SD card busy". The "ERROR" in the second message will be replaced with the message "SD card busy or % complete" in the next iDRAC firmware release. * To delete a partition using the local racadm command "racadm vflashparititon delete -i" shows "ERROR: Failed to perform vflash Partition operation.