iDRAC8/7 with Lifecycle Controller Version 2.50.50.
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Contents 1 Overview........................................................................................................................................................5 Version.................................................................................................................................................................................5 Release date.............................................................................................................................................
10 Lifecycle Controller Remote Services — client tools...................................................................................21 OpenWSMAN CLI.............................................................................................................................................................21 11 Accessing documents from Dell Support site.............................................................................................. 22 Using direct links......................................
1 Overview The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) is designed to make server administrators more productive and improve the overall availability of Dell servers. iDRAC alerts administrators to server issues, helps them perform remote server management, and reduces the need for physical access to the server. Additionally, iDRAC enables administrators to deploy, monitor, manage, configure, update, and troubleshoot Dell EMC servers from any location without using any agents.
2 Platforms affected Table 1.
3 What is supported License requirements • Software licensing has replaced hardware licensing. • Many features in Lifecycle Controller are licensed. You must install the appropriate license to use these features. For more information, see the iDRAC 2.50.50.50 User's Guide and the Dell Lifecycle Controller GUI v2.50.50.50 User’s Guide available at http://www.dell.com/idracmanuals.
• XenServer 7.1 ESXi • ESXi 6.0 U3 • ESXi 6.5 U1 Supported web browsers • Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 • Microsoft EDGE • Safari version 8.0.8 • Safari version 9.0.3 • Mozilla Firefox version 53 • Mozilla Firefox version 54 • Google Chrome version 58 • Google Chrome version 59 Supported version of VMCLI The supported version of VMCLI is available in OpenManage 9.0.2 release. Go to dell.com/openmanagemanuals and click Open Manage Software > Dell OpenManage Software Version 9.0.
4 New in this release Hardware - server or storage platform specific • Added support for NVIDIA Tesla Volta PCIe and SXM2 cards for PowerEdge C4130 platform. iDRAC and LC firmware • Audit log messages added to Lifecycle Controller logs to indicate iDRAC reset cause. • Support Redfish BIOS configuration by implementing Redfish 2016 Release 1 Attribute Registry and BIOS schemas. • Support Redfish Secure Boot configuration by implementing Redfish 2016 Release 1 Secure Boot schemas.
Updates • Added support for Firmware Management Protocol Description versions 1, 2, and 3.
5 Fixes Hardware - server or storage platform specific • Updating Intel X710 firmware to 18.0.16 was failing. iDRAC-LC firmware • BIOS firmware update job was failing. • Crash used to occur while restoring server profile. Monitoring and alerting • Unexpected Lifecycle Log entries were created on every update of the Broadcom NIC firmware: Ex: SUP0518 — Successfully updated the NULL firmware to version NULL. Ex: SUP0516 — Updating firmware for NULL to version NULL. • No TPM2.
6 Important notes 1 The supported version of VMCLI is available in OpenManage 9.0.2 release. Go to dell.com/openmanagemanuals and click Open Manage Software > Dell OpenManage Software Version 9.0.2 > Drivers & downloads. 2 If you execute multiple jobs for various components and iDRAC DUP is one of the jobs, ensure that iDRAC job is the last job in the queue. Ensure that all other jobs are either in SCHEDULED or COMPLETED state before you execute the iDRAC job.
7 Limitations • If Flex Address is enabled on Chassis Management Controllers (CMC), iDRAC and LC do not display the same MAC addresses. To view the chassis-assigned MAC address, use the iDRAC web interface or the CMC web interface. • Lifecycle Controller may go into an infinite loop when a network operation is tried with an incorrect NFS share name. Restart Lifecycle Controller and retry the operation with the correct NFS share name details.
• Sometimes, when using WSMan, an Internal SSL Error is reported and the WSMan command fails. If this happens, retry the command. • Sometimes, SLES 12 OS installation may fail with an error "Please make sure your installation medium is available. Retry?". Retry the installation to resolve the issue. • The command “racadm eventfilters get -c idrac.alert.all” to view all available event filter configurations using local RACADM may fail. Use either firmware RACADM or remote RACADM to run the command.
• Operating system installation might fail if the server has only PCle NVMe SSD drives and if you have selected BIOS as boot mode. If server has both RAID and non-RAID hard disks (NVMe SSD), it displays the RAID configuration option. However, the non-RAID disks are not displayed on RAID configuration page.
8 Known Issues — To be fixed in future releases 1 Description While deploying Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 from Lifecycle Controller, installation stops with the following error: There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive \Device\\Harddisk0\\DR0. This issue may occur due to any of the following reasons: • Virtual Media is in the attached state and a media is not mapped. • Virtual Media is in the auto-attached state and a media is not mapped.
Perform a Power Cycle operation on the server. Version/Systems affected: All systems supported by this release. Dell tracking: N/A 5 Description On 12th generation of PowerEdge servers, while deploying the operating system by selecting the UEFI boot mode, an error message is displayed when you click Finish. This error occurs if you try to connect the optical drive or virtual media after you launch Lifecycle Controller.
10 Description Upon execution of a RACADM proxy command using local RACADM, the command to create a username in CMC does not allow a successful execution when the username string provided has an empty space character embedded within. Resolution Use Remote RACADM, CMC firmware RACADM, or CMC GUI. Version/Systems affected:CMC Dell tracking: 26772 11 Description Upon execution of the RACADM command racadm eventfilters get –c idrac.alert.all using local RACADM, the event filter information is not obtained.
Enable SMB1 on the system where the share is located. This, however, may lower your system's security and increase vulnerability to viruses. Version/Systems affected: All systems supported by this release.
9 Installation Installation instructions • From the Windows host operating system (managed node), run the Dell Update Package for Windows and follow the instructions on the update wizard. • From the Linux host operating system (managed node), run the Dell Update Package for Linux from the shell prompt. Follow the instructions displayed on the console.
10 Lifecycle Controller Remote Services — client tools Use the OpenWSMAN CLI client tool to send WS-MAN commands to Lifecycle Controller. OpenWSMAN CLI OpenWSMAN CLI is an open source Linux WS-MAN client. OpenWSMAN CLI source code and installation details are available at http:// sourceforge.net/projects/openwsman/files/wsmancli. Sample OpenWSMAN CLI Command (Enumeration Operation): wsman enumerate http://schemas.dmtf.
11 Accessing documents from Dell Support site Using direct links You can directly access the documents using the following links: Table 2. Direct links for documents URL Product dell.com/idracmanuals iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller dell.com/cmcmanuals Chassis Management Controller (CMC) dell.com/openmanagemanuals Enterprise System Management dell.com/serviceabilitytools Serviceability Tools dell.com/OMConnectionsClient Client System Management dell.
12 Contacting Dell NOTE: If you do not have an active Internet connection, you can find contact information on your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell product catalog. Dell provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell for sales, technical support, or customer service issues, go to https://www.dell.com/ contactdell.
