Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) Version 1.51.51 and Lifecycle Controller 2 Remote Services Version 1.3.
Release Notes Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) iDRAC7 is a systems management hardware and software solution that provides remote management capabilities, crashed system recovery, and power control functions for Dell PowerEdge systems. Lifecycle Controller 2 Remote Services (LC2-RS) LC2-RS provides advanced embedded systems management and is delivered as part of iDRAC7. LC2-RS enables remote systems management in a one-to-many method.
Platform(s) Affected iDRAC7 and LC2-RS is supported on the following systems: PowerEdge M520 PowerEdge M820 PowerEdge R320 PowerEdge T620 PowerEdge M420 PowerEdge R820 PowerEdge T320 PowerEdge R620 PowerEdge M620 PowerEdge R720 PowerEdge R720xd PowerEdge R520 PowerEdge R420 PowerEdge T420 DCS2210 Compellent SC8000 What is Supported? Supported Managed Server Operating Systems for iDRAC7 The following operating systems support iDRAC7: Windows
Supported Web Browsers for iDRAC7 Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Safari version 5.2 Safari version 6.0 Mozilla Firefox version 22 Mozilla Firefox version 23 Google Chrome version 27 Google Chrome version 28 What’s New iDRAC7 defect fixes. iDRAC7 – Fixes SNMP Discovery fails when iDRAC is downgraded from 1.50.50. Unable to login to iDRAC, when iDRAC is configured for Single Sign On (SSO).
A pop-up message is not displayed to confirm if test emails are successfully sent or not. For iDRAC7 Enterprise, when the Virtual Console is disabled and Virtual Media is disabled and/or detached, the console port (default: 5900) remains open. For iDRAC7 Express (no Virtual Console or Virtual Media) the console port is open. If auto-negotiation is enabled while setting iDRAC7 network, 1 Gbps is not supported and you cannot manually select it.
The default time zone value is US Central Time. To make sure Single Sign-On (SSO) and Directory Service TFA (smart card) continue to work properly, the iDRAC time zone must match the time zone where iDRAC is located, assuming Active Directory server's time zone is already configured to match the Active Directory's location.
iDRAC7 - Known Issues Issue 1 Description In Chinese locale on Windows operating system, while launching the Virtual Console using Java plug-in, occasionally you may see a Java compilation error. Resolution 1. 2. 3. Open the Java control panel. Go to General -> Network Settings. Select Direct Connection and click OK. Versions/Systems Affected All iDRAC7 supported Dell PowerEdge systems.
Issue 4: Description On Windows operating system, to add a folder as an image using the Virtual Media, the Desktop directory must be in the HOMEPATH directory. The HOMEPATH directory may vary depending on the Windows installation, but the images created from the "Add Folder as Image" operation always reside in the %HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%\Desktop directory. The HOMEDRIVE must be set to C drive. Otherwise, the operation fails. Versions/Systems Affected All iDRAC7 supported Dell PowerEdge systems.
Issue 8: Description When enclosures connected in the redundant path are re-wired (connections are switched) to result in a non-redundant path, the reported connected port value of the enclosures may not be accurate. Resolution Power cycle the server. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7 and out-of-band enabled PERC storage controllers.
iDRAC7 Web interface is a platform management application and all the necessary controls are provided within the application. The Web browser buttons are outside of this application and may not function properly. Resolution Use the navigation options within the iDRAC7 Web interface. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7. Issue 13: Description When you log in to iDRAC7 Web interface using Internet Explorer 9.x, contents in few pages are not shown properly.
Issue 16: Description iDRAC7 Web interface does not respond when using Internet Explorer. Resolution Close all Internet Explorer sessions and open it again to access iDRAC7 Web interface. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7. Issue 17: Description When a driver pack DUP update is performed, the following message is recorded in the Lifecycle log after the driver pack update entry. RAC0400: iDRAC memory low iDRAC is running low on memory. System performance may be degraded.
All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7. Issue 21: Description When virtual world wide name and virtual world wide port name attributes on a NIC partition are set using the WS-MAN interface, the new values are not updated in the iDRAC7 Web interface or when racadm getsysinfo is run. Resolution Use WS-MAN interface to obtain the updated values for those attributes. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7.
Issue 25: Description When using DownloadServerPublicKey or DownloadClientCerts commands in WSMAN, the invocation may fail when the iDRAC7 system is not ready to service the operations. This may happen when host system is in a POST stage. Resolution Wait until host system is past the POST stage and retry the command. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7.
Issue 29: Description: There is no option to eject the USB drive on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11. The only option to unmap virtual USB is to force unmapping using the Virtual Media window. Resolution: Unmount virtual USB before forced unmapping to make sure the server has completed all the pending tasks before the drive is unmapped. Versions/Systems Affected All iDRAC7 supported Dell PowerEdge systems. Issue 30: Description: Learn More option in the Licensing page does not work on Safari browser.
All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7. Issue 34: Description: On applying Delete Custom SSL Certificate when no certificate (CSC) is available, GUI displays the message: RAC0507 Unable to find the requested resource. Do one of the following and retry the operation: o Turn on the system. o Make the resource available. Resolution: No impact as such, the request to delete non-existent CSC results in this message. Versions/Systems Affected: All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7.
Issue 38: After an iDRAC7 firmware update, some of the iDRAC7 Web interface panels or navigation menu items may contain incorrect or invalid entries. Resolution Clear your browser cache(s) after updating the iDRAC7 firmware. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7. Issue 39: Description Credential vault contents may be erased when upgrading to or downgrading from iDRAC7 firmware version 1.40.40, resulting in different symptoms.
Resolution Run local racadm from the racadm installation directory. Issue 43: Description In the iDRAC7 Web interface, the System Inventory or Network Device page for Fibre Channel devices does not display the current firmware version or vendor name details for Emulex FC16 card. Resolution Update the FC16 firmware twice from the operating system (not using the iDRAC update method). For more information, see Emulex documentation. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7.
Issue 47: Description In some scenarios, typically when a PCIe SSD is removed from a server slot and a different PCIe SSD is inserted within a span of 5-10 seconds into the same slot, the server fan speeds may not get optimally configured to accommodate the thermal profile or tier of the inserted PCIe SSD. Resolution Power cycle the server. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7 and PCIe SSDs.
Issue 50: Description When logging into iDRAC console, occasionally log in fails with PKCS security error. Resolution Run the racadm sslresetcfg command to clear this issue and log in successfully. This installs the default certificates and any self-signed or customer SSL certificates are replaced with the default certificate. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge Systems with iDRAC7.
Resolution Re-launch the Virtual Console. Versions/Systems Affected All 12th generation Dell PowerEdge Systems with iDRAC7 1.50.50 or later. Issue 55: Description On servers with RHEL 5.x operating system, after upgrading to Java 1.7.0, attempting to launch the Java Virtual Media, Virtual Console, or Boot Capture plug-in results in an “Unable to load Native Library” message, and the Virtual Media is disabled.
Issue 57: Description If the default https port 443 is changed using any interface, you cannot access the Web interface, but can access RACADM and WS-MAN interfaces. iDRAC Web interface is not redirecting to Login page after changing the port value for https redirection. Resolution To access the Web interface, change the https port number to 443 using RACADM or WS-MAN. Versions/Systems Affected All 12th generation Dell PowerEdge Systems with iDRAC7 1.50.50 or later.
Virtual Console uses self-signed certificates. Due to this, when launching Virtual Console from some management stations with Windows operating systems, a certificate warning appears. Virtual Console in dual monitor mode is not supported and hence the behavior is undefined, especially using Java plug-in. The primary console is used as the target console.
LC2-RS - Fixes BITS104701: PCIe SSD configuration should be blocked through Remote Services LC2-RS - Important Notes If the iDRAC7 version is 1.50.50, Lifecycle Controller version must to be updated to 1.3.0.x. LC2-RS - Known Issues Issue 1: Description Lifecycle Controller may not perform the required operation correctly if incompatible iDRAC firmware is used. Resolution Update the Lifecycle Controller version to 1.3.0.x if the iDRAC7 version is 1.50.50.
Account access can be disabled only if there is more than one user enabled on the iDRAC. To enable users, access the iDRAC Web-based GUI. Navigate to the Users section under the Network/Security tab and enable users as needed. Note that at least one more user needs to be enabled to disable the account access in the Lifecycle Controller. In the iDRAC Configuration Wizard, the DNS Domain Name may contain a maximum of 64 ASCII characters.
3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Log in as administrator. Go to Overview -> iDRAC Settings -> Update and Rollback -> Update. The Firmware Update page is displayed. Click Browse, select the .d7 firmware image file that you extracted (step 1), or the Dell Update Package (DUP) for Windows, and click Upload. Wait for the upload to complete. After the upload is completed, the Update Details section displays the firmware file uploaded to iDRAC and the status. Select the firmware file and click Install or Install and Reboot.
MaxTimeoutms = 60000 MaxEnvelopeSizekb = 150 NetworkDelayms = 60000 Sample WinRM Command (Enumeration Operation): winrm e cimv2/DCIM_SystemView?__cimnamespace=root/dcim -u:[idrac user] -p:[idrac password] -r:https://[idrac ip adddress]/wsman -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic -SkipCNcheck -SkipCAcheck -format:Pretty Note: Lifecycle Controller uses a self-signed certificate for HTTPS (SSL) communication.
5. To view the document, click the required product version. You can also directly access the documents using the following links: For Remote Enterprise System Management documents — dell.com/esmmanuals For Enterprise System Management documents — dell.com/openmanagemanuals For Serviceability Tools documents — dell.com/serviceabilitytools For Client System Management documents — dell.com/OMConnectionsClient For OpenManage Connections Enterprise systems management documents — dell.
