Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) Version 1.57.57 and Lifecycle Controller 2 Remote Services Version 1.4.
Release Type and Definition 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.
• PowerEdge T420 • PowerEdge R220 • PowerEdge R920 What is Supported? Supported Managed Server Operating Systems for iDRAC7 The following operating systems support iDRAC7: • Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 SP2 (64-bit) • Windows Server 2008 SP2 R2 (64-bit) • Microsoft Server 2012 Essentials • Microsoft Server 2012 R2 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 5.9 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 6.4 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 6.
What’s New iDRAC7 defect fixes - See the iDRAC7 Fixes section for details. iDRAC7 – Fixes • Key board and Mouse does not work in WinPE 810 through iDRAC Virtual Console. • Key board presses and iDRAC Virutal Console macro actions are not passed to Windows 2012 R2 operating system through iDRAC Virtual Console. • SNMP v2 and SNMP v3 walk of the iDRAC7 MIB times out. • SNMP v3 only works with the default password for USER2. • For the iDRAC admin user2, the SNMP password changes after iDRAC reboot.
• 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.
Issue 12: Description When selecting browser buttons (forward or back), the GUI pages are not displayed correctly and sometimes the same page re-appears. 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.
Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7. 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.
Issue 20: Description On all Intel NICs, each port cannot be assigned different iSCSI initiator name (by assigning the value for IscsiInitiatorName). If the name is changed for one port, the same change is applied to all ports. Resolution None. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7.
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.
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 34: Description: After uploading a custom signing certificate to iDRAC and restarting iDRAC, when you log in to iDRAC Web interface using Firefox browser, the security certificate error is displayed.
Issue 38: Description Credential vault contents may be erased when upgrading to or downgrading from iDRAC7 firmware version 1.40.40, resulting in different symptoms. Resolution Back up the Credential Vault data (uploaded certificates, and so on) before upgrading to or downgrading from iDRAC7 1.40.40 firmware. After the firmware update is complete, reload the Credential Vault contents. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7.
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 43: Description In systems with iDRAC 1.30.30 firmware version, the sslencryptionstrength racadm command does not work for both firmware and local racadm interfaces. Resolution Use the remote racadm interface, iDRAC Web interface, or WSMAN to configure the SSL encryption length.
Issue 47: Description On servers with Windows 2008 SP2 64-bit operating system, the iDRAC Virtual NIC USB Device is not discovered automatically (or enabled). The iDRAC Virtual NIC USB Device appears under unknown devices with yellow bang (or warning symbol). Resolution See steps recommended by Microsoft to manually update the RNDIS driver for this device. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge Systems with iDRAC7.
Issue 50: Description In iDRAC7 version 1.45.45, if the OS to iDRAC Pass-through mode is set as LOM-PT and if you update the firmware to iDRAC7 1.51.51 with preserve configuration, the pass-through mode value resets to USB-NIC instead of LOM PT. Resolution Re-configure the OS to iDRAC pass-through mode to LOM-PT using RACADM or iDRAC7 Web interface. Versions/Systems Affected All 12th generation Dell PowerEdge Systems with iDRAC7 1.50.50 or later.
Issue 54: Description After upgrading to Java 1.7.0, a login failure is observed when launching Virtual Media or Virtual Console using the Java plugins. By default, Java 1.7.0 enables a certificate revocation check for all certificates in the chain of trust, using both Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL) with the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP).
Issue 57: Description: If you have configured the OS to iDRAC Pass-through channel to LOM PT mode and if the iDRAC firmware is upgraded from 1.45.45 or lower versions to 1.50.50 or above versions, then after the firmware upgrade, the OS to iDRAC pass-through channel setting changes to USB NIC mode (default setting). Resolution: After the firmware upgrade, set the OS to iDRAC Pass-through mode as LOM PT. Versions/Systems Affected: Platform independent.
Issue 61: Description If Attach Mode is set to Detach on iDRAC Web interface (on the Attached Media page), then Map CD/DVD and Map Remove Disk does not appear in the Virtual Media drop-down menu after Virtual Media is connected from Virtual Console. Resolution No impact and can be ignored. Versions/Systems Affected All iDRAC7 supported Dell PowerEdge systems. Issue 62: Description While executing a remote diagnostics from RACADM CLI, the diagnostic mode type of “2-Both” reports as an invalid input.
Issue 65: Description On the Firmware Update page, after uploading a .img file, any subsequent request may be redirected to the Login page. This may be due to a session timeout. Resolution Make sure that the session time out is set to a value that is required for the upload process to complete (at least 2-3 minutes), depending on the file size. Versions/Systems Affected All 12th generation Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7 1.55.
Resolution If the Rollback page is opened using Mac or Safari browser and if you click Refresh, the RAC0505 error message is displayed. Versions/Systems Affected: All 12th generation Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7. Issue 70: Description After deleting the iDRAC Enterprise license and if you log in to the iDRAC Web interface and navigate to the Network page, a pop up message “Invalid VLAN iD” appears. Resolution 1. Go to the iDRAC Settings Utility and reset iDRAC to default settings. 2.
Resolution If the system is still powered on, ignore this message. Versions/Systems Affected All 12th generation Dell PowerEdge Rack and Tower servers. Issue 74: Description If the iDRAC has a large number of records in the Lifecycle Log and from remote RACADM, if you run the racadm lclog view, an error message is displayed. Resolution To view the logs, use local racadm, firmware racadm, iDRAC Web interface or WSMAN. To view the latest logs using remote racadm, use the -n option.
Issue 78: Description The following error message is mentioned in the Firmware Update Help page: If you navigate away from the page without committing the updates, an error message is displayed and all the uploaded content is lost. Resolution The error message is not displayed. Ignore the content. Versions/Systems Affected All 12th generation Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7 1.50.50 and later versions.
iDRAC7 - Limitations • If floppy emulation is enabled when a bootable USB key is mounted as a Virtual Media from the Virtual Console and if you try to delete any file from the mounted USB key (floppy), the blue screen appears immediately. • Web server session time-out is not exact. It is either 10% more or 15 seconds more, whichever is greater. • WinRM and RACADM commands may become unresponsive during BIOS update or when setting BIOS, NIC, or RAID attributes through Lifecycle Controller.
− For SLES 11 SP2: A prompt appears for the Super user password in the operating system console. Provide the root password and proceed with the graceful shutdown or firmware/BIOS update. − For Windows OS in screen lock state: Graceful shutdown does not happen because, Windows operating system has a policy setting to disable shutdown while in locked state. Make sure that this policy is enabled. If it is not enabled, then it proceeds with ungraceful shutdown. This is equivalent to losing power.
Update the Lifecycle Controller version to 1.3.0.x if the iDRAC7 version is 1.50.50. Versions/Systems Affected All LC2-RS supported Dell PowerEdge systems. LC2-RS - Limitations • The drivers exposed by Lifecycle Controller are present in a read-only device labeled OEMDRV, and the device is active for 18 hours. In a Microsoft(r) Windows(r) and Linux environment, the drivers are automatically installed and no further action is required. In Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4.
• Only Windows operating system can be deployed on systems with software RAID controller. • Using Platform Update, you cannot update components such as Complex Programmable Logic Device, Backplane, and Physical Disk. However, the View Current Versions table displays these components. • The SATA drives and their firmware version are not displayed on the View Current Versions page of Platform Update.
Upgrade iDRAC7 firmware cannot be installed on platforms that support iDRAC6 and cannot be used to upgrade iDRAC6 firmware to iDRAC7. For more information, see the iDRAC7 User's Guide available at http://www.dell.com/support/Manuals/us/en/555/Product/integrated-dell-remote-access-cntrllr-7v1.50.50. Uninstallation Use the rollback feature to return to the previous installed version of iDRAC7 firmware. For more information, see the iDRAC7 User's Guide available at http://www.dell.
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.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/DCIM_SystemView -h (idrac ip adddress) -P 443 -u (idrac user) -p (idrac password) -v -j utf-8 -y basic -R -o -m 256 -N root/dcim -c cert_name.
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