Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) and iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller for Dell PowerEdge Servers Version 2.10.10.
Release Notes Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) iDRAC 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 (LC-GUI) An out-of-band mechanism for configuring the platform, applying firmware updates, saving or restoring a system backup, or deploying an operating system, either by using a GUI or a remote scripting language.
Importance RECOMMENDED: Dell recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains feature enhancements or changes that will help keep your system software current and compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers, and software).
What is Supported? License Requirements • Software licensing has replaced hardware licensing. For more information, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) and iDRAC 7 v2.10.10.10 User's Guide, available at dell.com/support/manuals. • Many features in Lifecycle Controller are licensed. You must install the appropriate license to use these features. For more information, see the Introduction section in the Dell Lifecycle Controller Graphical User Interface v2.10.10.
Supported Web Browsers for iDRAC7 and iDRAC8 • Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 • Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 • Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 • Safari version 7.1 • Safari version 8.
iDRAC - Important Notes • Lifecycle Controller features such as Auto Discovery and vFlash are now licensed. Install the correct licenses for Lifecycle Controller Remote Services to work properly. • Only if there is one or more network interface cards (NDC or LOM) present on the managed system, Network Devices appears under Overview -> Hardware section in the iDRAC web interface.
PMBus support in the PSUs, the power values displayed on the GUI pages, including the Overview -> Hardware -> Front Panel page, may not be correct. • Due to the independent nature of the alert processes (e-mail, SMTP, remote syslog), when changing the licenses that affect alert features (example, email alerts for Express or remote syslog for Enterprise) there is no guarantee of the timing of the features being activated or deactivated when the license changes.
iDRAC - 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 Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8.
Description Cannot set VNC password with quotes. Resolution Do not use double quotes for the VNC password. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8. Issue 6: Description In some scenarios, typically for state change events occurring within a span of few seconds, the sequence of events reported in the Lifecycle Log (or corresponding SNMP traps) for storage devices may not exactly match the sequence in which they occurred.
All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8 and out-of-band enabled PERC storage controllers. Issue 10: Description For storage configuration operations (example, virtual disk creation, assign hot spare, foreign configuration operations, and so on) that are executed real-time (that is, not requiring a server reboot), the corresponding job status may be displayed as failed even though the operation was successful.
Resolution To update the storage inventory, perform a server power cycle (cold boot) or reset the iDRAC. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8 and out-of-band enabled PERC storage controllers. Issue 14: Description Power Cap (in Watts, BTU/hr, %) is not accepting values preceding with zero (0). Resolution Do not precede a zero (0) while entering value for Power Cap in the Power Configuration page. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8.
This is a known issue with Internet Explorer. Resolution Internet Explorer 8.x and prior versions, are not supported browsers with iDRAC8. Ensure that you use Internet Explorer 9 and later versions. Version/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8. Issue 19: Description When an IO Identity Optimization Job for Network and Fibre Channel adapters is running, iDRAC does not apply persistence policy for the host power events (cold or warm reset) that occur when the job is running.
Resolution Reset DRAC or power cycle the host system. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8 and out-of-band enabled PERC storage controllers. Issue 23: Description The foreign configuration preview (through iDRAC Web interface) may not contain data about foreign drives under some scenarios (example, the foreign configuration is incomplete or foreign virtual disk is in a failed state).
Repository update operations through iDRAC with reserved characters in user name and password may not be successful at the DUP download stage, even when they are properly percent encoded by the user. This does not affect other update methods. Resolution Use a user name and password without reserved characters and then perform an update. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8.
No action required. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8. Issue 32: Description In the iDRAC web interface, the following storage pending operations status is not displayed in Pending Operations pop-up message and Storage->Pending Operations page: • Virtual Disk(s) - Encrypt operations. • Controller(s) - Create, Modify, or Delete security key operations. • Controller(s) - Import or Clear Foreign Configuration operations.
Issue 36: Description URL string in iDRAC hardware inventory list displays incorrect https port number. Resolution IP URL in hardware inventory output always displays the standard https port number, that is, 443. Versions/ Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8. Issue 37: Description Sometimes Virtual Console does not get enabled after iDRAC is reset. Resolution Toggle the Virtual Console option in the iDRAC web interface. Versions/ Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8.
Issue 41: Description Using the Server Configuration Profile Import feature, changing the virtualization mode and configuring the partitioned devices fails if the changes are attempted from a single import. Resolution Change the virtualization mode to the correct setting in a single import XML job, and then change the remaining settings using a separate import XML job. Versions/ Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8.
Set the VirtualAddressManagement attribute to Console mode in iDRAC or enable the FlexAddress feature in CMC. Versions/ Systems Affected All Modular Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8. Issue 46: Description Using the Server Configuration Profile Import feature with EndHostPowerState attribute set to ON may not power on the server after the job is complete in some cases where the configuration changes does not require host server to be powered ON to apply the settings.
Issue 50: Description Using shortcut key combination on a virtual console using ActiveX displays an error when 2 different iDRAC interfaces are accessed from the same management station. Resolution You can use the mouse to operate the application or use the application menu on the managed station instead of using the shortcut key combinations. Versions/ Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8.
Versions/ Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8. Issue 55: Description After resetting iDRAC configuration to defaults, the old iDRAC sessions remain active and new users cannot be created. Resolution Reboot iDRAC or perform an AC power cycle to clear the issue. Versions/ Systems Affected Dell 12th generation PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8. Issue 56: Description The BIOS configuration job completes with errors when Virtualization Technology is set to Enabled or Disabled.
Versions/ Systems Affected All Dell 12th generation PowerEdge systems downgraded from 2.10.10.10 to 1.66.65. Issue 60: Description iDRAC loses connectivity on Failover NIC. Resolution Restart iDRAC. Versions/ Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8. Issue 61: Description The watchdog timer expired error is logged in the SEL on deleting an iDRAC license file. Resolution None. Versions/ Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC Service Module (iSM) enabled from 1.65.65 to 2.10.
• The email address specified in iDRAC8 web interface -> Overview -> iDRAC Settings -> Network -> SSL -> Generate Certificate Signing Request (CSR) page is not validated. • On a Linux management station with Matrox drivers, from the Virtual Console Viewer if you access the iDRAC Chat window, the mouse appears flickering inside the chat window. • Work notes can display up to 255 characters.
LC GUI - Important Notes • This release note is the latest and overrides the release note available on the LC GUI. • The drivers exposed by Lifecycle Controller are present in a read-only hard disk drive, labeled OEMDRV, which are active for 18 hours. During this period: o You cannot update any DUP. o Lifecycle Controller cannot invoke CSIOR. However, if an AC power cycle (cold boot) is performed, the OEMDRV drive is automatically deleted.
• Virtual Media being presented by the AVCT SIP and Virtual Media from iDRAC8 in the detached state. • Due to failure to load drivers for RAID controllers on the system. Note: It does not occur with Virtual Media in the detached state. It also does not occur without the SIP and with Virtual Media in the detached from iDRAC8. Resolution Retry the operation. Versions/Systems Affected All LC–supported Dell PowerEdge servers.
Issue 6: Description Lifecycle Controller may go into an infinite loop when a network operation is tried with an incorrect NFS share name. Resolution Restart Lifecycle Controller and retry the operation with the correct NFS share name details. Versions/Systems Affected All LC–supported Dell PowerEdge servers. Issue 7: Description In the Firmware Rollback – Select Components page, the iDRAC version is displayed as 2.02.01.00 instead of 2.02.01.01.
LC GUI - Limitations • Lifecycle Controller supports the following characters for user name and password: o Alphabets (a-z, A-Z) o Digits (0-9) o Special characters (-, _, .) • While updating iDRAC firmware using a tool other than Lifecycle Controller, Lifecycle Controller must not be open, or running, because it results in an unknown behavior. Use Lifecycle Controller after the firmware is successfully updated.
• Lifecycle Controller proceeds with the installation without displaying a warning message. • Lifecycle Controller does not support operating system deployment on Dell Precision workstation R7910. • When NPAR is enabled, the port numbers displayed on the Lifecycle Controller Network Settings page (Settings->Network Settings) do not match with the port numbers displayed on the Device Settings page (System Setup->Advanced Hardware Configuration-> Device Settings).
• When attempting a Platform Update through an FTP server, specifying a valid proxy server but selecting an invalid proxy type causes Lifecycle Controller to halt for a long period (possibly over 30 minutes) before it returns to normal operation. • If you see this error message “Unable to find a boot device on which to install the operating system. Verify boot disk availability.
• o Downgrading to version 7.10.X on a system with Broadcom NetXtreme I 7.10.X and QLogic BCM57xx and BCM57xxx Ethernet adapters 7.12.X results in displaying the QLogic BCM57xx and BCM57xxx Ethernet adapters rollback version as NULL even though it is updated to 7.10.X. o Repository updates to Broadcom NetXtreme I and QLogic BCM57xx and BCM57xxx Ethernet adapters works only with iDRAC version 2.10.10.10 or later.
• Windows Server 2008 SP1 • Windows Server 2008 SP2 • Windows Server 2003 SP2 • Windows Vista SP1 • Windows Vista SP2 • Windows XP SP3 For more information on how to install WinRM 2.0 as a part of the Windows Management Framework Core package, see article 968929 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at: http://go.microsoft.
Accessing Documents From Dell Support Site To access the documents from Dell Support site: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Go to dell.com/support/manuals. In the Tell us about your Dell system section, under No, select Choose from a list of all Dell products and click Continue. In the Select your product type section, click Software and Security.
