Release Notes

• 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.” and if you have a USB key plugged in to the system after booting to Lifecycle
Controller, remove the USB key before deploying the operating system.
• If you are updating iDRAC firmware using a tool other than Lifecycle Controller, do not run Lifecycle
Controller during the firmware update because doing this results in an unknown behavior. After the
firmware is successfully updated, you can safely use Lifecycle Controller.
• When configuring the FTP server for your repository in the platform update, you may get a message that
indicates that a network connection exists with your FTP server; however, it may mean that the validation
process needs some extra time depending on your network setting. Click
OK
on the message box, and try
one more time to connect to the FTP server.
• 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.
• When attempting a Platform Rollback, there may be a two minute delay before Rollback tasks are
displayed on the screen.
• In the iDRAC Configuration Wizard, there is no a selection for auto-attached on the Virtual Media
Configuration page.
• During an UEFI based SLES 10 and SLES 11 installation, make sure that no additional USB or block storage
devices are connected to the system. If there are one or more USB or block storage devices plugged into
the system, the auto loading of drivers from the embedded storage fails. This fails because the current
implementation of SLES installer reads only from one USB or block storage device.
• If an invalid SD card is attached to the system, the values shown for “Health” and “Available Space” options
are not applicable.
• An “Invalid Update Package” error message is displayed, when
− the folder containing the Update Package is not accessible.
− the Update Package is not present on the USB mass storage device.
− name of the Update Package is incorrect.
• 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. To view the SATA drives and their firmware information, use OpenManage Server
Administrator or OpenManage Storage Services.
• The PCIe SSD drives and their firmware versions are not displayed on the View Current Versions page of
Platform Update.
• Collect System Inventory On Reboot (CSIOR) must to be run before enum is successful.
• BCM57xx /BCM57xxx updates Limitations - When you update the firmware on Broadcom NetXterme I
and QLogic BCM57xx/BCM57xxx (previously known as Broadcom NetXtreme II) Ethernet adapters, you
may notice failure or incorrect rollback version displayed based on the firmware update used. This
behavior occurs because separate firmware update packages are provided for the Broadcom NetXtreme
adapters and QLogic BCM57xx and BCM57xxx adapters due to the acquisition of the Broadcom NetXtreme
II cards by QLogic. Prior to the acquisition, a common shared firmware update package was provided.
Limitations on updating firmware on Broadcom and QLogic adapters using iDRAC interfaces such as WS-
MAN, RACADM, iDRAC GUI, and Lifecycle Controller UI:
o Rollback of Broadcom NetXtreme I to 7.10.X and QLogic BCM57xx and BCM57xxx Ethernet
adapters to 7.12.X from the iDRAC GUI may result in failure of rollback to 7.12.X.
o Updating Broadcom NetXtreme I to 7.10.X and QLogic BCM57xx and BCM57xxx Ethernet
adapters to 7.12.7 results in updating both Broadcom NetXtreme I and QLogic BCM57xx and
BCM57xxx to 7.10.X.