Release Notes

time zone. For more information to configure the time zone, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller
8 (iDRAC8) and iDRAC7 v2.20.20.20 User's Guide.
• If the management station is using MAC operating system, it takes more time to launch the Virtual Console
due to the following DNS search issue:
http://www.eigenspace.org/2011/07/fixing-osx-lion-dns-search-
domains
.
•
The help page for the Export and Import of Server Profile feature does not provide the correct share name.
See the Web Services Interface Guide available at Dell TechCenter for the correct share name.
•
Remote Sys Log settings take effect only if you do the following:
- Enable remote syslog feature
- Specify the server address and port number
- Enable
Remote SysLog option on the Alerts page
• When creating a Virtual Media image from a folder, the output image file size is at least 512 MB.
•
To launch Virtual Console using Java plug-in, only JavaWebStart versions 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7 from Sun (Oracle)
is supported. Any other versions or any other installations are not supported.
• On a server running RHEL operating system, performing the following steps can create an eth*.bak interface
(where * is the interface number). This is visible in the Network Manger interface. This interface can be
safely ignored.
1.
After the operating system (RHEL) is running, enable OS to iDRAC Pass-through channel through
the iDRAC web interface.
2. Disable OS to iDRAC Pass-through.
3.
Reboot or power cycle the server, and then re-enable OS to iDRAC Pass-through.
• Any change in VNC server settings disconnects the active VNC session.
•
USB NIC is supported on RHEL 6.5 32-bit and RHEL 6.5 64-bit operating systems. On any Linux operating
system, for https://idrac.local to work, the avahi, nss-mdns, and dependent packages must be installed.
•
CIFS supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses but NFS supports only IPv4 address.
•
During POST, if the system displays cable detect message: "CBL0001: Backplane 0 power cable
disconnected", you must check all the backplane cables as this message is not limited to Backplane 0 only.
•
Do not reboot the host while RAID rebuild is in-progress. If the host is reset, IDSDM is also reset.
•
On certain iDRAC versions, creating vFlash partition and downloading DUP images may take a little longer
than usual due to updated open source packages.
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. Open the Java control panel.
2. Go to General -> Network Settings.
3. Select Direct Connection and click OK.
Versions/Systems Affected
All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8.
Issue 2:
Description
If the management station is using Linux operating system with the Pass all keystrokes to server option enabled, you
cannot resize the Virtual Console viewer window by dragging the corners or frame. This is a limitation of X-Windows.