Release Notes

Issue 252454:
Description
In certain instances, the iDRAC web interface does not display the virtual disk created using the System Setup->
System BIOS option.
Resolution
Perform an AC power cycle or reset iDRAC using the following RACADM command:
$ racadm racreset
Versions/Systems Affected
Dell PowerEdge servers with iDRAC8 2.22.22.22.
iDRAC - 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.
• If invalid credentials are used for the maximum login attempts, the IP is blocked for the duration of
the IP Blocking Penalty Time and a message is not displayed.
If Internet Explorer (IE) 64-bit browser is used to log in to iDRAC8 Web interface and when
viewing the power usage graph, the X and Y axis labels appear too small to read. This is a known
limitation for IE 64-bit only. The labels appear correctly in IE 32-bit browser.
• On Linux management stations, if Firefox is launched from the root user, a USB key is mapped in
Virtual Media successfully. If Firefox is launched from any user other than the root user, a USB
key is not shown for mapping because the user must have root privileges to access all the low-level
drives.
• Alert notification for battery events does not work.
• Operating system information on the System Summary page does not display after rebooting
iDRAC8 until the operating system is rebooted.
• iDRAC8 users with user names containing a semi-colon (;) cannot log in to iDRAC8 through SSH.
• In the iDRAC8 web interface, the power consumption sensor reading may have a rounding error of
up to 13 Watts depending on the actual power reading. This is an IPMI limitation. The power cap,
power graphs, cumulative power, and peak power are not affected by this inaccuracy. However,
the power values shown in the power graphs are average values over a period of time and should
not be used to calculate instantaneous power.
• 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.
• 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. If any of the characters are special characters or non-
alpha numeric characters, then the total number of characters displayed is less than 255 to
accommodate overriding special characters.