Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) and iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller for Dell PowerEdge Servers Version 2.41.40.
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.
Platforms affected Supported system for iDRAC7, iDRAC8, and LC: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 12th generation systems PowerEdge FM120 • PowerEdge T620 PowerEdge M420 • PowerVault NX3200 PowerEdge M520 • PowerVault NX3300 PowerEdge M620 • PowerVault NX400 PowerEdge M820 PowerEdge R220 PowerEdge R320 PowerEdge R420 PowerEdge R520 PowerEdge R620 PowerEdge R720 PowerEdge R720xd PowerEdge R820 PowerEdge R920 PowerEdge T320 PowerEdge T420 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13th generation systems PowerEdge C413
• • • • • • Windows Server 2016 - WinPE 4.0 32bit - WinPE 4.1 64bit - WinPE 5.1 64bit - WinPE 10.0 Nano RedHat - RHEL 7.2 - RHEL 6.8 SLES - SLES 12 SP1 - SLES 11 SP4 VMware - vSphere 5.5 U3 - vSphere 6.0 U2 - vSphere 2016 Citrix - XenServer 7.0 Supported web browsers for iDRAC7 and iDRAC8 • • • • • • • • • • Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Microsoft EDGE Safari version 7.1 Safari version 8.
Security • SSL library upgrade Storage and PERC N/A Support Assist and parts replacement N/A Updates N/A Fixes • • • • • • • Fixed occasional driver pack update failures when performed through iDRAC GUI, WS-MAN API, or remote RACADM command. NTLMv2 policy support for CIFS share while using SCP feature over all out of band iDRAC interfaces. Fix for occasional iDRAC unresponsiveness caused by upgrades via Firmware RACADM or have an active SOL or SSH sessions while firmware upgrade is in progress.
Updates N/A Important notes N/A Known issues If you enumerate the enclosure view's WSMAN command on a system while one PSU-cable is removed, the primary status of the enclosure view is reported as Healthy instead of Warning. After iDRAC reset or firmware update, the ServerPoweredOnTime (a property in RACADM and WS-MAN) may not be populated until the host server is restarted.
Limitations Item 1: Description: On the Dell 13th generation PowerEdge servers, a clone export of a system with 64 virtual disks does not recreate the virtual disks on the target system. Resolution On Clone or Replace modes of Configuration XML export, the virtual disk creation operation is set to "CreateAuto" by default. Change the operation to "Create" and specify the physical disks to be used by FQDD to resolve this issue. Versions/Systems affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7 and iDRAC8.
Controller (LC) may fail with one of the following message: - Windows installation cannot continue because a required driver could not be installed. Product key required. Windows cannot find the software license terms. This happens when the Windows setup copies the drivers to the scratch space (X: drive) and the scratch space becomes full. Resolution To resolve this issue, do any of the following: Remove all the installed add-on devices before starting the OS installation.
From the management station, remotely update the firmware using the iDRAC web interface: 1. Extract the firmware image self-extracting file to the management station. 2. Open the iDRAC web interface using a supported web browser. 3. Log in as administrator. 4. Go to Overview -> iDRAC Settings -> Update and Rollback -> Update. The Firmware Update page is displayed. 5. Click Browse, select the .
1. 2. 3. 4. Go to dell.com/support/manuals. In the Choose from all products, click View products. Click Software and Security and then click the required link. To view the document, click the required product version. You can also directly access the documents using the following links: iDRAC and LC documents dell.com/idracmanuals Enterprise System Management dell.com/openmanagemanuals Serviceability tools dell.com/serviceabilitytools OpenManage Connections Enterprise Systems Management dell.