Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) and Lifecycle Controller for 13th Generation Dell PowerEdge Servers Version 2.01.00.
Release Notes Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) iDRAC8 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.
What is Supported? License Requirements Software licensing has replaced hardware licensing. For more information, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) Version 2.00.00.00 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 Lifecycle Controller Graphical User Interface Version 2.00.00.
Supported Web Browsers for iDRAC8 Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Safari version 6.0 Safari version 7.0 Mozilla Firefox version 29 Mozilla Firefox version 30 Google Chrome version 33 Google Chrome version 34 What’s New iDRAC8 Set user passwords and BIOS passwords using one way hash format for improved security. Optimize system performance and power consumption by modifying the thermal settings.
o PCIe SSD devices: Inventory and remotely monitor the health of PCIe SSD devices in the server. Prepare the PCIe SSD to be removed. Securely erase the data. o Set the backplane mode (unified or split mode). o Blink or unblink component LEDs. o Apply the device settings immediately, at next system reboot, at a scheduled time, or as a pending operation to be applied as a batch as part of the single job. Use iDRAC Service Module to: o Populate WMI information.
Medium-Low. In addition, if Virtual Console and Virtual Media are configured to use Java plug-in, disable the Enhanced Security Mode in Internet Explorer. If this is not possible, then in iDRAC8, configure Virtual Console to use the ActiveX plug-in.
In the iDRAC Web interface, when the System Inventory page is accessed for the first time, it takes up to two minutes for the inventory data to be collected. After the data collection is complete, refresh the page to display the inventory data. Make sure to synchronize the iDRAC time with the management station’s time to avoid certificate related issues. If the time is not synchronized, issues such as server certificate expiration may be seen.
iDRAC8 - 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.
Issue 5: 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 When you run the following command, it does not display the list of controllers when the host system is turned off. racadm storage get controller command Resolution Use the following command to view the list of controllers available in the system: racadm get storage.controller.
Resolution If the storage enclosure is disconnected accidentally, reconnect it to get back to normal state. If it is intentional, perform iDRAC8 reboot or server power cycle to remove the enclosure entries from the consoles. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8 and out-of-band enabled PERC storage controllers.
Resolution On system with the CIFS share: 1. Start the Registry Editor (regedt32.exe). 2. Locate the following key in the Windows registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters 3. Add the following entries to the registry key 4. - DWORD key DisableStrictNameChecking - Add with value 1 (decimal) to enable file sharing. Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8.
Version/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8. Issue 18: Description The Print option in iDRAC Web page does not work if you are using Internet Explorer for iDRAC Web interface. Resolution Use the Print option from the browser or use other supported browsers such as Firefox, Chrome, or MAC Safari. Version/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge Systems with iDRAC8. Issue 19: Description Relevant status is not shown when a corrupt SD card is inserted.
Physical Disks->Identify Controllers->Setup Controllers->Troubleshooting Virtual Disks->Create Virtual Disks->Manage Resolution Use RACADM, WSMAN, or OpenManage Storage Management to perform storage configuration operations. Version/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8.
Issue 25: Description If the PERC controllers have global hot spare assigned and a virtual disk is deleted, the physical disk configured as global hot spare is not reported as hot spare through the iDRAC interface. However, the physical disk continues to function as a global hot spare. 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.
Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8 Issue 30: Description Repository update operations through the 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.
Issue 34: Description On 13 generation PowerEdge systems, a clone export of a system having 64 Virtual Disks does not recreate Virtual Disks on 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 iDRAC8.
Issue 38: Description Infrequently, iDRAC logs the following message to the Lifecycle Controller log: PWR2262 "The Intel Management Engine has reported an internal system error" Also, logs the following within the next few minutes: PWR2264 "The Intel Management Engine has reported normal system operation". Resolution No action required. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8.
iDRAC8 - 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.
Encrypted VNC does not work through Real VNC client. VNC does not work through mobile when encryption is enabled. OS to iDRAC communication through the USB NIC interface is not supported on RHEV – H (hypervisor) system. USB NIC IP address must always be assigned Link local address. Assigning IP address other than Link Local IP address or conflicting IP address of other network interface may cause network related issues.
LC GUI - Known Issues Issue 1 Description If FlexAddress is enabled on Chassis Management Controllers, iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller do not display the same MAC addresses. Resolution To view the chassis-assigned MAC address, use the iDRAC Web interface or the CMC Web interface. Go to General-> Network Settings. Versions/Systems Affected All LC–supported Dell PowerEdge servers.
Resolution To distinguish between the port numbers, see the MAC address or the Device Settings. You can access Device Settings in the following methods: During POST, press , and then click System Setup. On the Lifecycle Controller Home page, click System Setup, and then click Advanced Hardware Configuration.
actual update date. The updated date and time is displayed on the basis of time zone that is configured on the server. Lifecycle Controller does not support firmware update for Intel Ethernet X520 10GBE Dual Port KX4 Mezz Card. Rollback is not supported for CPLD. On some modular systems, after a firmware update, the Lifecycle Log displays the date in the time stamp as 1999-12-31, instead of the date on which Firmware Update was performed.
LC-RS - Limitations The drivers exposed by Lifecycle Controller are present in a read-only device labeled OEMDRV, and the device is active for 18 hours. In a Microsoft(r) Windows(r) and Linux environment, the drivers are automatically installed and no further action is required. In Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4.8 only, the drivers are not automatically installed and you have to install the drivers manually after the OS installation has been completed.
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.
Lifecycle Controller 2 Remote Services - Client Tools Use the WinRM and OpenWSMAN CLI client tools to send WS-MAN commands to Lifecycle Controller. WinRM WinRM is a Windows native WS-MAN client. It is recommended to use WinRM 2.0 on Windows Management Stations. WinRM 2.0 is installed by default as a part of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
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