Release Notes

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 <F2>, and then click System Setup.
On the Lifecycle Controller Home page, click System Setup, and then click Advanced Hardware
Configuration.
Versions/Systems Affected
All LCsupported Dell PowerEdge servers
Issue 5
Description
After you successfully update the firmware of a CPLD on a modular server, and then perform a firmware
update operation of a component that requires a system restart (such as BIOS), the server is
automatically and repeatedly restarted.
Resolution
Perform a Power Cycle operation on the server.
Versions/Systems Affected
All LCsupported Dell PowerEdge servers.
Issue 6
Description
Lifecycle Controller may go into an infinite loop when a network operation is tried with an incorrect NFS
share name.
Resolution
Restart Lifecycle Controller and retry the operation with the correct NFS share name details.
Versions/Systems Affected
All LCsupported Dell PowerEdge servers
LC GUI - Limitations
The following characters are supported for 'User Name' and 'Password':
o
Digits (0-9)
o
Alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z)
o
Hyphen (-)
Note
: For 'Domain Name', a period (.) is allowed. For example, 'x123.com'.
While updating iDRAC firmware using a tool other than Lifecycle Controller, Lifecycle Controller
must not be open, or running, because it results in an unknown behavior. Use Lifecycle
Controller after the firmware is successfully updated.
If the iDRAC firmware update is interrupted for any reason, wait for 30 minutes before
attempting another firmware update.
Only Windows operating system can be deployed on systems with a software RAID controller.
Firmware update is supported only for LAN On Motherboards, Network Daughter Cards, and
network adapters from Broadcom, QLogic, and Intel, and some of the QLogic and Emulex fiber
channel cards. For the list of supported fiber channel cards, see
Lifecycle Controller Graphical
User Interface Version 2.00.00.00 For 13th Generation Dell PowerEdge Servers User’s Guide
.
After the CPLD firmware is updated on modular servers, on the View Current Versions page,
under Firmware update, the firmware update date is displayed as 2000-01-01, regardless of the