Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) with Lifecycle Controller for Dell PowerEdge Servers Version 2.12.12.
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.
Supported Managed Server Operating Systems for iDRAC8 The following operating systems are supported by iDRAC8: • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Foundation Edition • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Enterprise Edition • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Standard Edition • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Datacenter Edition • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Embedded Systems • Windows Server 2008 SP2 x32 • Windows Server 2008 SP2 x64 • Windows Server 2012 Foundation Edition • Windows Server 2012 Essentials Edition • Wi
What’s New • Support for the following PowerEdge system: o PowerEdge R530xd iDRAC – Fixes None. iDRAC - Important Notes • Lifecycle Controller features such as Auto Discovery and vFlash are now licensed. Install the correct licenses for Lifecycle Controller Remote Services to work properly. • Only if there is one or more network interface cards (NDC or LOM) present on the managed system, Network Devices appears under Overview -> Hardware section in the iDRAC web interface.
• The reason is that when spanning tree is enabled, the switch does not allow the link to re-establish the connection after a reset until it completes checking for network loops. Server reboots reset the NIC and disconnects the link. Note: This does not occur while using dedicated NIC because server reboots do not affect the dedicated NIC. • When logging in to iDRAC8 web interface using Internet Explorer 9 and IPv6 address, the connection may not succeed.
• 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.
Resolution None. 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.
Resolution To update the storage inventory, perform a server power cycle (cold boot). Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8 and out-of-band enabled PERC storage controllers.
Issue 13: Description iDRAC8 user interfaces (example, iDRAC8 web interface, RACADM and so on) does not display the newer storage enclosure or backplane firmware version when the firmware is updated through the operating system using DUP. Resolution To update the storage inventory, perform a server power cycle (cold boot) or reset the iDRAC. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8 and out-of-band enabled PERC storage controllers.
Issue 18: Description When you log in to the iDRAC web interface using Internet Explorer 8.x and prior versions, content in few pages is not displayed properly and a few UI controls may not work. This is a known issue with Internet Explorer. Resolution Internet Explorer 8.x and prior versions, are not supported browsers with iDRAC8. Ensure that you use Internet Explorer 9 and later versions. Version/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8.
Issue 22: 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.
Issue 27: Description Repository update operations through 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.
Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8. Issue 32: Description In the iDRAC web interface, the following storage pending operations status is not displayed in Pending Operations pop-up message and Storage->Pending Operations page: • Virtual Disk(s) - Encrypt operations. • Controller(s) - Create, Modify, or Delete security key operations. • Controller(s) - Import or Clear Foreign Configuration operations. • PCIe SSD(s) - Secure Erase or Prepare to Remove operations.
Resolution IP URL in hardware inventory output always displays the standard https port number, that is, 443. Versions/ Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8. Issue 37: Description Sometimes Virtual Console does not get enabled after iDRAC is reset. Resolution Toggle the Virtual Console option in the iDRAC web interface. Versions/ Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8.
Resolution Change the virtualization mode to the correct setting in a single import XML job, and then change the remaining settings using a separate import XML job. Versions/ Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8. Issue 42: Description While importing or replacing license files using Google Chrome or Microsoft Internet Explorer, the operation fails for certain license files.
Issue 46: Description While importing the server profile, if the host system experiences an unexpected power loss or if iDRAC resets, the Import Server Profile operation performs a cleanup and fails. Resolution Before you try importing the profile again or performing any other Lifecycle Controller operation, ensure that you run Collect System Inventory On Reboot (CSIOR). If CSIOR is not enabled, boot in to Lifecycle Controller and exit. Versions/ Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8.
Versions/ Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8. Issue 51: Description The Enumeration filter commands fail for certain filters. Resolution Use Enumeration or Get Instance call to view the same data. The required properties can be filtered by the consoles. Versions/ Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC8. Issue 52: Description While enumerating using WS-MAN, if you include more than 7 properties in the WQL/CQL query, the select query does not return any result.
• 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.
LC GUI - Fixes None. LC GUI - Important Notes • This release note is the latest and overrides the release note available on the LC GUI. • The drivers exposed by Lifecycle Controller are present in a read-only hard disk drive, labeled OEMDRV, which are active for 18 hours. During this period: o You cannot update any DUP. o Lifecycle Controller cannot invoke CSIOR. However, if an AC power cycle (cold boot) is performed, the OEMDRV drive is automatically deleted.
Note: It does not occur with Virtual Media in the detached state. It also does not occur without the SIP and with Virtual Media in the detached from iDRAC8. Resolution Retry the operation. Versions/Systems Affected All LC–supported Dell PowerEdge servers. Issue 3: Description Some of the supported components are not displayed on the Firmware Update-> View Current Versions page. Resolution Restart the server and open View Current Versions page.
LC GUI - Limitations • Lifecycle Controller supports the following characters for user name and password: o Alphabets (a-z, A-Z) o Digits (0-9) o Special characters (-, _, .) • 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.
• When you update the firmware on a Broadcom NetXtreme and QLogic BCM57xx and BCM57xxx (previously known as Broadcom NetXtreme II) adapters the following issue occurs: o After installing the QLogic-specific firmware update package on the BCM57xx or BCM57xxx adapter family, the rollback version is not available if the previously installed firmware was provided by a legacy shared firmware update package.
• If you are updating iDRAC firmware using a tool other than Lifecycle Controller, do not run Lifecycle Controller during the firmware update because doing this results in an unknown behavior. After the firmware is successfully updated, you can safely use Lifecycle Controller.
iDRAC - Installation Installation Instructions • From the Windows host operating system (managed node), run the Dell Update Package for Windows and follow the instructions on the update wizard. • From the Linux host operating system (managed node), run the Dell Update Package for Linux from the shell prompt. Follow the instructions displayed on the console. • From the management station, remotely update the firmware using the iDRAC8 web interface: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Recommended WinRM Client Configuration: • MaxBatchItems = 50 • MaxTimeoutms = 60000 • MaxEnvelopeSizekb = 150 • NetworkDelayms = 60000 Sample WinRM Command (Enumeration Operation): winrm e cimv2/DCIM_SystemView?__cimnamespace=root/dcim -u:[idrac user] -p:[idrac password] -r:https://[idrac ip address]/wsman -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic -SkipCNcheck -SkipCAcheck -format:Pretty Note: Lifecycle Controller uses a self-signed certificate for HTTPS (SSL) communication.
You can also directly access the documents using the following links: • For Remote Enterprise System Management documents — dell.com/esmmanuals • For Enterprise System Management documents — dell.com/openmanagemanuals • For Serviceability Tools documents — dell.com/serviceabilitytools • For Client System Management documents — dell.com/OMConnectionsClient • For OpenManage Connections Enterprise systems management documents — dell.
