Release Notes

iDRAC7 - 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.
 Using WS-MAN and running up to 256 jobs through the job scheduler may lead to reduced iDRAC7 performance.
 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 iDRAC7 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 iDRAC7 until the
operating system is rebooted.
 iDRAC7 users with user names containing a semi-colon (;) cannot log in to iDRAC7 through SSH.
 In the iDRAC7 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.
 In the iDRAC7 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.
 In the iDRAC7 Web interface, while viewing the CPU details under Overview > Hardware , the CPU status is
displayed with a warning icon for a CPU that is absent and the status is blank.
 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.
iDRAC7 - Open Issues and Resolutions
Fixed Issues/def
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. Open the Java control panel.
2. Go to General > Network Settings .
3. Select Direct Connection and click OK .
Versions Affected
All iDRAC7 supported Dell PowerEdge systems.