Release Notes

Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.7 Release Notes
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profile and failed.
Resolution/Workaround: If an inventory job is started, and hosts are removed from the
connection profile, then this issue appears. The system needs to make sure the inventory job is
finished or that no Inventory job is running when hosts are removed from Connection Profile.
Version Affected: 1.5.1, 1.6 and later
Issue 28: The NIC selected as the management NIC during the deployment process is not the
active management NIC after deployment.
Description: During the ESXi 5 deployment using any NIC other than NIC 0 may show up in
vCenter after deployment as the standby NIC with NIC 0 as the primary management network
NIC.
Resolution/Workaround: Manually reconfigure management NICs in vCenter after deployment.
Version Affected: All
Issue 29: Rarely, an ESXi 4.1 U1 deployment fails on a PowerEdge server.
Description: The ESXi deployment log shows failure installing OMSA.
Resolution: This is a known VMware issue and VMware has provided a workaround to resolve the
issue as seen here:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&exte
rnalId=1037190
Use these steps for a workaround:
- Logon to ESXi 4.1 U1.
- Manually create a directory /tmp.
- Logoff from the ESXi host.
- Manually add the host to vCenter.
- Go to Host Compliance page of Dell Management Center.
- Run the Compliance Check wizard.
Version Affected: All
Issue 30: On an R515, R815, or other AMD based Dell hardware, inventory is running
continuously.
Description: OMSA may malfunction on certain AMD chipsets when not upgraded to the latest
version.
Resolution: To resolve this issue, upgrade to the latest version of ESX or ESXi and install the