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Issue 3: Unable to boot to service partition while deploying OS ISO.
Description: Hypervisor deployments are failing on Dell 11
th
and 12
th
generation
servers with this error displayed on the screen during POST: “Warning: Unable
to boot to Service Partition.” There is a BIOS issue to identify the network ISO
when there is a local USB CD-ROM installed on the system and that USB CD-
ROM is the only USB mass storage device plugged into the system.”
Resolution/Workaround: Remove the local USB CD-ROM (note that not all local
CD-ROM would expose this issue), or plug in additional USB floppy or USB key on
the system, or attach the virtual media (virtual floppy and virtual CD) from the
iDRAC.
Version Affected: 1.5.1
Issue 4: A firmware update fails with an error message saying that USC is in use
and it should be retried after 30 seconds.
Description: During a firmware update if the update fails with error message “If
USC is in use, wait until USC has exited and retry the action. Otherwise retry after
30 seconds to check if network connectivity caused this error.”
Resolution/Workaround: To fix this issue, reset iDRAC and wait until iDRAC
boots back up properly and try the firmware update again.
Version Affected: 1.5.1
Issue 5: Events from different vCenter posted to another vCenter from a shared
Dell Management Plug-in Appliance.
Description: This situation can occur when a bare-metal server that was
deployed in one vCenter is rediscovered again as bare-metal server but then
selected for a hypervisor deployed in another vCenter.
Resolution/Workaround: Replace the host in the vCenter from where it was
removed.
Version Affected: 1.5.1
Issue 6: The inventory ran and failed after servers were removed from the
connection profile.
Description: The Inventory attempted to run after servers were removed from
the connection profile and failed.