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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
Issue 7: A user saw a message saying that there was a missing or expired 11
th
generation server license.
Description: The Dell Management Plug-in is looking for a license on an 11
th
generation server and failed inventory. This happens When Dell Management
Plug-in cannot get an iDRAC IP or cannot connect to the iDRAC during inventory
on 11
th
generation servers.
Resolution/Workaround: To fix this issue, reset the iDRAC and re-run inventory
on that particular host.
Version Affected: 1.5.1
Issue 8: 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 9: 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&externalId=1037190
Use these steps for a workaround:
- Logon to ESXi 4.1 U1.