Release Notes

• On Windows operating systems, when you run diagnostic tests on multiple Broadcom Network Interface Controllers
(NICs) at the same time, some tests may fail. Also, a warning sign may be noted in Device Manager for some NICs.
Resolution : Run one diagnostic test on one NIC at a time for accurate results.
• For operating systems released prior to Microsoft Windows Server 2008,the SATA CD-DVD attached to the NVIDIA
SATA controller is displayed under System in the tree view.
• NIC Communication Test may fail if IPv6 is enabled.
• On USB Hub test result tab, Device, Test, and Result Details are not available.
• On some Western Digital hard drives, Disk Self test hangs at 90 percent.
• Interrupt test may fail intermittently if it is run multiple times.
Resolution : Re-run the test.
• With S300 driver version 2.0.0-0162, the Disk Self Test and Disk Blink Test fails.
• Online Diagnostics GUI might crash when more tests are executed in parallel.
• RD1000 will not be enumerated and tests are not supported when connected to S100 and S110.
• Online Diagnostics GUI may crash when more tests are executed in parallel.
On Enterprise Linux and ESX Operating Systems
• Running the CD/DVD Read Exerciser test on corrupt CD media or on a faulty drive may cause the test to run for a
longer duration, and Dell Online Diagnostics may appear to hang.
Resolution : Terminate Dell Online Diagnostics and try running the test again in the Quick Test mode.
• Serial port tests are not enumerated on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5 Update 3 with XEN kernel because XEN
kernel uses the serial port during system boot up and the operating system fails to load the serial port driver.
• Intel Offline Test fails when the network services are stopped, if the adapter is not configured for Wake-on-LAN
(WOL) or Manageability and the PHY is powered off. However, as the test powers on the PHY and enables WOL,
the test passes from the next time onwards.
• Intel Offline Test clears the gateway entry from /proc/net/route table. If NIC Communication test is run after this,
the test may result in failure.
• Connecting or removing USB or CD/DVD devices from Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, while the enumeration is
in progress, may cause the system to hang.
Resolution : Wait for enumeration to complete, before connection or removing USB or CD/DVD devices from Red
Hat Enterprise Linux systems.
• If tapeware is installed, Dell Online Diagnostics may fail to start.
Resolution : Delete the softlink entry /lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 and restart Dell Online Diagnostics. If there are
still issues, contact the Tapeware support team for help.
• ICH7R IDE controllers are not supported. Running tests on this controller or the devices connected to it may cause
unexpected behavior.
• When you run a SCSI Communication test on a channel that has an LTO3 tape drive connected to it and perform a
backup simultaneously using tar commands, the backup operation may fail.
Resolution : Ensure that backup or restore operations are not in progress before running the SCSI Communication
test.
• When the Yosemite backup software is installed on a system that has a tape changer, SCSI Communication tests
and tape tests may fail.
Resolution : Ensure that the Yosemite backup software service is stopped before running these tests.
• The Tape Self Test writes to and advances the tape media during execution. Manual erase operations using the
Linux command
mt -f/dev/stX erase , if executed immediately after the Tape Self Test execution, fails with
an I/O error.
Resolution : Avoid this error condition by always rewinding the tape media after running the Tape Self Test.
• When a non-root user uses su to become a superuser (root), some tests may not work in the CLI, when the pediags
command is run.