Owner's Manual

Operating System Installation Issues

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Installation of legacy Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems may fail due to lack of support for new hardware.

You should modify the '%post' section of "ks.cfg" to update to a newer version of the kernel or install the drivers

from this section.

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The default root password for Linux installation is "root123." This could be changed to be encrypted in the

template "ks.cfg" provided.

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The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system installation may fail on systems equipped with multiple RAID

and/or SCSI controllers, whether installed on the system board or in PCI slots. This failure may occur when

using "Server Setup" or performing a manual installation. When two or more RAID or SCSI controllers are

present, install Red Hat Enterprise Linux with only one configured RAID or SCSI controller. Configure the

other controllers after you install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system.

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When deploying SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 11 on PowerEdge M915 using DTK automated script

(autoinst.xml), do the following:

1. In device map section, <device_map_entry>

</device_map_entry>

change hd0 to /dev/sdc

2. In grub config section, change /dev/sda5 to /dev/sda6

If installer reports any missing packages, delete those packages from autoinst.xml

Instrumentation Issues

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The "/opt/dell/srvadmin" directory in the DTK ISO image should be writable. This enables the instrumentation

services to work properly.

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The file "omreg.cfg" should be present in the "/etc/" directory for the tools to function properly. This is applicable

if DTK is being customized to fit in an embedded Linux environment other than the Dell-provided embedded Linux.

Corrected Problems

The following problems were reported in earlier releases of Server Administrator and have been corrected

in this release:

Issue 1 (BITS043596): Supported OS information led to confusion.

Description: Supported OS information sections are modified in Readme, User Guide, and CLI guide

Issue 2 (BITS039196): DTK Syscfg allows user to configure Control panel access for Blade server.

Description: Syscfg modified to restrict Control panel operations on Blade servers

Issue 3 (BITS039445): DTK 4.0 Build 403 - Startup Script Execution Issues.

Description: DTK ELI modified to fix the startup script execution issues.

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