Release Notes

This DTK product carries GNU Bash update packages to fix the Shellshock vulnerability (CVE-2014-
7169 and CVE-2014-6271).
SYSCFG
• Some options may not be present on all systems, which may be due to the BIOS version or
hardware feature set. The usage information generated by running SYSCFG without arguments
shows only those options that are valid for your system.
• The "--devseq" option is present only if you have an available, bootable hard-disk partition. If this
option is present in the configuration file, but not present on your system, you will receive a
usage error.
• It is required to perform a warm reboot after applying the syscfg settings changes on Dell
PowerEdge 12G systems.
• If you perform operations that change the "--redmem" option, reboot your system immediately.
It is applicable to both command line and "--infile" usage.
• NOTE: Additionally, the "--redmem" option should not be issued with any other command and
should be immediately followed by a system reboot. This is important when you develop scripts
that can alter the "--redmem" setting.
• For options that use text strings such as username, password, hostname, and community string,
using characters such as <space>, "<," ">," "|," "=" on the command line can be misinterpreted by
the command line parser and may cause errors. To avoid such errors, use only alphanumeric
characters.
• If you set the username using syscfg username option, Serial Over Lan (SOL) access for the
corresponding user will be enabled by default. You can disable SOL access for a user using
"syscfg solaction --userid=<userid> --action=disable" command.
• The legacy attribute values enable and disable are also supported for 12G systems for backward
compatibility. In future releases these arguments might be deprecated. Try to use the values
displayed in help message for BIOS options for 12G server.
RAIDCFG
• When creating virtual disks, the chunk (stripe) size is always in KBs. Do not specify any units of
measure for the chunk size.
• When providing multiple physical disks for the "create virtual disk" command, do not separate
the disks with spaces. For example, "-ad=1:4, 1:5" causes an error. The correct way to input
multiple physical disks is "-ad=1:4,1:5,1:6" or "-ad=1:4:0,1:5:0,1:6:0".
• If you change the controller mode from SCSI to RAID mode, data loss may occur. Back up any
data you require before changing the modes.
• Use the slots from 0-3 of the system to create a boot VD or assign hot spare (dedicated or global)
on Dell PERC S130 controller, rest of the slots have issue of bringing the system back from
hibernation.
Known Issues
SYSCFG Issues
• The syscfg --bootseq command detects CD-ROM with SAS/SATA controllers as unk.emb.1.
• On R815, syscfg power --profile option sets apc. Though apc is not supported on R815, syscfg
does not throw an error message.
• On Windows PE 3.0, when you run the syscfg command to list all available options, if you press
CTR + C before the command fully executes, an error message is displayed. Click OK. You can
ignore the message.
• The option for "powerctl," which is "softshutdown," does not work on Windows PE.
• The "--solbitrate" option in "solcfgparams" and the "--mgscommbitrate" option in
"serialcfgparams" accept a baud rate of 57600, but tools such as "ipmish" and "solproxy" do not
function at that baud rate for PowerEdge systems.