Release Notes

DTK does not support Linux operating system deployment in Non RAID (Volume) and SWRAID
mode on s100/s300/S110/S130 controllers.
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.
 To enable certain options, to reboot your system. Dell recommends you use the "reboot"
command on shell prompt or press the "Ctrl+Alt+Del" keys.
 It is required to perform a warm reboot after applying the syscfg settings changes on Dell’s 12
th
generation of PowerEdge 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 Dell’s 12
th
generation of
PowerEdge 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 Dell’s 12
th
generation of PowerEdge systems.
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.
Known Issues
Network limitation:
On spanning tree-enabled network, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 operating system installation on Dell
Power Edge systems might not be successful due to DHCP client time-out.
Workaround: Add “netwait=90” in the boot loader option of the “suseinst.sh” script.
For example, kernel /linux/linux autoyast=$DT_SUSE_AUTOINST install=$DT_OS_IMG_PATH netwait=90
SYSCFG Issues
 In DRAC 5, the --virtualmedia and --vflash options do not work if there is an active virtual media session.
Disconnect the virtual media using the DRAC GUI. Log into DRAC. Click Media > Virtual Media >
Disconnect.
 The syscfg --bootseq command detects CD-ROM with SAS/SATA controllers as unk.emb.1.