Release Notes

DTK operating system deployment limitation:
DTK does not support operating system deployment, when multiple boot VDs exist on a single controller
or when the server has multiple boot controllers. If multiple boot controllers exist on the server, the boot
VD must be created on any one of the controllers, and the boot VD must be set as first boot device in
system BIOS.
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.