Release Notes

• For options that use text strings such as username, password, hostname, and community string, using characters such as "<," ">," "|,"

"=" 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=--action=disable command.

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.

• For creating RAID0 on any SWRAID controller minimum two hard-disks to be connected.

• On Software RAID Controller, NVMe PCIe-SSD add-on card is not supported.

• SwRAID does not support blink/unblink operation.

• Lockdown Mode enabled will not impact with Raidcfg functionality.

Known Issues

Network limitation:

On spanning tree-enabled network, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x 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/ lininst7.shscript.

For example, suseinst.sh, kernel/linux/linux autoyast=$DT_SUSE_AUTOINST install=$DT_OS_IMG_PATH

netwait=90

lininst7.sh, kernel /linux/vmlinuz ks=hd:sda$(($GRUB_PART_NO + 1)):/linux/ks.cfg inst.repo=nfs:$

{DT_OS_NFS_LOC} netwait=90

On Debranded/Rebrand servers, Deployment toolkit is not supported.

SYSCFG Issues

• In DRAC , 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.

• The option for powerctl, softshutdown, causes your system to reboot. If you use a customized kernel with Advanced Configuration

and Power Interface (ACPI) support, this option will work as designed.

• Using the solcfgparams option may result in an error message saying Hardware subsystem error when an invalid value is used. It

does not indicate a problem with the hardware. Check the option value and try again.

• The --solbitrateoption in solcfgparams and the --mgscommbitrate option in serialcfgparams accept a baud rate of 57600, but tools

such as

ipmishand solproxy do not function at that baud rate for PowerEdge systems.

RAIDCFG Issues

• If both the software and hardware RAID is enabled, raidcfg will show the same controller ID for both the controllers. Disable either

software raid or insert the hardware raid other than PCIe slot 0 in the server.

• You can assign up to 10 Global hot spares using Raidcfg. Use the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management for

assigning more than 10 Global hot spares.

• USB keys should not be mounted to the /tmp directory. Inside the /tmp directory, create a new directory and mount the USB to this.

• On Dell PERC H740 controllers, conversion of a RAID Capable Disk to Non-RAID disk and vice versa is not supported using RAIDCFG.

Dell EMC OpenManage Deployment Toolkit 6.0.1 for Embedded Linux Release Notes