Release Notes

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.

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

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, which is softshutdown, does not work on Windows PE.

• On Windows PE, 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 --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.

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.

• Software RAID controller CachePolicy setting is "Not Applicable". Hence VD created with different cachepolicy settings from OROM

utility will be displayed as "Not Applicable".

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

• Lockdown Mode enabled will not impact with Raidcfg functionality.

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

RACADM Issues

• If you use virtual media to boot into Windows PE, executing certain RACADM commands may cause Windows PE to crash.

• After generating the rac configuration file using the racadm getconfig -f <file_name> command, comment out the

following properties in the configuration file before you update a configuration using the racadm config -f <file_name>

command:

• #cfgRacTuneCtrlEConfigDisable=0

• #cfgRacTuneLocalConfigDisable=0

Dell EMC OpenManage Deployment Toolkit 6.0.1 for Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment Release Notes