Release Notes

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 12th 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.
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.
• SwRAID does not support blink/unblink operation.
• RAIDCFG operations can not be performed on HBA330 and AHCI non-raid mode.
• On Software RAID Controller, NVMe PCIe-SSD add-on card is not supported.
• 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.
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Dell EMC OpenManage Deployment Toolkit 6.0.2 for Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment Release Notes