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.

On debranded or rebranded servers, Deployment toolkit is not supported.

NOTE: During booting WInPE ISO image for Windows PE 5.1 and Windows PE 10.0 user will not be prompted for entering

any key to continue.

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.

● The legacy attribute values enable and disable are also supported for 12G 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 12G

server.

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.

● Use the slots 0-3 of the system to create a boot VD or assigning hot spare (dedicated or global) on Dell PERC S130

controller, if you use any other slots, the system encounters issues during wake up from hibernation.

● RAIDCFG operations can not be performed on HBA330 and AHCI non-raid mode.

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.