Release Notes

Issue 5:
Description
OpenManage Essentials does not display the Controller Information, Enclosure Information, and Physical
Disk Information for Dell Compellent devices with firmware version 6.4.1. However, this issue is not
observed for Compellent devices with firmware version 6.3.
Issue 6:
Description
You may not get appropriate privileges in the OpenManage Essentials GUI if:
• You are part of an Active Directory group, which is in turn part of another group
• You launch Server Administrator using the desktop icon and Single Sign-on is enabled. [167801].
Issue 7:
Description
If the CPU throttles, the following message is displayed in the Hardware System Event Log (SEL) with an
unknown severity:
System Board Power Optimized: Performance status sensor for System Board, unknown event. This
would be displayed in the "Hardware Logs" tab when you select the system in the Devices view.
[175331]
Issue 8:
Description
If after reboot, “DSM Essentials Network Monitor” or “DSM Essentials Task Manager” services do not start
automatically, you have to manually start those.
Issue 9:
Description
When you launch Dell OpenManage Server Administrator for managed systems with Server
Administrator agent only installations, a remote web server is used for which you must provide the user
name and password of the managed system. [390431]
Issue 10:
Description
The "Contact Information" for a device may display the firmware version instead of the technical support
contact information.
Issue 11:
Description
Dell Force10 devices display MAC address for ports that are not configured under "NIC Information"
instead of "N/A".
Issue 12:
Description
OpenManage Essentials may not display the correct warranty date and time of the device. It displays the
warranty date and time based on:
• The warranty start time.
• The location of the managed server or the request originator.
Issue 13:
Description
The warranty information (including expired and renewed) displayed in OpenManage Essentials for a
particular Service Tag, may not match with the warranty record displayed at support.dell.com. The
service level code and model name of a warranty record displayed at support.dell.com may not exactly
match with the OpenManage Essentials warranty report. [44410]