Release Notes

Resolution/Workaround: Set the network interface to the VM Network during the OVF installation. After the virtual machine
is created, remap the networking to the VDS port group.
Version Affected: All
Issue 31: The NIC connection status is not reflected correctly on Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers.
Description: Under the Dell Server Management tab, Hardware Inventory Information > NICs section, the Network
Interface Cards may display incorrect connection status as “NO” on the Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers. This is due to
a defect in recent versions of the Lifecycle Controller firmware. This Lifecycle Controller defect will be addressed in a future
Lifecycle Controller firmware release.
Resolution/Workaround: None
Version Affected: All
Issue 32: Navigating away from a firmware update by selecting another host in the datacenter tree causes the update to fail.
Description: Navigating away from the firmware update page by selecting another host in the datacenter tree causes the
update to fail. The update fails by not entering Maintenance mode and the reboot tasks will fail to initiate.
Resolution/Workaround: You must close the wizard before selecting any another host in the inventory.
Version Affected: All
Issue 33: The Service Tag is not displayed during a firmware update.
Description: In the firmware inventory and on the Select Update Bundles tab, the Service Tag information is not displayed
for the Dell PowerEdge 11th generation servers. This information is not displayed if VMware vCenter does not provide the
Service Tag.
Resolution/Workaround: You can view the Service Tag information on the Host Overview page from where you launched the
firmware update.
Version Affected: All
Issue 34: Associated Connection Profile is not displayed in the host compliance page when inventory is not able to get iDRAC IP
for the host.
Description: If the iDRAC IP is not retrieved because of non-responsive iDRAC, the inventory fails and host to be associated
with the connection profile is not displayed on the host compliance page.
Resolution/Workaround: Reset the iDRAC to fix the issue of iDRAC not being responsive, and then rerun the inventory. If the
inventory is able to get the iDRAC IP, then the host will be associated with the correct connection profile.
Version Affected: 1.6 and later
Issue 35: A communication error message is displayed after clicking the Firmware link from vSphere Client.
Description: If you have a slow network speed (9600BPS), you may get a following communication error message after clicking
on the Firmware link in vSphere Client for the OpenManage Integration. The communication error message occurs when the
connection times out (which was initiated by the Microsoft Internet Explorer) while trying to obtain the Software Inventory list.
For Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10, the default “Receive Time out” value is set to 10 seconds.
The error that displays when the value is set too low is:
Resolution/Workaround: Do the following steps to fix the issue:
1. Open RegEdit.
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Known Issues