Release Notes

Table 5. Issues of Server Administrator on VMware ESXi (continued)
Issue ID Functional area Description Workaround/Resolution
while connecting to the Server Administrator
from Server Administrator web server (DWS):
LinuxThread: 381: sfcb-dcim:
Error cloning thread: -1
(bad0117)
because there is no
functionality loss.
User notes
User privileges
The iDRAC user privileges and attributes have changed. Therefore, you will see a difference in Server Administrator and iDRAC
user privileges and attributes. For more information on iDRAC user privileges and attributes, see the latest iDRAC user's guide.
User notes for Server Administrator
On YX2X generation or later PowerEdge server with iDRAC7 1.30.30 and later versions, you can set the Platform Event
Destination as IPv4, IPv6, or FQDN.
User notes for Instrumentation Service
● On YX1X generation or later PowerEdge server, if conflicting BIOS settings exist while configuring BIOS setup options
through Server Administrator, the update attempt may fail at system reboot and none of the BIOS setup options may be
updated. For example, when you configure Embedded SATA Controller to RAID and Boot Mode to UEFI simultaneously (UEFI
does not support RAID option), the conflict prevents the BIOS configuration updates (at system reboot).
● On certain systems, user-defined thresholds set under Server Administrator become the default thresholds after uninstalling
Server Administrator. If you change the threshold value of a probe on certain systems, running Server Administrator, and
then uninstall Server Administrator, the changed threshold value becomes the default threshold value.
● While modifying the warning threshold settings, the values are stored in the firmware as discrete integer values and scaled
for display. If the modified value is not a discrete integer, it may change when saved.
● Fan redundancy can have the following states:
○ Fully Redundant — The sensors display this status if all the fans in the system are present and are in a non-failed state.
○ Redundancy Lost — The sensors display this status whenever any system fan fails or is removed from the chassis.
● If a system with memory redundancy enabled enters a redundancy lost state, it may not be clear which memory module
caused it. If you cannot determine which DIMM to replace, see the switch to spare memory detected log entry in the ESM
system log to find the memory module that failed.
● If you run Server Administrator when the system is in OS Install Mode, it may report the memory incorrectly. To avoid this
issue, you must disable OS Install Mode before running the application.
● If you have to uninstall and reinstall the operating system SNMP service, then reinstall Server Administrator, so that the
Server Administrator SNMP agents are registered with the operating system SNMP agent.
● Server Administrator Device Drivers for Linux: Server Administrator includes two device drivers for Linux: Systems -
Management Base Driver (dcdbas) and BIOS Update Driver (dell_rbu). Server Administrator uses these drivers to perform
the systems management functions. Depending on the system, the application loads one or both of these drivers. These
drivers have been released as open source under the GNU General Public License v2.0. They are available in Linux kernels
from kernel.org starting with kernel 2.6.14.
● CMC USB ports attached to a blade are not enumerated by Server Administrator.
● Except for AC power cord traps, SNMP traps for server instrumentation are not generated when the state of the device
sensor changes from unknown to normal.
● BITS125071: While migrating the chassis of PowerEdge M520, M620, or M820 server running Windows operating system
from M1000e to VRTX chassis, reboot the server after the new drivers are detected and installed. If not, the DSM SA Data
Manager service crashes on startup and OMSA fails.
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