Compatibility Guide

86 Historical Release Information for Legacy Systems
Resolved Issues for Server Agent Version 4.2.1
Server Agent 4.2.0
The following subsections contain requirements, features, and open issues for Server Agent version 4.2.0.
Release date: December 2000
Requirements
Supported systems: Dell PowerEdge 300, 1300, 1400, 1550, 2300, 2400, 2450, 4300, 4350, 4400, 6300,
6350, 6400, 6450, and 8450
Operating Systems
Red Hat Linux 7.0 (Kernel version: 2.2.16), Red Hat Linux SNMP agent: ucd-snmp version 4.1.2-8smux
or later
Table 11-1. Resolved Issues for Server Agent Version 4.2.1
Problem Solution
IT Assistant is unable to perform a remote flash
BIOS update for the PowerEdge 300 system.
Server Agent 4.2.1 enables IT Assistant to perform a remote
flash BIOS update for the PowerEdge 300 system.
Server Agent reports an error message that values
are incorrect for CPU voltage threshold values for
the PowerEdge 8450 system on systems with a
CPU speed of 700 MHz and higher.
Server Agent 4.2.1 reports correct CPU voltage threshold values.
Server Agent 4.0 did not implement the 96 alert
parameter correctly in the local response agent.
Server Agent 4.2.1 correctly parses the %ALERT parameter.
The %ALERT parameter can now be located anywhere in the
command line and can optionally be enclosed in double quotes
when the user wants to pass the alert message to the command
line as a single string.
Intermittent incorrect fan probe readings of zero
RPMs cause faulty alerts to be generated. Invalid
fan probe readings also compromise the usability
of Server Agent.
Server Agent 4.2.1 prevents false alerts for fan probes based on
incorrect readings of fan RPM values. This update also
addresses usability issues caused by these incorrect fan RPM
values. The incorrect fan RPM readings originate on PowerEdge
systems that report systems management information to the
management console using Server Agent version 4.0.
Seven-character service tags display incorrectly. Formerly, certain combinations of characters and numbers in the
seven-character service tag either did not display correctly or did
not display at all. Server Agent 4.2.1 displays service tags correctly.
False power supply fan readings. Server Agent
reports high power supply fan RPM readings. The
readings exceed the upper failure threshold and
are reported as failures.
Server Agent 4.2.1 corrects the problem of false fan probe alerts.