Server Administrator 8.1.
Release Type and Definition Server Administrator This document contains updated information for the "Server Administrator User's Guide" and any other technical documentation included with Server Administrator. NOTE: System Management software, including the Server Administrator (Server Administrator), is available only on the "Systems Management Tools and Documentation" DVD.
Software Requirements • Supported operating system and web browser. • TCP/IP connection on the managed system and the remote system to facilitate remote system management. • Supported systems management protocol standard. For more information, see "Supported Systems Management Protocol Standards". • The Server Administrator Remote Access Controller service requires remote access controller (RAC) to be installed on the managed system.
• Support for the following network cards: o Emulex OCm14104-N1-D QP 4x10Gb rNDC Ethernet Network Adapter o Emulex OCm14102-N6-D DP 10Gb bNDC Ethernet Network Adapter o Emulex OCm14102-N1-D Dual-port 10Gb PCIe Ethernet Network Adapter o Emulex OCm14102-N5-D DP 10Gb bMezz Ethernet Network Adapter o Intel X710 QP 10Gb KR 4x10Gb Network Daughter Card o Intel I350/X710 2x10Gb BT 2x10Gb SFP+Network Daughter Card o Intel X710 4x10GE SFP+/DA FH PCIe Ethernet Network Adapter o Intel X710 2x10GE SFP+/DA FH PCIe Eth
Important Notes Notes for Server Administrator On 12th 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. Notes for Instrumentation Service th • On 11 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.
Notes for Storage Management Service • Detailed information on the Storage Management Service is available in the Storage Management Service online help. After installing and launching Server Administrator, you can access the Storage Management Service online help by selecting the Storage or lower-level tree object and clicking the Help button on the global navigation bar. Notes for Remote Access Service • The remote access service is available on supported systems only in this release.
2. Restart "syslog" by executing "/etc/init.d/syslog restart". • When using the Mozilla Firefox web browser on Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems, the font and type size on the Server Administrator global navigation bar appear different from the default font and type size that application uses. • For systems running a supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, kernel driver messages such as "AAC_ChardevOpen" may be displayed in the console at the login prompt.
• You may not have appropriate privileges on the Server Administrator GUI if you: o Belong to an Active Directory group that is part of another group. o Try to launch Server Administrator using the desktop icon when single sign- on is enabled. • Broadcom architecture has a split driver implementation - evbdx.sys and bxnd60x.sys. o evbdx.sys is the Virtual Bus Driver (VBD); also called the Base Driver o bxnd60x.sys is the driver for the Broadcom NDIS device.
NOTE: This procedure may still prompt you to accept the certificate when you log in to Server Administrator, but will prevent the crypt32 errors from being logged to the Event log. • DF94201: Single sign-on may not work if Server Administrator is launched using the desktop icon.
any Server Administrator Web Server to that Windows 2008 R2 Managed Node will fail with local user or local power-user credentials. Only the credentials of a local Administrator or Domain user will work, with a prerequisite that all required winrm configurations have been applied.
by performing the corresponding "omreport" command. • Some complex "omconfig" CLI commands that contain multiple set operations have been modified to avoid the above problem. While executing a CLI command if the message, "Error! Illegal combination of parameters" is displayed, modify your command into several simpler commands. Each command should change only one setting.
• In Internet Explorer, on the menu bar, click "File" and clear the "Work Offline" option. When "Work Offline" is selected, a check mark is displayed to the left of the option on the "File" menu. • If Internet Explorer prompts you to "Work Offline", "Connect", or "Try Again", always select "Connect" or "Try Again". Do not select "Work Offline". • While setting dates in the "Asset Information" section of the Server Administrator home page, the current time is appended to the date.
• The selection of default option for the front panel LCD in Server Administrator displays the Model Name whereas the default is a Service Tag on the physical LCD. • If Server Administrator does not respond or is locked to your selections on the component tree, perform the following steps: 1. Click “Preferences”. The Preferences page appears. 2. Click “Server Administrator”. The items on the front page may respond to your click.
th th • BITS050574: On 11 generation and 12 generation of PowerEdge servers running the Linux OS, the omreport system summary command displays “RAC Command Interface” as 7.1.0. “RAC Command Interface” is a DRAC4 RPM and its version is 7.1. It is installed as a dependent package for iDRAC6 and iDRAC7 Command Interface packages. • If a new certificate imported to Server Administrator is not active after restarting the Web server, restore the previous certificate.
"racadm localauthenable" "omconfig rac authentication" • Due to fluctuations in the watchdog timer, the "Last Crash Screen" may not be captured when the Automatic System Recovery is set to a value of less than 30 seconds. To ensure the correct functioning of the "Last Crash Screen" feature, set the System Reset Timer to at least 30 seconds. • DF132894: The cfgDNSServer1 and cfgDNSServer2 properties of group cfgLanNetworking may be set to identical values while swapping addresses.
• Depending on your network and proxy configurations and whether you are using Mozilla browser, you may need to enter the exact IP address of the RAC controller, you are trying to access in the "No Proxy for" field of your browser. Perform the following steps: 1. Open your Mozilla browser. 2. Click "Edit". 3. Click "Preferences". 4. Click "Advanced" in the left sidebar. 5. Click "Proxies" in the left sidebar. 6. Enter the RAC IP address in the "No Proxy for:" field. 7.
collector to run. • DF520449: On all versions of the ESX, the following USB connection error messages are generated. These messages can be ignored. The following is a typical message: Vendor: iDRAC Model: MAS022 Rev: 1.
Storage Management Service Known Limitations and Workarounds for Storage Management Service • With Chinese or Japanese language browser settings, using the Storage Management Service Advanced Create VDisk Wizard may occasionally result in text overflowing to the bottom of the side-by-side blue text boxes. • View slot occupancy report shows 4 HDD slots on backplanes with just two HDD slots for any server. • Physical disk clear operation is not available on PERC 8 family of controllers.
virtual disks in a single operation, however, the "Import Foreign Configuration" task may report successful completion even when inconsistent virtual disks are present and have not been imported successfully. Solution: If the "Import Foreign Configuration" task is unable to import an inconsistent virtual disk, then the physical disks that belong to the virtual disk continue to display a "Foreign" state after the "Import Foreign Configuration" task completes.
presence of multiple PCIe Extender cards on the system. • BITS124349: Firmware version for SAS 9207_8e, SAS 9206_16e, and SAS 9300_8e, will not be displayed on the Storage Management GUI and CLI. • BITS123999: SAS 9300_8e is not supported on systems running the VMware ESXi operating system. • BITS128355: The slot occupancy report displays single backplane ID and backplane name in the Storage Management GUI and CLI.
enclosures. This limitation is a platform independent issue and can be observed on all supported operating systems. • BITS131627: While resetting the temperature using the “Set Temperature Probe Wizard" option, Storage Management is not able to reset the Warning threshold temperature of all the probes to the default values. This is a platform independent issue and observed on all supported operating systems. This issue also occurs for users performing this task through CLI.
• To allow Single Sign-on for Server Administrator, perform the following steps: 1. In Internet Explorer, navigate to "Tools". 2. Click "Internet Options". 3. Click the "Security" tab. 4. Select "Trusted sites". 5. Click the "Custom Level" button. 6. Under "User Authentication", select the "Automatic Logon with current username and password" radio button. Click ‘OK’ to exit the "Custom Level" window. 7. Select the "Advanced" tab and in "HTTP 1.1 settings", make sure "Use HTTP 1.1" is checked. 8.
DRAC/iDRAC when you request for it.
PERC H710 Mini Monolithic 21.2.0-0007 PERC H710P Adapter 21.2.0-0007 PERC H710P Mini Blades 21.2.0-0007 PERC H710P Mini Monolithic 21.2.0-0007 PERC H810 Adapter 21.2.0-0007 PERC S110 3.0.0.0139 PERC S100 2.0.0-0162 PERC S300 2.0.0-0166+00193000 PERC H730P Adapter 25.2.2-0002 PERC H730P Mini Blades 25.2.2-0002 PERC H730P Mini 25.2.2-0002 PERC H730P Slim 25.2.2-0002 PERC H730 Adapter 25.2.2.0002 PERC H730 Mini 25.2.1.0011 Blades 25.2.2.0002 PERC H730 Mini 25.2.2.
SAS 6/iR Modular 1.28.03.01 1.28.03.01 1.28.03. 52 Native LSI 1020 on a PowerEdge 1600SC Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable LSI 1030 on a PowerEdge 1750 Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable PERC H800 Adapter 4.31.1.32 4.31.1.64 4.31.1.64 Native PERC H700 Integrated 4.31.1.32 4.31.1.64 4.31.1.64 Native PERC H700 Adapter 4.31.1.32 4.31.1.64 4.31.1.64 Native PERC H700 Modular 4.31.1.32 4.31.1.64 4.31.1.
PERC S120 4.0.0-0022 4.0.0-0022 4.0.0-0022 4.0.0-0022 PERC H730P Adapter 6.602.07.00 6.602.07.00 6.602.07.00 6.602.07.00 PERC H730P Mini Blades 6.602.07.00 6.602.07.00 6.602.07.00 6.602.07.00 PERC H730P Mini Monolithic 6.602.07.00 6.602.07.00 6.602.07.00 6.602.07.00 PERC H730P Slim 6.602.07.00 6.602.07.00 6.602.07.00 6.602.07.00 PERC H730 Adapter 6.601.00.00 6.601.00.00 6.601.00.00 6.601.00.00 PERC H730 Mini Blades 6.602.07.00 6.602.07.00 6.602.07.00 6.602.07.
SAS 6/iR Integrated Native Native Not Applicable Not Applicable Native Native SAS 6/iR Adapter Native Native Not Applicable Not Applicable Native Native SAS 6/int.
PERC H710P Mini Monolithic Native Native Native Native Native Native PERC H810 Adapter Native Native Native Native Native Native Internal Tape Adapter Native Native Native Native Native Native PERC S100 Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported PERC S300 Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported PERC S110 Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Not Suppor
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