Release Notes

To resolve this issue, stop the USB arbitration service and run the Inventory Collector.

To stop the USB arbitration service:

1. Run the “ps aux|grep usb” command to check if the USB arbitration service is running.

2. Run the “chkconfig usbarbitrator off” command to prevent the USB arbitration service

from starting during boot.

3. After the USB arbitrator service is stopped, reboot the server to allow the Inventory

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: 1.00

Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02

Vendor: iDRAC Model: SECUPD Rev: 0329

Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02

(520449)

• DF531509: The setup and/or system password configuration from the Server Administrator GUI or

CLI is successful, but the password is displayed as blank instead of asterisk (*) on the F2 BIOS page.

• DF532055: From Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, when an administrator manages Red Hat Enterprise

Linux 6.1 (64-bit) or 5.7 (32 and 64-bit) operating systems, Server Administrator reports connection

error intermittently.

Workaround: Perform the following and manage the remote system from the web server.

Configure TCP Chimney offload to disable state by running the following command:

netsh int tcp set global chimney=disabled

Configure RSS (Receive Side Scaling) to disable state by running the following command:

netsh int tcp set global rss=disabled

Configure NetDMA to disable state by running the following command:

netsh int tcp set global NetDMA=disabled

• BITS086423: After an upgrade to the current version, Server Administrator does not retain the

support link information on the Preferences page.

• BITS091830: Distributed Web Server (DWS) connection does not work if you have installed the

sblim-sfcb rpm from SLES11 SP3 operating system DVD. To make the connection work, install

sblim-sfcb rpm either from SLES11 SP2 or from OM DVD.

• BITS040184: User in IDRAC user authentication page showing operator privilege(IDRAC user

privileges) is displayed as Custom in Server Administrator.

• With the following wsman rpm versions getting carried in SLES12 OS,OMSA DWS does not work.

Update these rpms having same or later versions from SUSE

openwsman-server-2.4.11-2.18.x86_64.rpm ,libwsman1-2.4.11-2.18.x86_64.rpm,

libwsman_clientpp1-2.4.11-2.18.x86_64.rpm

* BITS230169: Mellanox card does not display all the interface names (ports) in OMSA after the

server is rebooted. This issue is observed few times.

Workaround: Restart DSM Data Manager Services to resolve this issue.