Release Notes
• 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. While migrating the chassis of a 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. (BITS125071)
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. It enables remote access to a server that has lost its
network connection or that has become unresponsive. In the current release of Server Administrator, the Remote Access Service uses
Integrated Remote Access Controller (iDRAC).
• iDRAC also has its own CLI that is accessed through the racadm command. You can add racadm commands to a batch or script file to
automate various user tasks. To limit the stress load on the managed system, and RAC, add sleep or delay commands of one or two
seconds between the individual racadm commands.
• On systems prior to 11th generation PowerEdge server, Server Administrator slot page displays iDRAC information, but on 12th
generation or later PowerEdge servers, the slot page does not display any iDRAC7 information.
Known Issues for Server Administrator
This section provides information on open issues and resolutions with this release of Server Administrator.
Issues of Server Administrator on VMware ESX Operating
Systems
• DF354388: Remote Server Administrator Web Server connection to a managed node hangs, if a redundant virtual disk containing
syslog dumps fails.
• If you configure the syslog to store logs on a remote virtual disc (VD), and remove the remote VD without reconfiguring the syslog
to a valid location, the Server Administrator web server screen stops responding.
• To continue using the Server Administrator Web server, restart the management services on the managed node.
• BITS072069: On ESX/ESXi Operating Systems, Server Administrator configuration changes are not persisted after an unclean
shutdown.
• If the server abruptly reboots, configuration changes to Server Administrator Preferences are not retained on VMware ESX or
ESXi operating systems. Once an hour, VMware runs a scheduled backup to update any configuration changes to the installed
applications (VIBs). For more information, refer to the Knowledge Base article at - http://Kb.vmware.com/kb/2001780
• BITS119710: On systems running the VMware ESXi operating system, the TOE status of a network controller is not available.
• On ESXi 5.5 and later operating systems, NIC cards using Native drivers display limited information on Server Administrator.
Issues of Server Administrator on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Operating Systems
• When starting Server Administrator from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux console, kernel log messages may appear. To avoid these
messages, perform the following steps:
1. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/syslog file and modify KLOGD_OPTIONS to KLOGD_OPTIONS="-c 4".
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Server Administrator 8.4.0 Release Notes