Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- Server Administrator 8.5 Release Notes
- Release Type and Definition
- Importance
- Platform(s) Affected
- What is Supported
- What’s New
- Important Notes
- Known Issues for Server Administrator
- Issues of Server Administrator on VMware ESX Operating Systems
- Issues of Server Administrator on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems
- Issues of Server Administrator on all Linux Operating Systems
- Issues of Server Administrator on Microsoft Windows 2003 Operating Systems
- Issues of Server Administrator on All Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
- Issues of Server Administrator on Microsoft Windows 2008 Operating Systems
- Issues of Server Administrator on Microsoft Windows 2012 Operating Systems
- Issues of Server Administrator on All Supported Operating Systems
- Issues for Remote Access
- Issues of Server Administrator on all Operating Systems
- Known Issues and Workarounds for Storage Management Service
- Installation Prerequisites
- Installation Procedure
- Firmware for PERC controllers
- Microsoft Windows Drivers for PERC Controllers
- Linux Drivers for PERC Controllers
- Installation and Configuration Notes

• JIT-16919 (BITS270856): On Precision 7910 running a client operating system (for example, Windows 8.1 x64), the PERC 9.3
driver version is displayed as outdated and a yellow bang is shown on such hardware congurations. This issue does not cause
any functionality limitation.
• BITS271311: If you create RAID 50 or 60 conguration with 22 or 26 physical disks using the CLI, the operation is unsuccessful.
This issue is observed on all the operating systems and is limited to only RAID 50 or 60 conguration with 22 or 26 physical disks.
Workaround: To resolve this issue, you can create RAID 50 or 60 conguration using the OMSS GUI.
• JIT-16740: OMSS storage connector information for HBA330 Adaptor is incorrect. If connector A and B is connected to a
corresponding backplane SAS-A & B port, OMSS is displaying all the physical disks under Connector-1 and none under
Connector-0. This issue does not cause any functionality limitation.
• JIT-4248: Inconsistent behavior while enumerating physical disks connected to MD3060e enclosure. MD3060e enclosure is
unsupported by OMSS hence no need to show any drives exposed via 12 Gbps HBA.
• JIT-31342: Virtual disk creation on Software RAID S130 controller with multiple Dedicated Hot Spare (DHS) assigned displays an
error message. Assigning DHS is unsuccessful only when the user selects more than one DHS during virtual disk creation. There
are no other issues observed during virtual disk creation.
Workaround: After the virtual disk is created, you can assign multiple DHS to the virtual disk by selecting the Assign Dedicated
Hot Spare task from the Available Tasks drop-down menu of the virtual disk.
Installation Prerequisites
Storage Management does not display controllers and their features on systems that do not meet the driver and rmware
requirements. At Storage Management runtime, you can determine whether the system meets the rmware requirement or not, by
checking the application log les for notications on outdated rmware. At runtime, On SCSI controllers, Storage Management
displays the rmware version at runtime while on SAS controllers it displays the rmware and driver versions.
Installation Procedure
For complete installation instructions, see the Server Administrator version 8.5 Installation Guide.
This section provides information to enhance your experience with Server Administrator implementations and environments.
• To install Server Administrator on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Core and Windows Server 2012 Core, Windows-on-Windows
(WOW) mode must be enabled.
• Port 1311 is the default port for Server Administrator. It is a registered port number of Server Administrator. If another application
is congured to run on port 1311 before Server Administrator is installed, the DSM SA Connection Service does not start after
installation. Before you install Server Administrator, make sure that the port 1311 is not in use.
• Before starting Server Administrator, you must enable the client-side scripting in Internet Explorer.
To do so, perform the following:
a. In Internet Explorer, navigate to the Tools menu.
b. Click Internet Options.
c. Click the Security tab.
d. Select the security zone to which the system running Server Administrator belongs.
NOTE: This option should be set to Trusted sites.
e. Click the Custom Level button.
f. For Windows 2003, perform the following:
1. In Miscellaneous, select the Allow META REFRESH radio button.
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