Release Notes

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
le 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 congure the syslog to store logs on a remote virtual disc (VD), and remove the remote VD without reconguring 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 conguration changes are not persisted after an unclean
shutdown.
– If the server abruptly reboots, conguration 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 conguration 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:
a. Edit the /etc/syscong/syslog le and modify KLOGD_OPTIONS to KLOGD_OPTIONS="-c 4".
b. 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 dierent 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. These messages are displayed in the console when the
driver initialization is delayed by the installation of Server Administrator services and can be ignored.
• BITS124573: On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system, Server Administrator DWS login does not work. Use direct local
login.
• BITS169696: When Server Administrator is installed on systems running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system, the
operating system stops responding after Server Administrator services are started. This issue is observed when Server
Administrator services are started after the installation or when Server Administrator services are started, by default after a
system restart. However, this issue is observed only on few servers.
Solution: Apply the latest Z-stream kernel patch on the system. The issue is resolved by the kernel rpm -
kernel-3.10.0-123.8.1.el7.x86_64.rpm.
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