Release Notes
○ racadm fwupdate
● If the RAC configuration is reset to factory defaults using the racadm racresetcfg command, the RAC configuration tab
in Server Administrator does not reflect the reset configuration settings until the system reboots. Also, the RAC
configuration page in Server Administrator cannot be used to make any configuration changes until the system reboots.
● The RAC does not support local RAC user IDs with special characters. When adding a local RAC user, use only alphanumeric
characters for the user name.
● While the RAC is being reset, the Instrumentation Service cannot read sensor data for certain systems. As a result, the
voltage, temperature, and other probes may not be visible on the Server Administrator home page until the RAC has
completed resetting.
● The RAC may not send traps when your system is locked up. To enable traps to be sent when the system is locked,
configure the watchdog timer using the Server Administrator GUI. On the GUI, click the "Properties" tab and ensure that
Auto Recovery is selected. The default value of theAction On Hung Operating System Detection setting is None.None
indicates that detection will not be performed.
● RAC firmware 2.0 and later does not support passwords with special characters (non- alphanumeric) only for RAC user IDs
logging in using the Web-based interface (with Local RAC Authentication). You cannot log on to RAC, if you created RAC
user IDs using previous versions of the firmware or using Server Administrator that is running version 2.0 firmware on the
managed system.
Use one of these methods to correct this issue:
○ Change your passwords before updating the firmware.
○ Use the following CLI command to change the password: omconfig rac users username=xx userpassword=yy where
xx is the original user ID and yy is the new password.
○ Change the password through Server Administrator using the User tab. Make sure that the check box to change the
password is checked. Enter a new password, and then enter it again to validate the change.
￭ Use the racadm utility to change the password: racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminPassword -i
<usr_index> <new_pwd> where <usr_index> is the index of the user database entry to be modified and
<new_pwd> is the new password.
● 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. Click OK and then close the browser.
● To view the RAC Web-based interface when using Mozilla 1.6, you must configure your cookie settings to Enable all
cookies.
● To enable all cookies, go to the menu options and click Edit > Preferences > Privacy & Security > Cookies, and then
select Enable all cookies. If you do not perform these steps, you cannot log on to the Web interface and a message
appears indicating that your username and password are incorrect.
● DF384362: Redundancy Status displays as Not Applicable in ESXi even when NICs are teamed. On VMware ESXi
systems, NIC teaming status may not display up in the Server Administrator network section. This is an expected behavior
due to the operating system limitation and has no functional impact to the system.
● DF384061: Self-signed certificate does not enable the compatibility listener in Windows 2008 R2 managed node. On a
Windows 2008 R2 managed node, a valid CA signed certificate is required to create compatibility mode WinRM Listener. You
cannot create a compatibility mode listener with a self-signed certificate.
● DF380725: On Internet Explorer or Firefox Web browsers, you cannot attach files to an e- mail if the filename contains non-
ASCII letters. To attach files to an e-mail, rename files to contain ASCII characters.
● On YX2X generation of PowerEdge servers, Server Administrator displays the Embedded Systems Management (ESM) or
hardware logs. However, when the maximum limit for number of logs that can be recorded is reached, the existing oldest
logs are overwritten. But for YX1X generation of PowerEdge servers or prior, when the maximum limit is reached, the
information logging is stopped.
● DF523827: On Citrix XenServer 6.0 or later, if the Alert on Console alert action is configured from the Server Administrator
CLI or GUI, the alert message may not be displayed in a readable format.
● BITS113585: Server Administrator does not log CPU or CMOS Battery Probe Alerts and does not send SNMP traps.
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