Release Notes

● While modifying the warning threshold settings, the values are stored in the firmware as discrete integer values and scaled
for display. If the modified value is not a discrete integer, it may change when saved.
● Fan redundancy can have the following states:
○ Fully Redundant — The sensors display this status if all the fans in the system are present and are in a non-failed state.
○ Redundancy Lost — The sensors display this status whenever any system fan fails or is removed from the chassis.
● If a system with memory redundancy enabled enters a redundancy lost state, it may not be clear which memory module
caused it. If you cannot determine which DIMM to replace, see the switch to spare memory detected log entry in the
ESM system log to find the memory module that failed.
● If you run Server Administrator when the system is in OS Install Mode, it may report the memory incorrectly. To avoid this
issue, you must disable OS Install Mode before running the application.
● If you have to uninstall and reinstall the operating system SNMP service, then reinstall Server Administrator, so that the
Server Administrator SNMP agents are registered with the operating system SNMP agent.
● 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 YX1X generation PowerEdge server, Server Administrator slot page displays iDRAC information, but on
YX2X 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
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