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.
● BITS125071: While migrating the chassis of 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.
User 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.
Storage Management Service
The following section describes the issues and workaround in Server Administrator Storage Management.
Installation Prerequisites
Storage Management does not display controllers and their features on systems that do not meet the driver and firmware
requirements. At Storage Management runtime, you can determine whether the system meets the firmware requirement or
not, by checking the application log files for notifications on outdated firmware. At runtime, On SCSI controllers, Storage
Management displays the firmware version at runtime while on SAS controllers it displays the firmware and driver versions.
Known issues and workarounds for Storage Management Service
The issues are applicable to Storage Management Service.
Table 6. Known issues for Storage Management Service
Issue ID Functional area Description Workaround/Resolutions
Not available Advanced Create
Virtual Disk Wizard
With Chinese or Japanese language browser settings,
using the Storage Management Service Advanced
Create Virtual Disk Wizard may occasionally result in
Not available
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