Release Notes

Linux operating system fails to detect the Intel x710
card
Description: The i40e in-box driver is not enabled to detect an Intel x710 NIC. NIC details can be identified by running
the command lspci.
The output of the command is as follows:
Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller x710 for 10GBASE-T
Vendor ID: 8086
Device ID: 15FF
Applies to: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 and later
Cause: The i40e in-box driver is not enabled to detect an Intel x710 NIC.
Workaround: Install the out-of-box drivers.
Systems
affected:
Dell EMC PowerEdge R6515, Dell EMC PowerEdge R6525, Dell EMC PowerEdge R7515, Dell EMC
PowerEdge C6525, and Dell EMC PowerEdge R7525
Tracking number: 146136, 146448, 146451, 152855
After system reboot, Disk data format (DDF) devices
are not listed in /proc/mdstat
Description:
Disk data format (DDF)-based MD virtual disk (VD) devices are not listed in the /proc/mdstat file, if
there are more than one MD VD devices, after rebooting the system.
Applies to:
Cause: Not available
Workaround: After creating the MD VD devices and before rebooting the system, run the following command:
mdadm --detail --scan >> /etc/mdadm.conf
NOTE: Verify the file before system reboot to confirm that the MD VD devices created earlier are
not altered.
Systems
affected:
All Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
Tracking number: 152384
System crashes when rebooted with SR-IOV-enabled
QLogic cards
Description
When the system is rebooted with SR-IOV-enabled QLogic cards, the system crashes and generates a
coredump (vmcore) in /var/crash.
Applies to
Cause: The system crash is due to an issue in the qede driver.
Workaround Disable SR-IOV before rebooting the system. To disable SR-IOV, run the following command:
echo0 > /sys/class/net/network inteface name/device/sriov_numfs
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