Release Notes

Systems
affected:
Dell EMC PowerEdge yx4x and yx5x servers
Tracking number: 158536
Fatal error BDF 02:00.0 is detected with BCM574xx
NICs
Description: A fatal error on bus number 02, device number 00, and function number 0 (BDF 2:0.0) is observed in the
following configurations:
● When a graceful shutdown action is initiated.
● In Gnome settings, under the Suspend & Power Button section, the When the Power Button is
pressed option is set to Suspend.
Applies to: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1
Cause: The NIC continues to perform DMA operations even after device goes into a D3hot state.
Workaround: Set the When the Power Button is pressed option to Power Off or Nothing.
Solution: The issue is resolved in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2
Systems
affected:
All Dell EMC PowerEdge servers that support BCM574xx series NICs.
Tracking number: 158506
NVMe devices are not detected after hot-plugging
Description:
When an NVMe drive is hot-plugged, it is not detected at the PCIe and NVMe level. Running the dmesg
command, displays the following message along with a call trace of the dead lock:
nvme nvme1: I/O 11 QID 0 timeout, completion polled
Later, the following message is displayed:
INFO: task irq/32-pciehp:588 blocked for more than 120 seconds
This issue is observed only when the NVMe device is hot plugged after booting the operating system. The
NVMe drives that are plugged in before booting the operating system are detected.
Applies to: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0
Cause: Not available
Workaround: Not available
Solution: The issue is resolved in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2
Systems
affected:
PowerEdge R740xd, PowerEdge R7515, and PowerEdge R7425
Tracking number: 130372
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.
Fixes 13