Release Notes

Chapter 1: Release summary..........................................................................................................5
Version................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Release date......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Priority and recommendations..........................................................................................................................................5
Chapter 2: Compatibility............................................................................................................... 6
System configuration requirements................................................................................................................................ 6
Memory............................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Chapter 3: New and enhanced in RHEL 8 release........................................................................... 7
Chapter 4: Important notes........................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 5: Fixes............................................................................................................................ 9
Dmesg displays Integrity Measurement Architecture (IMA) driver related-messages during system
boot.....................................................................................................................................................................................9
After every reboot, the network interface name changes........................................................................................ 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 8 installation wizard creates a duplicate bonding interface .................... 10
Servers with the AMD Rome processor display a CCP initialization failure message in dmesg..................... 10
PowerEdge servers with the AMD Rome processor fail to detect an NVMe drive after multiple hot
plugs .................................................................................................................................................................................10
Operating system enters the dracut shell during boot.............................................................................................. 11
System crashes when rebooted with SR-IOV-enabled QLogic cards...................................................................12
After system reboot, Disk data format (DDF) devices are not listed in /proc/mdstat....................................12
Updating NVMe firmware using the nvme-cli utility displays an error in dmesg................................................12
Fatal error BDF 02:00.0 is detected with BCM574xx NICs ................................................................................... 13
NVMe devices are not detected after hot-plugging ................................................................................................ 13
Linux operating system fails to detect the Intel x710 card .....................................................................................13
Dmidecode displays OUT OF SPEC in Slot Type and Slot Length of SMBIOS system slots ......................... 14
Custom partitioning fails with FC LUN......................................................................................................................... 14
When booting the system from iSCSI with Mellanox CX-4 and CX-5 adapters, the system reports
csum failure message....................................................................................................................................................15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel panic is observed due to fatal hardware error............................................ 15
Chapter 6: Known issues.............................................................................................................. 17
Caps Lock key-press is not registered on the Dell PowerEdge iDRAC virtual console.....................................17
RHEL 8.3 installer does not automatically locate the source installation repository when only
inst.stage2=hd boot option is used........................................................................................................................... 18
The mdmonitor service displays an error during operating system installation.................................................. 18
The output of the systemctl status command displays the status as thawing.................................................. 18
The dmidecode utility displays the slot type as <OUT OF SPEC> for PCIe Gen 4 NVMe slots.....................18
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) error messages displayed in dmesg............................19
Drivers available in OEMDRV drive are not installed during the operating system installation...................... 19
The Mellanox IB devices are listed under an incorrect device category on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.... 20
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