Release Notes

Cause: From Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 onwards, the software FCoE is deprecated. When software FCoE
support is not enabled in the operating system, the bnx2fc driver uses the libfcoe module. Since FCoE
works over VLAN 802.1Q, the relevant change needs to be implemented in 802.1Q network module. As
these changes were never done, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 fails to discover FCoE LUN connected over
Broadcom BCM57XXX NICs.
Workaround: There is no workaround for this issue.
Systems
affected:
Dell EMC PowerEdge M630, FC630, M830, FC830, R630, R730, R730xd, R930, R640, R740, R940
Tracking number: 131903
iSCSI LUN not discovered during RHEL 8 installation
Description: When Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is installed on an iSCSI LUN, the LUN is not discovered automatically.
Applies to: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0
Cause: If the Network interface displays the status as UP but displays NO-CARRIER, it indicates that dracut
has reduced the wait time to run the network interface from 7 seconds to 5 seconds. This reduction in
time causes dracut to assume that the network interface is not connected, which results in the LUN not
being discovered.
Workaround:
● During the iSCSI installations, in addition to the boot parameter rd.iscsi.ibft=1, add the
following boot parameter: rd.net.timeout.carrier=7
● After the iSCSI installation, during boot, add the following boot parameter:
rd.net.timeout.carrier=7
Systems
affected:
All Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
Tracking number: 124792
RHEL 8 installation fails on systems with Emulex
OneConnect card
Description:
When RHEL 8 is installed on an iSCSI LUN that is configured on Emulex OneConnect card on Dell EMC
13G systems, the installation fails with a UnicodeDecodeError. This error occurs because the
Anaconda installer is unable to decode the iSCSI initiator name.
Applies to: RHEL 8.0
Workaround: There is no workaround available for this issue, but the LUN can be used as DATA LUN.
Systems
affected:
All Dell EMC 13G systems
Tracking number: 111760
Switching between runlevels fails
Description:
Switching from runlevel 5 to 3 fails.
Applies to: RHEL 8.0
Workaround: Switch to different TTYs (Ctrl+Alt+F2/F3) to continue using the system.
Systems
affected:
All Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
Tracking number: 124039
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