Release Notes

● Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator(OMSA) can be launched by the icon on the desktop or by using https://
localhost:1311. To login, use the username: root and the password: 'dell'.
○ You may need to disable Firefox Offline Mode.
○ Follow the self-signed certification exception process:
1. In the This connection is Untrusted window, click I Understand the Risks.
2. In the I understand the Risks window, click Add Exception....
3. In the Add Security Exception window, click Get Certificate.
4. Click Confirm Security Exception.
● The NetworkManager configures networking through DHCP when booted to the CentOS environment. If you need to set
static IP(s), configure the IP from the NetworkManager applet or stop the NetworkManager and configure networking using
command line interface (CLI).
● Connection through VNC to 'display: 0' is available when booted to the CentOS environment.
● Partitions and logical volume file systems (ntfs, vfat, ext2,and ext3) on the local disks are automatically mounted as read-
only during boot. If you want to write to the local file system, such as editing configuration files on the local file system, you
must manually mount the local file system as read-write. Provide the parameters 'nolvmmount' and 'nodiskmount' during
booting to prevent automatic mounting of the local file system.
● 'Yum' may be used to install additional packages from public CentOS repositories.
● Many common CentOS7.4 commands and utilities are also available.
● The following are the DOS-Based Diagnostics tools available:
○ Dell Asset Tag Utility for Dell 12G servers
○ Memtest86+ for Dell 12G-14G servers
● iDRAC evaluation tool on servers with basic management license will stop responding. Upgrade to express license and retry
the operation.
● Dell System Update (DSU) tool is supported only on PowerEdge servers.
Known issues
Issue 1
Description: When you right-click Dell EMC OpenManage Server Update Utility (SUU) and click "Run in Terminal", a permission
error is displayed.
Resolution: Go to SUU location and run the following command: sudo ./suu -g to launch SUU
Versions Affected: None
Issue 2
Description: Dell EMC OpenManage Server Update Utility (SUU) 14.10 BIOS updates may result in an error.
Resolution: Boot the SUU image by using the DVD, USB key, or iDRAC and then update the BIOS.
Versions Affected: None
Issue 3
Description: When you close Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) and reopen it again, the "Unable to
connect" message may be displayed.
Resolution: To continue, click Try Again.
Versions Affected: None
Limitations
● Software RAID information is not enumerated by OMSA.
● When DOS-Based Asset Tag for 12G option is selected, an error message "Insert a Disk 2" is displayed. Ignore the error
message and proceed.
Open Source Library
The list of open source libraries used are:
● Python 2.7.5
● OpenSSL 1.0
● zip-3.0-11
● libxml2-2.9
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