Release Notes
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- SupportAssist Enterprise Version 2.0.70 Release Notes
- Release summary
- Version
- Release date
- Priority and recommendations
- Compatibility
- Minimum requirements for installing and using SupportAssist Enterprise
- New and enhanced features
- Known issues—To be fixed in future releases
- SupportAssist Enterprise services do not start automatically
- The snmptrapd service may not start automatically
- The Remote Collector or adapter displays a validation in progress status
- iSCSI and non-iSCSI adapter attributes may not be available
- Collections from PowerVault MD Series storage arrays may display incorrect values
- No action occurs when you click the Install/Upgrade OMSA option
- Tooltips are not displayed
- SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to connect to the remote system
- Refreshing the Devices or Cases page opens the first page
- Collections from networking devices do not contain the IP address of the networking device
- SCSI and non-iSCSI interfaces section is not available
- Installation of SupportAssist Enterprise on Debian operating system is unsuccessful
- Service Tag is not available in Deployment collections
- Displays section may be blank
- SATA Controller information is not available
- Uninstallation of SupportAssist Enterprise does not uninstall the OpenManage Enterprise adapter automatically
- Number of Active sessions is displayed as 'Not available' in iDRAC collections
- Incorrect Physical Disk name is displayed in Physical Device ID
- Periodic inventory validation does not start on the same day
- System information does not include controller TTY logs
- Incorrect manufacturer details
- Incorrect hostname details
- Incorrect time zone list options
- Concurrent operations are unsuccessful
- System Center Operations Manager adapter displays a disconnected status
- Device Overview pane does not display the operating system version details
- Unable to edit the adapter
- Alerts not processed from Dell PowerVault MD Series device
- Service Tag of a chassis is displayed instead of the Service Tag of a blade server
- Alerts from OpenManage Enterprise adapter are not processed
- Incorrect postal code and incorrect state or province value
- Integrating TechDirect with SupportAssist Enterprise is not supported
- Unable to filter group name
- Collection report does not display all attributes
- Install/upgrade of OMSA fails on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 operating system
- Unable to receive alerts from SupportAssist Enterprise
- Collections are automatically initiated
- Incomplete collections performed on ME4 devices
- Devices moved to Default group during adapter sync
- Limitations
- Installation and uninstallation
- SupportAssist Enterprise resources
- Contacting Dell EMC
○ The server does not have the minimum required iDRAC firmware version installed. For yx2x series of the PowerEdge
servers, the iDRAC firmware version 2.10.10.10 or later is required. For yx3x series of the PowerEdge servers, the iDRAC
firmware 2.00.00.00 or later is required.
○ The system only has a SATA controller or software RAID configured, but does not have a RAID controller.
○ The server was running the power-on self-test (POST) while the collection was initiated.
○ Two simultaneous collections were triggered for the same server (iDRAC).
○ A Tech Support Report (TSR) was being generated when the collection was initiated from SupportAssist Enterprise.
○ The controller has either an issue or too many logs, and is unable to export the report within the predefined time limit.
● If SupportAssist Enterprise is installed on a server running Linux with 4 GB RAM, only five collections can be viewed
simultaneously using the configuration viewer.
● The date and time format that is displayed in SupportAssist Enterprise do not match the operating system date and time
format.
● If the calendar settings of the server where SupportAssist Enterprise is installed is changed to certain non-English formats
(for example, Thailand), the Status column in SupportAssist Enterprise may display an incorrect date.
● The Japanese help content for "Configuring email notifications" and "Configuring server settings" does not have some of the
key words, and the translation help content is not equivalent to the English language content.
● The SupportAssist Service description (Windows Service) is displayed only in English.
● Initiating a collection from multiple SupportAssist Enterprise instances simultaneously, on the same Dell Compellent storage
device is not supported.
● Importing multiple devices by using a .csv file that is downloaded from SupportAssist Enterprise version 1.1 is not supported.
● The error messages that are displayed in the SupportAssist Enterprise may not match with the error message in the
SupportAssist Enterprise email notifications for the following error codes:
SA-4015, SA-4020, SA-4025, SA-4030, SA-4035, SA-4040, SA-4045, SA-4050, SA-4055, SA-4065, SA-4070, SA-4071,
SA-4072, SA-4073, SA-4074, SA-4075, SA-4080, SA-4085, SA-4090, SA-4095, SA-4100, SA-4105, SA-4110, SA-4115,
SA-4120, SA-4125, SA-4130, SA-4135, SA-4140, SA-4145, SA-4150, SA-4155, SA-4160, SA-4165, SA-4170, SA-4175, SA-4180,
SA-4185, SA-4190, SA-4500, SA-4501, SA-4502, SA-4511, SA-4512, SA-4513, SA-4514, SA-4521, SA-4522, SA-4523,
SA-4524, SA-4550
● Periodic collection runs on a device in the Staging group and the device displays an Unable to gather system information
status, in the following scenario:
○ Inventory validation and periodic collection tasks that are run simultaneously
○ A device moves to the Staging group as a result of inventory validation
● A warning message may be displayed on the Collections page or on the Section Status page of the collections report if:
○ The hardware and software components are not configured.
○ SupportAssist Enterprise is unable to collect information about the hardware and software components.
Installation and uninstallation
You can install SupportAssist Enterprise by using either the SupportAssist Enterprise installer package or the OpenManage
Essentials installer package. For information about installing and uninstalling SupportAssist Enterprise, see the SupportAssist
Enterprise Version 2.0.70 User's Guide available at https://www.dell.com/serviceabilitytools.
SupportAssist Enterprise resources
This section provides information about the documentation resources and other useful links that provide more information about
SupportAssist Enterprise.
Table 1. SupportAssist Enterprise resources
For more information about See Available at
Minimum requirements, deployment
methods, and product features
SupportAssist Enterprise Version 2.0.70
User's Guide
SupportAssist Enterprise Version 2.0
manuals
List of supported devices, protocols,
firmware versions, and operating
systems
SupportAssist Enterprise Version 2.0.70
Support Matrix
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