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- Dell EMC PowerEdge Systems Running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Release Notes
- Contents
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced in this release
- Fixes
- /var/log/messages displays kernel warning messages in servers with NVDIMM-N persistent memory modules
- /proc/mdstat and mdadm -D commands display incorrect statuses when two NVMe devices are surprise removed from a RAID 5 MD array
- BIOS update does not complete when an update is performed using the Linux .BIN files
- The owsmangencert.sh script fails and reports an error
- RAID level is displayed incorrectly when a virtual disk created by Dell EMC RAID Controller S150 is degraded
- Status of the RAID 0 LV is displayed as Available when one of the members of the RAID array is surprise removed
- Logical Volume Manager (LVM) does not activate a free physical volume when one of the NVMe devices is surprise removed
- The dmidecode utility displays the slot type as
for PCIe Gen 4 NVMe slots - Software RAID virtual disk not detected during SLES 15 installation
- Running supportconfig reboots the server with AMD processor
- Root user login fails after run level is switched
- ACPI error messages are displayed
- Unable to create or modify namespace for NVDIMM
- Dell EMC PowerEdge AMD Server is not booting to OS after enabling the SME/SEV feature
- When system reboots, system stops responding at the end of the reboot process
- Servers with the AMD Rome processor are unable to read the boost states using cpupower
- PowerEdge servers with the AMD Rome processor fail to detect an NVMe drive after multiple hot plugs
- When booting the system from iSCSI with Mellanox CX-4 and CX-5 adapters, the system reports csum failure message
- Linux operating system fails to detect the Intel x710 card
- System crashes when rebooted with SR-IOV-enabled QLogic cards
- Component updates in systems with iSM installed on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 operating system generates watchdog timer expired messages
- Systems with the AMD Rome processor display a CCP and PSP initialization failure messages in dmesg
- After kernel update, the NFIT errors are displayed
- System reboots when high-level storage I/O operations are performed on NVMe drives
- Known issues
- vsftpd utility may be terminated by out of memory killer process
- Dell Controlled Turbo feature is not functional
- The operating system installer does not display the MD virtual disks created using Dell EMC Software RAID Controller under the guided setup
- MD RAID layer is not notified of the surprise removal of Samsung NVMe devices
- Unable to shut down SLES when the graceful shutdown option from iDRAC is selected or when power button is pressed on the server
- Limitations
- Instructions for installing and upgrading SLES
- Resources and support
- Contacting Dell EMC
Running supportconfig reboots the server with AMD
processor
Description When you run supportconfig on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers with LRDDR4 DIMMs, the system
reboots the server.
Applies to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
Solution Update the Kernel to kernel-default-4.12.14-25.16.1 version or later.
Systems affected N/A
Tracking number 108845
Root user login fails after run level is switched
Description After switching from run level 3 to run level 5, root user cannot login to the operating system.
Applies to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
Workaround Upgrade systemd update to systemd -234-24.15.1.x86_64 update or later.
Solution The issue is resolved SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
Systems affected N/A
Tracking number 101585
ACPI error messages are displayed
Description
After you install SLES 15, and boot into it, following error messages are displayed:
[ACPI Error]: [\_SB_.PCI0.XHC_.RHUB.HS11] Namespace lookup failure,
AE_NOT_FOUND (20170303/dswload-210)
[ACPI Exception]: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20170303/
psobject-241)
[ACPI Exception]: AE_NOT_FOUND, (SSDT:xh_rack0) while loading table
(20170303/tbxfload-228)
[ACPI Error]: 1 table load failures, 8 successful (20170303/tbxfload-246)
Applies to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
Workaround These messages do not cause any functionality loss. They can be ignored.
Solution The issue is resolved in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
Systems affected Dell EMC PowerEdge T340, T140, R340, and R240
Tracking number 114376
Unable to create or modify namespace for NVDIMM
Description
When you create or modify a namespace for NVDIMM, it fails.
Applies to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
Workaround Use the "--no-autorelabel" option while creating or modifying the namespace. For example:
● Creating namespace—#ndctl create-namespace -r region0 -m raw -f --no-
autolabel
● Modifying namespace—#ndctl create-namespace --mode raw -e namespace0.0 -f
--no-autolabel
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