Release Notes

Fixes

Topics:

• 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 <OUT OF SPEC> 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

BIOS update does not complete when an update is

performed using the Linux .BIN files

Description:

BIOS update does not complete when an update is performed using the Linux .BIN files.

Applies to:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 2

Cause: Interaction with Intel Management Engine Interface (Intel MEI) results in cold reboot instead of warm

reboot.

Workaround: Exclude the mei and mei_me drivers.

Solution: The issue is resolved in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 2 maintenance update kernel

version kernel-default-5.3.18-24.24.1. For more information, see SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Knowledge

Base article 000019739

Systems

affected:

Dell EMC PowerEdge R240, R340, T140, T340

Tracking number: 177205

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