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Issue 2
Description : When certain cards, notably Qlogic or Emulex fiber channel cards, are present in PowerEdge R805 and
PowerEdge M905 systems, SLES 11 (and other Linux kernels later than 2.6.27) may cause the system to reboot when drivers
for those cards are loaded.
The issue occurs because the Linux kernel changes the memory address assignments to certain add-on PCI devices such that
they overlap the second I/O APIC interrupt controller in the system.
To work around the issue for the PowerEdge R805, you can: Set the Optical Drive Controller (under Integrated Devices) to
"On" in the system setup. This changes the system resource assignments such that this issue does not occur. If this
workaround fails, you can: Add the kernel parameter acpi=noirq to the kernel command line to prevent the Linux kernel
from using the I/O APIC interrupt controllers.
To work around the issue for the PowerEdge M905, you can: Add the kernel parameter acpi=noirq to the kernel command
line to prevent the Linux kernel from using the I/O APIC interrupt controllers.
A fix for this would be available in a future update BIOS revision for SLES 11.
Issue 3
Description: On installing Novell SLES11 SP1, if the login Window is not gnome, reboot the system to restore gnome as the
Window manager.
Open Issues and Resolutions for VMware ESX 4.0
Operating System
Issue 1
Description: If you choose to install VMware ESX 4.x operating system, the Dell Utility Partition is deleted during the
operating system installation.
Issue 2
Description: When installing ESXi flash version (using recovery media), RAID virtual disks cannot be created on the vFlash
device itself. Virtual Disks can be created only on hard drives.
Open Issues and Resolutions for Firmware Update
Feature
Issue 1
Description: The "View/Edit/Reset" becomes enabled for the "Firmware Update" even if user does not select any
components for update. When user visits the "Firmware Update", specifies the SUU (repository) location either using the
DVD or NFS or SMB or USB media, views the comparison report. If the server comparison report does not have any updatable
components, user cannot configure anything in this page and will return to the "Home" page. However, since the user
configured the repository, the "View/Edit/Reset" option on the "Home" page will be enabled irrespective of the user's
configuration of the firmware updates.