Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- Ubuntu 16.04.3 for Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers Release Notes
- Overview
- Issues and Resolutions
- Ubuntu 16.04.3 installation with Hardware-Enablement kernel fails when NUMA is disabled
- Ubuntu 16.04.3 cannot detect NVDIMMs
- PERC 10 and QLogic QL41xxx cards do not support Ubuntu 16.04.3 and earlier versions
- Ubuntu 16.04.3 installer does not recognize the device name of PCIe SSDs
- An error message is displayed during Ubuntu 16.04.3 installation
- ACPI error messages related to IPMI in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS dmesg logs are displayed
- ACPI Error kernel fail to assign BAR registers to PCI device message in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Getting help
Overview
Ubuntu is an open source operating system software, which is one of the Linux distribution systems, based on Debian
architecture. Ubuntu runs on the architectures, including Intel, AMD, and ARM-based machines. Ubuntu is published by
Canonical Ltd, who offers commercial support.
Ubuntu Support by Dell EMC
Ubuntu Support by Dell EMC entitles customers to Ubuntu Server Technical Support from Dell EMC Technical support for one,
three, or five years of contract period.
NOTE: Only issues relating to Dell EMC servers running Ubuntu are discussed in this document.
Topics:
• Ubuntu Server installer media
Ubuntu Server installer media
Ubuntu Server installer ISOs are available for download from https://www.ubuntu.com/server.
The default server ISO image is the General Availability (GA) kernel-Linux 4.4, but the Hardware Enablement (HWE) Kernel
(Linux 4.10) can be selected optionally. For more information about Rolling LTS Enablement Stack, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/
Kernel/RollingLTSEnablementStack.
For information about advanced deployment techniques using Metal as a Service (MAAS), see https://docs.ubuntu.com/
maas/2.1/en/.
Using MAAS, you can use the hardware with the latest version of Ubuntu Server LTS and SRU kernel. For more information
about Stable Release Updates (SRU), see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates.
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