Release Notes

For other USC access related DUPs (PSU, NIC, SAS, PERC, BackPlane), the update is successful but
the following error message may be displayed:
"… mount: block device /dev/secmasupd-SECUPD is write-protected …
/bin/cp: cannot create regular file …"
• When you try to execute DUPs on a 64-bit RHEL operating system, it fails to execute since DUP is a
32-bit application. To work around this issue, manually install the following RPMs:
glibc.i686
compat-libstdc++.i686
libstdc++.i686
zlib.i686
libxml2.i686
Power Supply Unit (PSU) Dell Update Packages (DUPs)
After a Successful Power Supply firmware update, the system turns off, for up to 5 to 10 minutes, and
reboots automatically. If you perform a cold boot (AC Power cycle) during the firmware update, the
system does not boot.
Unified Server Configurator (USC) Dell Update Packages (DUPs)
• Lifecycle controller updates require system services to be enabled.
• For the first time, before you attempt to run Driver Package Diagnostics DUPs, execute the USC
DUP.
• Before running DUPs, ensure that there are no external devices mounted to /media or /tmp.
• If the operating system is installed from "Operating System Deployment", select "Reboot and Exit"
in the USC environment before booting to the operating system. This closes the USC session which
is held for 18 hours. If you do not want to enter the USC and select "Reboot and Exit", but want to
execute the DUPs within 18 hours, unplug the power supply of the system, wait for 10 seconds,
and then power on the system.
• Due to the USB arbitration services of VMWare ESX 4.1, the USB devices appear invisible to the
Hypervisor. So, when DUPs or the Inventory Collector runs on the Managed Node, the partitions
exposed as USB devices are not shown, and it reaches the timeout after 15 to 20 minutes. This
timeout occurs in the following cases:
• If you run DUPs or Inventory Collector on VMware ESX 4.1, the partitions exposed as USB devices
are not visible due to the USB arbitration service of VMware ESX 4.1 and timeout occurs. The
timeout occurs in the following instances:
- When you start “DSM SA Shared Service” on the VMware ESX 4.1 managed node, it runs
Inventory Collector. To work around this issue, uninstall Server Administrator or wait until the
Inventory Collector completes execution before attempting to stop the “DSM SA Shared Service”.
- When you manually try to run DUPs or the Inventory Collector on the VMware ESX 4.1 managed
node while USB arbitration service is running. To fix the issue, stop the USB arbitration service
and run the DUPs or the Inventory Collector.
To stop the USB arbitration service:
1. Use the “ps aux|grep usb” to check if the USB arbitration service is running.
2. Use the “chkconfig usbarbitrator off” command to prevent the USB arbitration service from
starting during boot.
3. After you stop the usbarbitrator, reboot the server to allow the DUPs and/or the Inventory
collector to run.
Note: If you require the usbarbitrator, enable it manually. To enable the usbarbitrator, run the command
- chkconfig usbarbitrator on.
12G BIOS