User guide

April 2008 18 Dell Inc.
Issue
Version
Description
Resolution
Unable to delete
virtual RAID disks
using
OpenManage
Storage
Management
OM 4.5/5.x on
ESX 2.5.x/3.x
When virtual RAID
disks are deleted
using OpenManage
Storage Management,
the operation fails and
reports the following
error: “Delete virtual
disk failed.”
Creating and deleting virtual RAID disks through
OpenManage Storage Management is not
supported. To create and delete RAID disks, use
the boot menu of the PERC controller.
OpenManage
Storage
Management
(OMSM) reports
an error on
creating virtual
RAID disks
OM 5.x on
ESX 3.x
When virtual RAID
disks are created
using OMSM, the
operation fails and
reports the following
error “The create
Virtual Disk task was
successful but the
operating system may
not be aware of the
new virtual disk.”
Creating and deleting virtual RAID disks through
OpenManage Storage Management is not
supported with ESX 3.x. To create and delete
RAID disks, use the boot menu of the PERC
controller.
Both the
OpenManage web
interface and CLI
do not report all
NIC information.
IP address is
reported as “[Not
Obtained].”
OM 4.5/5.x on
ESX 2.5.x/3.x
This issue manifests
differently depending
on the OM and ESX
versions.
With OM 4.5/5.x on
ESX 2.5.x, OM does
not report connectivity
status, IP address,
and MAC address for
the NIC’s dedicated to
Virtual Machines.
With OM 5.x on ESX
3.x, OM does not
report IP address for
all NIC’s in VMware
ESX Server.
This is a known issue. ESX 2.5.x reports
information correctly for the NIC dedicated to
service console.
In ESX 3.x, all physical NIC’s are dedicated to
VMkernel. The service console uses a virtual
NIC. OpenManage reports information about the
physical hardware. Since IP addresses are tied to
virtual NIC’s in ESX 3.x, OpenManage will not
report this information. MAC address and
connectivity status of the physical NIC’s are
reported.
OpenManage
incorrectly
reports total
memory available
to the Operating
System
OM 4.5/5.x on
ESX 2.5.x/3.x
OpenManage is
installed on the service
console. It only reports
the total memory
available to the service
console. It does not
report the memory
available for the virtual
machines.
Total installed Capacity represents the memory
available to the ESX Server, including the virtual
machines and the service console.