Release Notes

iDRAC does not report the operating system
information
Description: PowerEdge server installed with VMware ESXi 6.0.x does not report the installed operating system information in
iDRAC.
Applies to: ESXi 6.0 and 14
th
generation PowerEdge servers.
Solution: This is a known issue and workaround is to install OpenManage Server Administrator on ESXi.
Vendor label for certain hard drives report as NVMe
Description: Executing the command esxcli storage core device list to enumerate the SSDs show the vendor
label as "NVMe".
Applies to: ESXi 6.0 U3
Solution: This is a known issue. As per the NVMe SCSI translation specication, the Vendor eld is set to NVMe. There is no
functionality impact for this issue.
When iSM VIB is running on ESXi 6.0 U2, syslog le
displays error messages intermittently
Description:
When iDRAC Service Module (iSM) vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB) is running on ESXi 6.0 U2 system, the syslog
le displays Unknown error messages. This issue may also occur when system is rebooted with the VIB installed.
Applies to: ESXi 6.0 U2
Solution: Restart syslog le with this command: kill -15 <PID of vmsyslogd> and sfcbd watchdog timer with this
command:/etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog restart
IPMI driver stack may stop responding when iDRAC
hard reset is performed
Description:
On the Dell EMC PowerEdge systems, the IPMI driver stack stops responding when iDRAC hard reset is
performed.
Applies to: ESXi 6.0
Solution: This is a known issue. Complete the following workaround steps:
1 Stop all the applications that use IPMI stack by using the command /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog
stop.
2 To unload the drivers, run Vmkload_mod –u ipmi_si_drv.
3 To load the drivers, run Vmkload_mod ipmi_si_drv.
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