Release Notes

What is Supported?
Supported Web Browsers
CMC version 5.0 is supported on the following Web browsers:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 9
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 10
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
• Safari version 6.0
• Safari version 7.0
• Mozilla Firefox version 29
• Mozilla Firefox version 30
• Google Chrome version 33
• Google Chrome version 34
What’s New
• Includes features released in CMC version 4.5.
• Support for virtual address inventory for servers (FlexAddress or IO identity).
• Option to use an external library (CIFS/NFS directory) to store server profiles.
• Firmware signature check.
• Display FC link status and PC link speed for the IOA.
• No blade throttle during CMC firmware update or failover to backup CMC.
• Support for IOA firmware images larger then 45MB.
Fixes
• Upgrades an open source component of WS-MAN namely SFCB (Small Footprint CIM Broker)
from 1.3.10 to 1.3.17, where CIM is Common Information Model.
• Fine tunes memory monitoring daemons.
• Fixed an issue where an unresponsive iDRAC causes servers to lose connectivity to the network.
Important Notes
• While using Remote RACADM client with CMC 5.0 version, make sure that Remote RACADM
client version 8.0.2 is installed.
• When Certificate Validation is Enabled, FQDN of the system must be provided. If IP address of the
Domain Controller is specified when certificate validation is enabled, then the Active Directory
login does not work.
• When saving Server Profile under "Server Overview > Setup > Profiles", the list of characters that
are not supported for the Profile Name must include the characters hash(#), comma(,), and
question mark(?).
• You may see an impact in the performance of the Graphical User Interface with this release of
CMC. The performance impact varies by configuration, GUI page, and system load.
• Updating CMC firmware from earlier versions to version 5.0 makes more program space
available requiring an upgrade to 5.0 before applying any subsequent releases.