Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Release Notes July 2021 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Document history......................................................................................................... 4 Chapter 2: GT280R009-02 Firmware............................................................................................. 5 New features and enhancements in GT280R009-02 firmware............................................................................... 5 Fixed issues in GT280R009-02 firmware...................................................................
1 Document history This document describes the new features, enhancements, fixed issues, and open issues in the ME4 Series firmware. Table 1.
2 GT280R009-02 Firmware This section describes the new fixed issues and known issues in the GT280R009-02 firmware release.
Table 3. Fixed security issues (continued) Issue Description FMW-42433 Added a zlib patch to fix CVE-2016-9840. Table 4. Fixed storage management issues Issue Description FMW-33614 Unable to easily change the Security Protocol from TLS to None. FMW-36759 Fixed issue for reading incorrect enclosure config page and swapping of incorrect enclosure configurations when the system is performing a SCSI rescan. FMW-36776 Clear any stale errors in the cached parity buffer pointer data structure.
Known issues in GT280R009-02 firmware The following are known issues in GT280R009-02 firmware: Table 6. Known installation and update issues Issue Description Workaround 50140 In rare cases, after installing a firmware bundle, event 235 is logged with details that include Not Ready, enclosure services unavailable. Quiesce I/O to the storage system and then power cycle the controller enclosure. Table 7.
3 GT280R008-04 Firmware This section describes the new fixed issues and known issues in the GT280R008-04 firmware release. Topics: • • Fixed issues in GT280R008-04 firmware Known issues in GT280R008-04 firmware Fixed issues in GT280R008-04 firmware The following issues are fixed in GT280R008-04 firmware: NOTE: The fixed issues in the ME4 Series firmware are cumulative. The latest release of the ME4 Series firmware contains all the fixed issues from previous releases of the firmware. Table 8.
Known issues in GT280R008-04 firmware The following are known issues in GT280R008-04 firmware: Table 12. Known installation and update issues Issue Description Workaround 50140 In rare cases, after installing a firmware bundle, event 235 is logged with details that include Not Ready, enclosure services unavailable. Quiesce I/O to the storage system and then power cycle the controller enclosure. Table 13.
4 GT280R008-01 Firmware This section describes the new features, fixed issues, and known issues in the GT280R008-01 firmware release. Topics: • • Fixed issues in GT280R008-01 firmware Known issues in GT280R008-01 firmware Fixed issues in GT280R008-01 firmware The following issues are fixed in GT280R008-01 firmware: NOTE: The fixed issues in the ME4 Series firmware are cumulative. The latest release of the ME4 Series firmware contains all the fixed issues from previous releases of the firmware. Table 14.
Table 16. Fixed storage management issues (continued) Issue Description FMW-35367 Fixed an assert in the I/O error path when the pool is full. FMW-35342 Split write I/O, and replication deadlocks might occur when the pool is out of space. FMW-35092 A controller might crash because of I/O that occurs when the pool is out of space. FMW-35091 A controller might crash because of split write I/O and scheduled snapshot when the pool is out of space.
Known issues in GT280R008-01 firmware The following are known issues in GT280R008-01 firmware: Table 19. Known installation and update issues Issue Description Workaround 50140 In rare cases, after installing a firmware bundle, event 235 is logged with details that include Not Ready, enclosure services unavailable. Quiesce I/O to the storage system and then power cycle the controller enclosure Table 20.
5 GT280R006-02 Firmware This section describes the new features, fixed issues, and known issues in the GT280R006-02 firmware release. Topics: • Fixed issues in GT280R006-02 firmware Fixed issues in GT280R006-02 firmware The following issues are fixed in GT280R006-02 firmware: NOTE: The fixed issues in the ME4 Series firmware are cumulative. The latest release of the ME4 Series firmware contains all of the fixed issues from previous releases of the firmware. Table 21.
6 GT280R006-01 Firmware This section describes the new features, fixed issues, and known issues in the GT280R006-01 firmware release. Topics: • • • New features and enhancements in GT280R006-01 firmware Fixed issues in GT280R006-01 firmware Known issues in GT280R006-01 firmware New features and enhancements in GT280R006-01 firmware The following new features and enhancements are in the GT280R006-01 firmware: ● CloudIQ Improvements—Improved CloudIQ telemetry data payloads for future feature sets.
Table 23. Fixed configuration and hardware issues Issue Description 51873 The SCSI Product ID and model number fields are blank for Value Array Series storage systems. 51770 An IPv6 address is not assigned to the controller when the Auto option is selected from the Source drop-down menu. 51586 Removed Independent Cache Performance Mode (ICPM) settings. 51080 Added warning message during iSCSI setup when multi-server access is enabled. Table 24.
Table 28. Known storage management issues Issue Description Workaround 51833 Performance issues with 10Gbase-T controllers and Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520. Update to the latest version of the Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520 driver. Then, disable the interrupts in the Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520 driver. 49962 PowerVault Manager panels use inconsistent terms for SAS disks: ● MDL and SAS MDL are spinning midline or nearline SAS disks.
7 GT280R004-01 Firmware This section describes the new features, fixed issues, and known issues in the GT280R004-01 firmware release. Topics: • • • New features and enhancements in GT280R004-01 firmware Fixed issues in GT280R004-01 firmware Known issues in GT280R004-01 firmware New features and enhancements in GT280R004-01 firmware The following new features and enhancements are in the GT280R004-01 firmware: ● Cloud IQ support—Added support to enable CloudIQ on ME4 Series storage systems.
Table 29. Fixed alerts and reporting issues Issue Description 51054 Event log message for DNS lookup failures is confusing. 50883 An event log is not generated for successful or failed SupportAssist configuration changes. 50858 An event log is not generated when enabling SupportAssist, disabling SupportAssist, or modifying SupportAssist configuration settings in ME Storage Manager. 50247 In ME Storage Manager, disk group historical statistics can be viewed, but not successfully exported.
Table 31. Fixed installation and update issues (continued) Issue Description ● The mid-plane is set to static IP addressing. ● The newly inserted controller is set to DHCP. ● A communication issue occurs between the management controller and the storage controller. 49929 In rare cases, a Firmware update failed error message displays while loading controller firmware bundles.
Table 32. Fixed replication issues (continued) Issue Description 49070 When a replication set is created in ME Storage Manager, the replication schedule window is not displayed when the Scheduled check box is selected. 49020 When a volume-copy operation is in progress, trying to delete the destination volume causes the improper message Error: Bad parameter(s) were specified to be displayed.
Table 33. Fixed storage management issues (continued) Issue Description 49738 In an empty CLI command line, pressing Tab displays inapplicable commands, such as FTP commands. 48631 In ME Storage Manager, if the system time is changed from 24–hour to 12–hour mode (AM or PM), the change does not persist to the next session. Table 34. Fixed user management issues Issue Description 50903 Unable to use SMTP server name after DNS configuration.
8 GT275R005-04 Firmware This section describes the new features, fixed issues, and known issues in the GT275R005-04 firmware release.
Table 39. Known hardware and configuration issues Issue Description Workaround 50686 Running a rescan using ME Storage Manager causes a temporary false temp sensor error. This health issue resolves itself and does not generate an event in the logs. NOTE: This issue is fixed in GT280R004-01 firmware. 50685 ME Storage Manager validation fails on SMTP server if you enter an FQDN instead of an IP. Enter a valid IP address, or use the CLI. NOTE: This issue is fixed in GT280R004-01 firmware.
Table 40. Known installation and update issues (continued) Issue Description Workaround 4. Power cycle all expansion enclosures. 5. Power on the controller enclosure and wait for the disk groups to dequarantine and rebuild. NOTE: This issue is fixed in GT280R004-01 firmware. 49548 In rare cases, running the show version CLI command during a firmware update can cause the Management Controller (MC) to crash. The partner controller MC is not affected. None needed. The MC restarts automatically.
Table 41. Known replication issues (continued) Issue Description Error: Bad parameter(s) were specified to be displyed. Workaround NOTE: This issue is fixed in GT280R004-01 firmware. Table 42. Known storage management issues Issue Description Workaround 50419 A deleted volume remains shown in the MESM. Refresh the browser. The deleted volume is no longer shown. NOTE: This issue is fixed in GT280R004-01 firmware.
Table 42. Known storage management issues (continued) Issue Description Workaround 49738 In an empty CLI command line, pressing Tab displays inapplicable commands, such as FTP commands. To see a list of applicable commands, enter help or see the CLI Reference Guide. NOTE: This issue is fixed in GT280R004-01 firmware. 49055 SLP for IPv6 and DNS is not supported. None.
9 Resources and support The following sections provide resources for finding more information about ME4 Series storage systems: Topics: • • Related documentation Contacting Dell EMC Related documentation The documentation for Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storage systems might contain third-party content that is not under the control of Dell EMC. The language in the third-party content might be in inconsistent with the current guidelines for Dell EMC content.
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