Release Notes

Component Release Notes
EVO:RAIL Initial Configuration section
Revision 1.1.0-1
Release 1.2
• Updated cover page with new branding.
Release 1.1
• Initial Configuration has been expanded into a
separate user guide.
• Detailed JSON configuration information has
been added.
EVO:RAIL Network section
Revision 1.1.0-1
Release 1.2
• Updated cover page with new branding.
Release 1.1
• Network setup has been expanded into a
separate user guide.
• This document includes the EVO:RAIL Setup
Checklist, and Network Configuration Table.
EVO:RAIL Management and Maintenance section
Revision 1.1.0-2
Release 1.2
• Updated cover page with new branding.
• Clarified Add Appliance prerequisite.
Release 1.1
• Updated for maintenance in release 1.1
• Included licensing flow for release 1.2
• More details about EVO:RAIL Management
tasks.
Update instructions
Check with Dell before proceeding with this update. To update an EVO:RAIL appliance that has already
been configured. See the installation instructions in the Dell Engineered Solutions for VMware EVO:RAIL
Version 1.2 Management and Maintenance User’s Guide.
NOTE: Dell recommends you to clear your browser cache after upgrading. For more information,
see the VMware Knowledge Base article 2101828. This is a known issue.
Enable EVC
EVO:RAIL appliances that are initially built with release 1.0.x, and then updated to 1.1 or later, are not
automatically enabled for mixing Ivy Bridge and Haswell CPUs in the same EVO:RAIL cluster. The
following manual procedure is required to enable EVC.
For Ivy Bridge (2620-v2) based appliances built on EVO:RAIL release 1.0.x, and then updated to EVO:RAIL
1.1 or later perform the following steps:
1. Update your EVO:RAIL appliance to EVO:RAIL 1.1 or later.
2. Connect to the vSphere Web Client and log in with administrator credentials.
3. From the Home menu, click Hosts and Clusters.
4. Click the EVO:RAIL cluster, Marvin-Virtual-SAN-Cluster-<uuid>.
5. Click Manage → Settings → Configuration → VMware EVC → Edit.
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