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INTEGRATED DELL(TM) REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER (iDRAC) Version 1.50

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This document contains updated information about the Integrated Dell

Remote Access Controller (iDRAC).

For more information about iDRAC, including installation and

configuration information, see the "Integrated Dell Remote Access

Controller Version 1.5 User Guide" and the "Dell OpenManage(TM) Server

Administrator User's Guide." These documents are located on the Dell

Support site at "support.dell.com/manuals".

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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This file contains the following sections:

* Criticality

* Minimum Requirements

* Release Highlights

* Known Issues

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CRITICALITY

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2 - Recommended

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

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The following subsections list operating systems that are compatible

with iDRAC.

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SUPPORTED SYSTEMS

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iDRAC is supported on the following Dell PowerEdge(TM) systems in the

Dell PowerEdge M1000e system enclosure:

* Dell PowerEdge M600

* Dell PowerEdge M605

* Dell PowerEdge M805

* Dell PowerEdge M905

Summary of content (9 pages)

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###################################################################### INTEGRATED DELL(TM) REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER (iDRAC) Version 1.50 ###################################################################### This document contains updated information about the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC). For more information about iDRAC, including installation and configuration information, see the "Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Version 1.
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====================================================================== SUPPORTED MANAGED SERVER OPERATING SYSTEMS ====================================================================== iDRAC is supported by the following operating systems: * Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003 family The Windows Server 2003 family includes - Windows Server 2003 R2 (Web, Standard and Enterprise Editions) with SP2 (x86). - Windows Server 2003 R2 (Standard, Enterprise and DataCenter Editions) with SP2 (x64).
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* Mozilla Firefox 2.0 on SLES 10 SP1 * Mozilla Firefox 3.0 on Windows 2003 Server Gold, Windows 2003 Server SP1, Windows 2003 Server SP2, Windows 2000 Pro, Windows XP, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, RHEL 4, RHEL 5, SLES 10, SLES 11, and SLES 10 SP1 ###################################################################### RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS (FIRMWARE VERSION 1.
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Reboot the managed server running VMware ESX 3.x once after an iDRAC update is completed. This will ensure that VMware ESX re-enumerates the virtual devices and enables virtual floppy and virtual CDROM features of iDRAC. After that reboot, virtual devices including Virtual Floppy work fine.
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* Updating iDRAC using DOS update utility, from a PXE network setup iDRAC can be updated using the DOS utility when DOS is booted using PXE. However, the new firmware image has to be on a local media on the server for this to work properly. Local media can be a RAMDISK, HD, or USB key on the server.
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giving them admin privileges to enable using iVMCLI. * If you receive a message "A webpage is not responding on the..." If you receive a message "A webpage is not responding on the following website:" in Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8), see the following links: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/05/04/ ie8-in-windows-7-rc-reliability-and-telemetry.aspx http://support.microsoft.
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* Need iDRAC NIC enabled BEFORE running 'racadm getconfig' The iDRAC NIC will be disabled if the iDRAC configuration is reset to default settings. Ensure that the NIC is enabled before running the commands "racadm getconfig –f " and "racadm getconfig –g cfgLanNetworking" * Updating iDRAC using Linux DUP on 64-bit version of RHEL 4 Update 7 The iDRAC Linux DUP can not be run on 64-bit RHEL 4 Update 7 because of known issues in that operating system.
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in SSL 2.0. iDRAC negotiates to use SSL 3.0 if both (SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0) are present * Expanded Health Error Reporting Tree * Java Runtime Engine and Java Development Support updated to Version 6 Update 7 (JRE 1.
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###################################################################### This section provides additional information about known issues with iDRAC Firmware version 1.5 User Guide. * None ###################################################################### Information in this document is subject to change without notice. (C) 2009 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.