Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) Version 1.56.55 and Lifecycle Controller 2 Remote Services Version 1.4.
Release Type and Definition Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) iDRAC7 is a systems management hardware and software solution that provides remote management capabilities, crashed system recovery, and power control functions for Dell PowerEdge systems. Lifecycle Controller 2 Remote Services (LC2-RS) LC2-RS provides advanced embedded systems management and is delivered as part of iDRAC7. LC2-RS enables remote systems management in a one-to-many method.
What is Supported? Supported Managed Server Operating Systems for iDRAC7 The following operating systems support iDRAC7: • Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 SP2 (64-bit) • Windows Server 2008 SP2 R2 (64-bit) • Microsoft Server 2012 Essentials • Microsoft Server 2012 R2 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 5.9 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 6.4 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 6.5 • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Hypervisor 5.
What’s New iDRAC7 • Support for the following: o Emulex cards: Emulex OneConnect OCm14104-UX-D 4-port 10GbE rNDC CNA Emulex OneConnect OCm14102-U2-D 2-port 10GbE bNDC CNA Emulex OneConnect OCe14102-UX-D 2-port PCIe 10GbE CNA Emulex OneConnect OCm14102-U3-D 2-port 10GbE Mezz CNA o NVMe SSD o NVIDIA GRID K2 Active GPU card o New memory. o Internet Explorer Version 11 o Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.5 and ESX 5.
iDRAC7 - Important Notes • After an iDRAC7 firmware update, a few of the iDRAC7 Web interface panels or navigation menu items may contain incorrect or invalid entries. To resolve this, clear the browser cache(s) after updating the iDRAC7 firmware. • License Requirements: − − Software licensing has replaced hardware licensing. For more information, see, the Dell License Manager User's Guide. Lifecycle Controller features such as Auto Discovery and vFlash are now licensed.
− 40-60 seconds while entering SSM The reason is that when spanning tree is enabled, the switch does not allow the link to re-establish the connection after a reset until it completes checking for network loops. Server reboots reset the NIC and disconnects the link. Note: This does not occur while using dedicated NIC because server reboots do not affect the dedicated NIC. • When logging in to iDRAC7 Web Interface using Internet Explorer 9 and IPV6 address, the connection may not succeed.
• On a server running RHEL operating system, performing the following steps can create a eth*.bak interface (where * is the interface number). This is visible in the Network Manger interface. This interface can be safely ignored. 1. After the operating system (RHEL) is running, enable OS to iDRAC Pass-through channel through the iDRAC Web interface. 2. Disable OS to iDRAC Pass-through. 3. Reboot or power cycle the server, and then re-enable OS to iDRAC Pass-through.
Issue 3: Description The Learn More pop-up on the License page does not appear using IE. Resolution Add *.dell.com to the trusted sites in the Security settings. See the Internet Explorer help documentation for more information. Versions/Systems Affected All iDRAC7 supported Dell PowerEdge systems. Issue 4: Description On Windows operating system, to add a folder as an image using the Virtual Media, the Desktop directory must be in the HOMEPATH directory.
Issue 7: Description In some scenarios, typically for state change events occurring within a span of few seconds, the sequence of events reported in the Lifecycle Log (or corresponding SNMP traps/email alerts) for storage devices may not exactly match the sequence in which they occurred. Resolution The current state or attribute of the storage device can be checked in any of the iDRAC7 interfaces (example, iDRAC7 Web interface, RACADM and so on).
Issue 11: Description On Microsoft Windows7 operating system, while launching Virtual Console in native mode using Internet Explorer, the iDRAC7 Login page is displayed. Virtual Console uses plug-ins and due to insufficient privileges plug-in does not load and iDRAC7 Login page is displayed. Resolution Reboot operating system and log in to iDRAC7 Web interface. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7.
Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7. Issue 15: Description When a power reset is performed, the Virtual Console Viewer menu options (except File -> Exit and Help options) are grayed-out or inaccessible. The 'Link interrupted' message appears at the bottom of Virtual Console Viewer. Resolution Due to a temporary network outage, the Virtual Console Viewer menu options are not accessible. The "Link interrupted" message is displayed to indicate that an outage has occurred.
Issue 19: Description In the iDRAC7 Web interface -> Overview -> Server -> Power/Thermal -> Power Monitoring tab -> Power section, the Power Unit selector only changes the unit of measure. Due to the oscillating nature of power, the Present Reading cannot be displayed as units for Current (Amps). Resolution None. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7.
Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7 and out-of-band enabled PERC storage controllers. Issue 24: Description If a NIC card, with partitioning enabled, is replaced with a similar type of card, without partitioning enabled, the configurations from the previous card are not applied to the new card. Resolution: After the previous card is replaced with a new card and the system is powered on, go to OptionROM (CTRL-R) and enable partitioning. Save, exit, and reboot the system.
Issue 28: Description: When running the Virtual Media client on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, the Virtual Media client may not be able to access a floppy disk in read-write mode because of a problem with the client workstation operating system. Resolution: Apply the operating system update to the Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 client workstation operating system as specified in the following link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2496290.
Issue 32: Description If you try to upload any other certificate other than a valid PKCS#12 format file, the iDRAC Web interface displays an incorrect error message. Resolution Upload a valid PKCS#12 format certificate file. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7. Issue 33: Description: On applying Delete Custom SSL Certificate when no certificate (CSC) is available, GUI displays the message: RAC0507 Unable to find the requested resource.
Issue 36: Description Sometimes invalid characters are displayed on the server console screen after exiting iDRAC Virtual Console. Resolution Launch virtual console and clear the Automatic System Lock option. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7. Issue 37: After an iDRAC7 firmware update, some of the iDRAC7 Web interface panels or navigation menu items may contain incorrect or invalid entries. Resolution Clear your browser cache(s) after updating the iDRAC7 firmware.
Versions/Systems Affected: All 12th generation Dell PowerEdge servers with Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system. Issue 41: Description When performing firmware update using local racadm with –pud option (update from the host server), if racadm is not invoked from the installation directory (example, C:\Program Files\Dell\Sysmgt\iDRAC\), then after the firmware update is completed successfully, the following error message may be displayed: “Waiting iDRAC Fully Initialized Timeout” Resolution Run local ra
1. 2. 3. Open Safari in Mac. Go to Safari > Preferences > General. Clear the Open 'safe' files after downloading option. Versions/Systems Affected All iDRAC7 supported Dell PowerEdge systems. Issue 46: Description In some scenarios, typically when a PCIe SSD is removed from a server slot and a different PCIe SSD is inserted within a span of 5-10 seconds into the same slot, the server fan speeds may not get optimally configured to accommodate the thermal profile or tier of the inserted PCIe SSD.
4. 5. Reboot the host system. After restarting the host system, connect to the iDRAC using the static iDRAC IP address. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge Systems with iDRAC7. Issue 49: Description When logging into iDRAC console, occasionally log in fails with PKCS security error. Resolution Run the racadm sslresetcfg command to clear this issue and log in successfully.
Issue 53: Description On servers with RHEL 5.x operating system, after upgrading to Java 1.7.0, attempting to launch the Java Virtual Media, Virtual Console, or Boot Capture plug-in results in an “Unable to load Native Library” message, and the Virtual Media is disabled. This issue is caused by the Security Enhanced Linux (SELINUX) “allow_execmod” policy being set to “off”, preventing the Virtual Media operation.
Issue 56: Description In the case where an NDC supports OS to iDRAC Pass-through feature, but software arbitration is enabled for NC-SI, the LOM option must be hidden in the iDRAC configuration for OS to iDRAC Passthrough. Resolution Use OS to iDRAC Pass-through channel in USB NIC mode. Versions/Systems Affected: Full Height PowerEdge M820 server with Emulex bNDC ((which supports OS to iDRAC Pass-through but does not support hardware arbitration).
Issue 60: Description For servers with higher configuration (more enclosures and RAID components), firmware Racadm may not provide the complete output for hwinventory command. Resolution Try using hwinventory export command. Versions/Systems Affected All 12th generation Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7 1.50.50 or later.
Issue 64: Description When OS to iDRAC pass-through feature is disabled or if it is set to LOM PT mode and if iDRAC Service Module is installed on the host operating system, an incorrect warning message is displayed. Resolution Make sure that OS to iDRAC pass-through feature is enabled through the internal USB bus in iDRAC7. Versions/Systems Affected All 12th generation Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7. Issue 65: Description On the Firmware Update page, after uploading a .
Issue 68: Description: Incorrect version information is provided in the Java Virtual Console About dialog box in Chinese, Japanese and Spanish localized languages. Resolution: No impact. Versions/Systems Affected All iDRAC7 supported Dell PowerEdge systems. Issue 69: Description If the Rollback page is opened using Mac or Safari browser and if you click Refresh, the RAC0505 error message is displayed.
Issue 72: Description The state of the PCIe SSD connected to the server is not reflected correctly or takes several minutes to reflect the correct state. Resolution Power cycle the server or re-insert the PCIe SSD reflecting the incorrect state. Versions/Systems Affected All Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7 and out-of-band enabled PCIe SSDs (that is, NNMe devices).
The software inventory Physical disk display name is not included the Controller Identifier. See the hardware inventory physical disk display name for information about the Controller Identifier. Versions/Systems Affected All 12th generation Dell PowerEdge systems with iDRAC7.
• On Linux management stations, if Firefox is launched from the root user, a USB key is mapped in Virtual Media successfully. If Firefox is launched from any user other than the root user, a USB key is not shown for mapping because the user must have root privileges to access all the lowlevel drives. • Alert notification for battery events does not work. • Operating system information on the System Summary page does not display after rebooting iDRAC7 until the operating system is rebooted.
• OS to iDRAC communication through the USB NIC interface is not supported on RHEV – H (hypervisor) system. • OS to iDRAC pass-through feature does not work when the host operating system is Linux. • iDRAC Virtual NIC driver is not loaded when Windows 2008 SP2 (64 bit) installation has completed. • When Virtual Console is in Lifecycle Controller, if Next Boot is set to BIOS Setup, rebooting the system boots to Lifecycle Controller instead of BIOS Setup.
• When attempting a Platform Update through an FTP server, specifying a valid proxy server but selecting an invalid proxy type causes Lifecycle Controller to halt for a long period (possibly over 30 minutes) before it returns to normal operation. • If you see this error message “Unable to find a boot device on which to install the operating system. Verify boot disk availability.
3. 4. If you are using iDRAC7 Enterprise and your system is running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (version 10) for Intel EM64T, start the Raw service. Disconnect and unmount Virtual Media. Installation Instructions • From the Windows host operating system (managed node), run the Dell Update Package for Windows and follow the instructions on the update wizard. • From the Linux host operating system (managed node), run the Dell Update Package for Linux from the shell prompt.
Lifecycle Controller 2 Remote Services - Client Tools Use the WinRM and OpenWSMAN CLI client tools to send WS-MAN commands to Lifecycle Controller. WinRM WinRM is a Windows native WS-MAN client. It is recommended to use WinRM 2.0 on Windows Management Stations. WinRM 2.0 is installed by default as a part of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
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