Release Notes

Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter version 1.6 Release Notes
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Issue 4: Firmware download fails when trying to downgrade firmware from Q4 block
release.
Description: The firmware downgrade will fail sometimes if the user is trying to downgrade LC,
IDRAC and other firmware at the same time.
Resolution/Workaround: downgrade LC first and then downgrade the rest of the firmware
once LC firmware downgrade is completed.
Issue 5: Connection profile association not shown in host compliance page when inventory is not
able to get iDRAC IP for the host.
Description: If while running inventory, the iDRAC is non-responsive and it is not able to get iDRAC
IP, the inventory will fail and on the host compliance page the host is shown as not associated with
the connection profile.
Resolution/Workaround: Reset the iDRAC to fix the issue of iDRAC not being responsive and then
rerun the inventory. If the inventory is able to get the iDRAC IP, then the host will be associated
with the correct connection profile.
Version Affected: 1.6
Issue 6: A Communication Error Message is displayed after clicking the Firmware link
from vSphere Client.
Description: If you have a slow network speed (9600BPS), you may get a Communication
Error Message as shown below after clicking on the Firmware link in vSphere Client for the
Dell Management Plug-in. The Communication Error Message is caused when the connection
times out (which was initiated by the Microsoft Internet Explorer) while trying to obtain the
Software Inventory list. For Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10, the default “Receive Time
out” value is set to 10 seconds.
Resolution/Workaround: Use the follow steps to fix the issue:
1. Open RegEdit.
2. Navigate to the following location:
KHEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings.
3. Add a new DWORD value for ReceiveTimeout.